Peter Meijer tweeted the following:
"Of course the point of this bill was to show Congress is doing something even if that something wouldnt actually do anything. They arent looking for a solution, just something to fill in the blank of a defensive talking point. (2/2) reason.com/2022/05/20/ban"Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Peter Meijer:
"This bill is so dumb that a part of me wants it to become law to prove its unworkability. (It wont.)Ignore for a second that price controls always backfire. Here, gas stations would basically be forced to collude on prices to avoid being accused of gouging. Amazing. (1/2) twitter.com/billpascrell/s"Read on Twitter
"Absolutely- I voted against HR 7790 bc it has no impact on the current crisis and reward bad agency behavior. This one-page bill is just a $28M increase for FDA salaries. Thats it. If baby formula shortage was caused by an underfunded FDA, this would help. But it wasnt. (1/3) twitter.com/Zads77/status/" on May 19Read on Twitter
"The formula shortage was due to bureaucratic dithering at FDA on reopening Abbotts Sturgis facility, and exacerbated by protectionist import policies + market inflexibility due to WIC single-source contracts. I voted in support of HR 7791, which addresses latter 2 issues. (2/3)" on May 19Read on Twitter
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