[This piece has been published in Restoring America to highlight economic reforms Congress could make to prevent crises like the infant formula shortage from occurring in the future.]

This week, I testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights on the topic of “Baby Formula and Beyond: The Impact of Consolidation on Families and Consumers” and — given this week’s troubling news about continued production problems at Abbott Laboratories’ plant in Michigan — the hearing couldn’t have been more timely.