[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 20, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2158]
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, I rise today for the 12th time to call on 
the Trump administration to restore funding for lifesaving food aid for 
malnourished children across the globe.
  Edesia Nutrition in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, manufactures this 
nutritional paste which has saved millions of lives. When the Trump 
administration began, funding for this program went away. There are 
kids literally starving around the world, while thousands of boxes of 
this lifesaving food aid sit in a warehouse in Rhode Island.
  When we abandon our commitment to helping solve malnutrition around 
the world, we are not just hurting those children who are hungry. We 
are hurting our own credibility as a country. Our adversaries like 
China are happy to step into the void we have left to make those 
countries beholden to them.
  Make no mistake. China's help doesn't come for free. It comes with a 
price. This is not just about doing the right thing for these starving 
children around the world. It is about maintaining America's position 
of leadership globally.
  Restore the funding. Restore the food aid. I will speak every day 
until this is done.

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