June 24, 2025
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — Shaughnessy Naughton, President of 314 Action, released the following statement on Senator Bill Cassidy’s call to delay tomorrow’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices panel:
“Senator Bill Cassidy is a sellout. He cast the deciding vote to confirm RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary — a reckless move that dismissed urgent warnings from thousands of scientists. He put Trump’s extremist agenda above public health, and now that the consequences are unfolding, he’s scrambling to distance himself. Too late. Cassidy helped open the door to this disaster”
“314 Action joins calls to postpone tomorrow’s vaccine advisory panel until a CDC director is in place and a proper investigation is conducted. RFK Jr. has replaced respected scientists with his hand-picked group of anti-vaccine activists to push his agenda without oversight from a CDC director. Americans deserve to know why RFK Jr. shrank the ACIP committee from 17 to eight and if the members’ credentials match the qualifications required by law. Until then, this committee cannot be allowed to make vaccine recommendations.
Following RFK Jr.’s announcement of his new vaccine advisory panel, 314 Action slammed his decision and immediately called for an investigation into the appointed members. The organization has also launched a petition demanding the MAHA Report be immediately removed and retracted from the White House website, which has been signed by a coalition of 100 elected officials, doctors, and STEM leaders.
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