CSPI opposes nomination of RFK Jr for HHS Secretary

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is not remotely qualified for the role and should be nowhere near the science-based agencies that safeguard our nutrition, food safety, and health.

Nominating an anti-vaxxer like Kennedy to HHS is like putting a Flat Earther at the head of NASA. CSPI opposes this nomination and any other nominees who are a direct threat to science and evidence-based solutions.  

If unassuming little viruses could talk, measles, mumps, and rubella would be loudly cheerleading for the nomination of this prolific spreader of scientific misinformation.

This nomination, like all of Trump’s nominees, must be subject to the advice and consent of the United States Senate. There must be a confirmation hearing and an up-or-down vote. Any attempt to ram through Kennedy or other unqualified nominees using recess appointments—which would require Congress to create a fake, unscheduled recess—would be profoundly undemocratic.