Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and members of the Senate Finance Committee issued the following statement calling on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign, as he continues to push his dangerous anti-health and anti-science agenda, lie to Congress, and spread disinformation:
“Robert Kennedy was unfit to serve as the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services before he was on the job, which is why every Democratic member of the Senate Finance Committee opposed his nomination. The actions Robert Kennedy has taken since he was sworn in reinforce the danger he poses to the health of America.
“By discarding well-established science related to vaccines, elevating conspiracy theorists and self-interested charlatans to positions of public trust, and presiding over the largest cut to American health care in history, Robert Kennedy has reinforced every fear families had about him.
“Robert Kennedy has failed to protect the health of the American people and endangers the lives of all Americans, particularly children, people with disabilities, and vulnerable Americans. Robert Kennedy must resign, and if he doesn’t, Trump should fire him before more American families are hurt by his reckless disregard for science and the truth.”
In addition to Bennet, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined the statement.
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