[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 77 (Thursday, May 8, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H1914]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               IMPACT OF VOLATILITY AND POLICY REVERSALS

  (Mr. MAGAZINER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MAGAZINER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today for the seventh time to call 
on the Trump administration to restore funding for lifesaving food aid 
for malnourished children.
  Rhode Island's Edesia Nutrition has helped save 25 million lives with 
this ready-to-use therapeutic food manufactured in North Kingstown, 
Rhode Island, supported by USAID. Yet, that work is now in jeopardy. 
Trump is now 3 months into his administration, and funding is still cut 
off, throwing Edesia's operations into chaos.
  Mr. Speaker, I have already spoken on this floor about the gut-
wrenching impact to children around the world who are suffering from 
starvation, but I will talk today about the impact on American lives 
that this funding freeze is wreaking.
  Edesia has had to lay off staff at the factory and is unable to make 
long-term decisions. American farmers, factory workers, and 
transportation workers who produce this product have had their lives 
thrown into disarray. Every day of uncertainty puts more children's 
lives at risk and costs American workers their livelihoods.
  Mr. Speaker, I will speak on this floor every single day until 
funding for ready-to-use therapeutic food is restored.

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