FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Doctors for America
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February 5, 2025
Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Condemns Finance Committee Approval of RFK Jr. Nomination for HHS Secretary
Washington, D.C.: Doctors for America’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Task Force is deeply disappointed that members of the Senate Finance Committee chose to put politics over patients and advance Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Jr’s nomination to serve as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
RFK Jr. has consistently fueled misinformation about the safety and efficacy of life-saving preventive health care, undermining years of progress in disease prevention, treatment, and public health policy. As physicians, we understand what’s at stake for patients. We are particularly discouraged by the actions of our physician colleagues on the committee, who chose to vote in favor of allowing an avowed anti-science opportunist to lead the federal agency responsible for the health of our nation. We believe that their votes today contradict the longstanding physician creed to ‘do no harm.’
As one member aptly noted, RFK Jr. is “not a disruptor, he is a destroyer.”
As RFK Jr.’s nomination now moves to consideration among the full Senate, Doctors for America implores senators to consider the danger Kennedy poses to Americans by consistently questioning settled science, fomenting fear with misinformation, and putting the lives of our most vulnerable citizens at risk. We urge every senator to vote against Kennedy’s confirmation to serve as Secretary of HHS.
For press inquiries and to speak more on this issue with members of the Doctors for America FDA Task Force please contact Alli Everton with Continuum Health Group (aeverton@cha-dc.com).
About Doctors for America:
Doctors for America mobilizes doctors and medical students to be leaders in putting patients over politics to improve the health of our patients, communities, and nation. DFA is an organization of over 27,000 physician and medical student advocates in all 50 states, representing all areas of specialization. DFA teaches physicians and medical students advocacy skills and does advocacy at a state and federal level. Our impact areas focus on access to affordable care, community health and prevention, and health justice and equity. DFA focuses solely on what is best for our patients, not on the business side of medicine, and does not accept any funding from pharmaceutical or medical device companies, which uniquely positions DFA as the organization that puts patients over politics and patients over profits. Find out more at doctorsforamerica.org and on Twitter drsforamerica or Bluesky drsforamerica.bsky.social.
