Introduced
September 16, 2025
Ms. Rosen (for herself, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Alsobrooks, and Mr. Reed) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
RESOLUTION
Condemning the extreme anti-vaccine policies of Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., strongly opposing the policies of the State of Florida that roll back immunization requirements, and expressing the sense of the Senate that vaccines are critical to protecting public health, eliminating preventable illness and death, and reducing hospitalizations and severity of illness, work best when adopted at a high level within each community, and must be made available to the public.
- (1) supports public health decisions based on science;
- (2) agrees with the stance of the American Academy of Pediatrics and other professional medical organizations in strongly recommending immunization as the safest and most cost-effective way of preventing disease, disability, and death;
- (3) condemns States taking steps to weaken school immunization requirements, putting children and vulnerable individuals at serious risk;
- (4) strongly opposes the anti-vaccine policies proposed by the State of Florida in September 2025;
- (5) condemns the misguided policies of Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. that are based on anti-vaccine conspiracy theories and have resulted in confusion, fear, and lack of vaccine access for American families;