[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 84 (Monday, May 19, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2112]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            EDESIA NUTRITION

  (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, this is the eleventh time that I have 
risen to call for Federal funding for malnourished children to be 
restored by the Trump administration. Today, I rise with a glimmer of 
hope.
  After months of advocacy, Edesia Nutrition in North Kingstown, Rhode 
Island, has received notice that an order to ship their lifesaving, 
ready-to-use therapeutic food, Plumpy'Nut, to children in Sudan was 
finally approved. The food will be moved in the next 2 weeks.
  This is a huge win for Edesia, for our country, and, most 
importantly, for the children whose lives will be saved by this miracle 
cure.
  Let me be clear. This fight is not over. This is just the first step. 
The order was paid for with fiscal year 2024 funding. Edesia still has 
another 185,000 boxes of this ready-to-use food sitting in their 
warehouse, awaiting shipment. Despite money being appropriated for 
FY25, no new orders are being placed.
  I once again call on the Trump administration for a full restoration 
of funding for ready-to-use therapeutic food that will save the lives 
of children across the world. We have done it before. We should 
continue to do it. That is our commitment.

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