Health Care

Washington, D.C.—Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Chief of Staff Matthew Buzzelli demanding an urgent briefing.  The request follows a June meeting of CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) during which the committee refused to approve certain flu vaccines, relied on misinformation, and elevated anti-vaccine activists over CDC experts.  The lawmakers are seeking answers on how these dangerous decisions will affect all Americans, especially children who are most at risk.

Washington, D.C. (June 23, 2025)— Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, and Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Military and Foreign Affairs, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reiterating requests for information from Committee Democrats that have gone unanswered on the Trump Administration’s rollback of lifesaving food inspection and disease surveillance activities, the firing of thousands of workers from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and HHS, and failure to inform the American public about the spread of life-threatening infectious diseases.

Washington, D.C. (June 11, 2025)— Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Healthcare and Financial Services, led Members of the Subcommittee in sending a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demanding information surrounding the decision to cancel a contract with producers of an avian influenza (avian flu) vaccine amid an uncontrolled avian flu outbreak across the nation.

Washington, D.C. (June 10, 2025)—Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, sent two letters to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a long time anti-vaccine activist with a history of promoting vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories. The letters demand information on Secretary Kennedy’s abrupt dismissal of all seventeen members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which develops evidence-based vaccine recommendations that doctors and insurance companies rely on in providing vaccines to children and adults, and HHS’s decision to take away the choice to receive annual vaccinations against COVID-19 from millions of people.

Washington, D.C. (June 4, 2025)— Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch,  Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick following reports received by Committee Democrats that illegally fired employees were denied health coverage for which they had already paid and that Commerce did not honor its required commitment to continue employee health coverage for a 31-day period after their termination.

Washington, D.C. (May 20, 2025)— Below is Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi’s opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s joint Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs and Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial services hearing on Republicans’ attacks on the Inflation Reduction Act and the middle class.

Washington, D.C. (May 20, 2025)— Below is Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost’s opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s joint Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs and Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial services hearing on how Republicans’ roll back of the Inflation Reduction Act to subsidize tax giveaways for billionaires will increase working Americans’ cost of living.