Baby formula is hard to find. The nationwide out of stock rate hit 43 percent in May.
To help restock those shelves, President Joe Biden is invoking the Defense Production Act to require suppliers to provide ingredients used to make formula to manufacturers ahead of anyone else.
So what is the Defense Production Act?
The measure was created in 1950 at the start of the Korean War. The DPA authorizes the federal government to require businesses to produce items considered crucial to national security, public health or critical infrastructure.
In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Biden used the DPA to increase production of the materials needed for electric car batteries.
Former President Trump used the law throughout the Covid pandemic to produce N-95 masks, ventilators and testing supplies.
In addition to the DPA, cargo planes will be used to fly baby formula into America from other countries. Straight from DC, I’m Ray Bogan.