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A president is usually better at doing this via executive orders... Simply because it's one president who has to sign the order vs many congressman who have to agree to pass an act... So it's unclear why this has not happened...


Don't worry they've formed a committee to look into maybe doing something about this. Meanwhile babies are starving. I wish I were joking.


>Don't worry they've formed a committee to look into maybe doing something about this.

Yes. You have to 'form a committee' to understand the problem, instead of just winging it.


Is there a good reason why it takes that committee over a week just to meet? Why can't they just schedule a zoom conference and then issue an executive order the same day? It's not like starving babies are a time critical issue like missiles for Ukraine or something.


>Is there a good reason why it takes that committee over a week just to meet?

It's a complicated issue, that will take time to sort out. There is no decision that will just magically fix everything.

>It's not like starving babies are a time critical issue ...

This is a baby formula shortage, in a rich first-world nation. No babies are going to be harmed. Is there really a need to go into hyperbole?


Sometime in the future, there will then be a commission tasked to determine why the committee failed.




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