Sen. Bernie Sanders is asking Sen. Bill Cassidy, the Republican chair of the health committee, to investigate Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent decision to fire all 17 members of the nation’s top vaccine advisory committee.
In a letter provided to NOTUS by the Vermont senator’s office, Sanders questioned Kennedy’s recent dismissal of the entire membership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Sanders is the ranking member of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
“I am requesting that we immediately initiate a bi-partisan investigation into these firings and conduct serious oversight into the actions Secretary Kennedy has taken to mislead the American people about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines and erode public health,” Sanders said in the letter, which was sent Friday.