Irony Award: US Senator Gary Peters saving babies

Question: How does an active member of the pro-abort club defend babies' lives?

Answer: He doesn't. Instead, he claims to protect their parents' time and peace of mind. 

After all, it's the parents who vote. 

And of the three big ones he's sworn to uphold (Life, Liberty, Property), he hits the latter two pretty hard. Too bad the three work together, or not at all.

In a month replete with irony, this one stands out.

Friend ­­––

Countless families in Michigan and across the country found themselves in an unthinkable situation when they were faced with a nationwide infant formula shortage in 2022. A plant in Michigan accidentally shipped formula contaminated with potentially deadly bacteria. The contamination wasn’t discovered until the product was already in stores, which triggered a recall — ultimately leading to the shortage.

We should have been able to catch the tainted formula before it hit the shelves, but due to current regulations the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can’t inspect infant formula until after it leaves the factory floor. That doesn’t make any sense, so I’ve introduced a bipartisan bill to strengthen the FDA’s oversight of infant formula.

My bill takes a three-pronged approach to reduce the risk of infant formula contamination. It would require manufacturers to strengthen testing before their product is released to stores, share any positive contaminant results with the FDA, and then work with the FDA to properly dispose of contaminated products.

Parents should never have to make the impossible choices too many of them were forced to grapple with in 2022, and I’m hard at work to ensure something like that never happens again.

Thanks for reading,

Gary Peters
United States Senator for Michigan

This will result in increased production costs and higher prices for formula. Given the high volume purchased via state welfare contracts, the ultimate payer for much of the new regulatory burden will be the Michigan worker.

Unfortunately, that final irony will escape most voters.