During House floor remarks on Thursday, Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-RI) spoke about food aid funding.
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00:00Mr. Speaker, I rise for the 10th time to call on the Trump administration to restore
00:06funding for life-saving food aid for malnourished children across the globe.
00:11$50 is all it takes to save the life of a child. Adhesion Nutrition in Rhode Island
00:18makes a life-saving paste called Plumpy Nut that for just 30 cents a packet over eight
00:25weeks can save the life of a child suffering from malnutrition. $50, 30 cents a packet,
00:34one packet a day, $50 over eight weeks, and you can save a life.
00:39This product was shipped to millions of children around the world before the Trump administration
00:43cut off funding. Now, Secretary Rubio and Elon Musk have both said that this funding will
00:50be restored, but they have yet to actually do it.
00:53So once again, I am calling along with many of my colleagues for this funding to be restored.
00:59The administration needs to live up to its word. The lives of children depend on it. And I yield
01:04back.
01:06The gentleman yield.