Haley Stevens

United States House of Representative Haley Stevens (D-MI) formally introduced Articles of Impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to a press release on Wednesday. In the release, she cites Kennedy’s “dangerous actions that have endangered public health and gutted lifesaving medical research.”

“Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has turned his back on science, on public health, and on the American people – spreading conspiracies and lies, driving up costs, and putting lives at risk,” Stevens said in the release. “Under his watch, families are less safe and less healthy, people are paying more for care, lifesaving research has been gutted, and vaccines have been restricted. He has driven up health care costs while tearing down the scientific institutions that keep Michiganders and families across America safe. His actions are reckless, his leadership is harmful, and his tenure has become a direct threat to our nation’s health and security. Congress cannot and will not stand by while one man dismantles decades of medical progress.”

According to the release, the impeachment effort is supported by Stand Up for Science, an organization dedicated to defending and advancing America’s scientific ecosystem.

“RFK Jr.’s actions are negligent and will result in harm and loss of life. He must be impeached and removed,” Colette Delawalla, founder and CEO of Stand Up for Science, said in the release. “As a scientist and a mother, I am not willing to go back to a time before robust public health interventions. For the first time in human history, we progressed from 30% of babies not making it to adulthood to over 98% surviving to adulthood because of modern medicine and vaccines. Eliminating effective public health interventions with proven track records and dismantling evidence-based science is not the way to promote health and reduce chronic illness. Stand Up For Science is ready to hold Secretary Kennedy accountable.”

Steven’s impeachment articles claim the following impeachable actions by Kennedy:

— Kennedy’s “abdication of duty” by cutting research funding for cancer, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and addiction.

— Kennedy “severely” restricted access to vaccines.

— Kennedy failed to carry out his statutory duties in administering the FDA and CDC.