Congressman Cohen’s Statement on the Confirmation of RFK Jr.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a polio survivor and an advocate of vaccine immunization, released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on a 52-48 vote.

“It is a violation of the public’s trust to confirm the appointment of a man not capable of protecting the nation’s – and the world’s – public health. A vaccine denier with little knowledge of the vast array of responsibilities he has now been given is the wrong person for this job.

“Biomedical research funding for St. Jude and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has already been affected by the proposed Trump-Musk cuts to National Institutes of Health grants. RFK Jr. jeopardizes funding for them as well.”

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