WASHINGTON (WNEM/Gray News) – Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens has announced that she will introduce articles of impeachment against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Steven’s office said it is in response to the health secretary’s efforts to jeopardize public health, increase the cost of healthcare and cut medical research from pediatric cancer initiatives to vaccine developments.
Stevens released the following statement regarding her decision:
“RFK Jr. is making our country less safe and making healthcare less affordable and accessible for Michiganders. His contempt for science, the constant spreading of conspiracy theories, and his complete disregard for the thousands of research hours spent by America’s top doctors and experts are unprecedented, reckless, and dangerous.
Enough is enough – we need leaders who put science over chaos, facts over lies, and people over politics, which is why I am announcing today that I have begun drafting articles of impeachment against Secretary Kennedy.
Secretary Kennedy has violated his oath of office and proven himself unfit to serve the American people. Congress must act to hold him accountable, and I intend to lead the charge to remove him from office.”
Steven’s office said her articles of impeachment will focus on the following:
RFK Jr.’s abdication of duty by cutting funding for lifesaving research.
Him restricting access to vaccines and spreading conspiracies, putting lives in danger, and raising healthcare costs.
His lies in his confirmation hearing.
And the health secretary’s failure to carry out the statutory duties of the department in administering the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Associated Press reported earlier this month that RFK. Jr’s family members called him a ‘threat’ to Americans’ health and called for his resignation.
Kennedy has been a longtime leader in the anti-vaccine movement. He was sworn in as the 26th HHS secretary earlier this year.
“Thank you, President Trump, for your leadership, your confidence in me, and your deep concern for the health of the American people,” Kennedy said in February. “You have truly heard the calls of the millions of mothers who simply want the tools – and the truth – so they can make informed decisions for their children.”
“I have prayed each morning for the past two decades for God to put me in a position to solve the childhood chronic disease epidemic,” Kennedy continued, “and now, thanks to you, Mr. President, we will make this promise a reality.”