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House Republicans gathered outside the U.S. Capitol Thursday, demanding answers from the Food and Drug Administration and the White House about the response to the nation's baby formula shortage.

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The problem is the result of supply chain disruptions and a safety recall, and has had a cascade of effects: Retailers are limiting what customers can buy, and doctors and health workers are urging parents to contact food banks or physicians' offices, in addition to warning against watering down formula to stretch supplies or using online DIY recipes.

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The shortage is driving parents to swap, sell and offer leftover formula supplies to each other.

"Babies have been put to bed hungry while parents are desperately trying to find alternative formulas that are often difficult to procure. This is not a third world country. This should never happen in the United States of America," said New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik.

The White House says President Joe Biden will speak with manufacturers and retailers Thursday about the plight facing families. But Republicans in Congress say the action is too little, too late.

"Food security is national security. And right now we have a food security crisis for the most vulnerable of Americans, the ones that we cherish the most and that's our babies," said Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

"This is a crisis that should never be happening, and this is completely squarely on the shoulders of the Biden administration and the Democrats that are controlling our government," Greene added.