IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 944 
Impeaching Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
for high crimes and misdemeanors. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 10, 2025 
Ms. STEVENS (for herself and Mr. SWALWELL) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Impeaching Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, for high crimes and misdemeanors. 
Resolved, That Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, is impeached for high crimes 
and misdemeanors and that the following article of im-
peachment be exhibited to the Senate: 
ARTICLE I: ABUSE OF AUTHORITY AND UNDERMINING OF 
THE PUBLIC HEALTH 
The Constitution provides that the House of Rep-
resentatives ‘‘shall have the sole power of impeachment’’ 
and that civil officers of the United States, including the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, ‘‘shall be re-
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moved from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, 
treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors’’. 
In his conduct as Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has abused the powers of his 
office and failed to faithfully execute the laws of the 
United States, in violation of his constitutional oath and 
his duty under article II, section 3, of the Constitution. 
By doing so, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has imperiled the 
health and safety of the American people, eroded public 
confidence in the Nation’s public health institutions, and 
stalled decades of scientific and medical progress. 
In his conduct as Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has disregarded statutory 
requirements of his office by failing to abide by Federal 
law, including the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act (42 U.S.C. 18001 et seq.) and title XIX of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), which threatens 
the public health and safety of the American people 
through the diminished capacity of the Nation’s public 
health institutions as follows: 
(1) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. conducted far-reach-
ing, haphazard reduction in force (hereinafter re-
ferred to as ‘‘RIF’’) including during the ongoing 
lapse of appropriations, which have diminished pub-
lic health capacity across the Department of Health 
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and Human Services (hereinafter referred to as 
‘‘DHHS’’) resulting in lawsuits and haphazard rein-
statement actions. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely 
testified to Congress that these reductions in force 
did not terminate any ‘‘working scientists,’’ despite 
overwhelming evidence that key staff managing pro-
grams and leading public health scientists were in-
cluded, endangering public health, delaying bio-
medical innovations, and inciting confusion among 
public health professionals. 
(2) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unilaterally ceased 
public comment on various types of Federal adminis-
trative rules and orders in violation of the Adminis-
trative Procedures Act. Such elimination runs at 
odds with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s own statements 
to improve public transparency while also reducing 
key oversight and consultation avenues used by Con-
gress and public health officials on significant Fed-
eral actions. 
(3) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. terminated employ-
ees across the National Institutes of Health (herein-
after referred to as ‘‘NIH’’), the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (hereinafter referred to as 
‘‘CDC’’), and the Food and Drug Administration 
(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘FDA’’) responsible for 
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meeting statutory requirements with respect to 
record keeping and fulfilling requests for public 
records eligible under Federal laws, including the 
Freedom of Information Act. These terminations di-
minished oversight and transparency across the Na-
tion’s public health enterprise and are impeding 
Congress’ ability to conduct effective oversight. 
(4) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. celebrated the publi-
cation of the ‘‘Make America Healthy Again’’ report, 
which repeatedly cited false, misleading, or non-ex-
istent research and misrepresented existing scientific 
findings, seeding confusion among the public and 
policymakers and imperiling the health and well- 
being of children across the United States. Such 
false citations are also in violation of Federal re-
search integrity standards and the established norms 
of the scientific community. 
(5) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. baselessly attacked 
the FDA, including going so far as to suggest reor-
ganization and closure of key programs. These at-
tacks erode public trust in a key regulatory agency 
designed to protect public health while reducing ca-
pacity to carry out statutory requirements. 
(6) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the 
FDA would unilaterally approve the use of leucov-
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orin, a chemotherapy drug approved for cancer 
treatment, to treat symptoms of autism. Such a 
move is in violation of administrative procedures re-
garding the approval of novel treatment methods by 
the FDA, including insufficient scientific evidence of 
any such risks or adverse effects the use of leucov-
orin poses to children’s health. 
(7) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. impaired the Fed-
eral response to the avian influenza outbreak despite 
overwhelming evidence of a health crisis in the Na-
tion’s poultry stock, which led to the culling of mil-
lions of commercial birds. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 
dismissed the scientific and general public concern 
regarding the escalating outbreak, repeated inflam-
matory statements such as suggesting the virus 
‘‘should be allowed to run its course,’’ and failed to 
uphold the Federal Government’s responsibility of 
managing the crisis, thus endangering food security 
and public health. 
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has undermined the United 
States leadership in medical innovation and endangered 
the future of public health through the cancellation of 
Federal research grants, shuttering congressionally au-
thorized programs, and withholding funds, which violated 
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article 1 of the United States Constitution and the ‘‘power 
of the purse’’ by Congress as follows: 
(1) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has cancelled more 
than 2,600 biomedical research grants at NIH total-
ing $8.9 billion in Federal funding loss for the pub-
lic health research enterprise. Additionally, over $1.5 
billion in NIH grants are currently frozen, further 
chilling medical innovation, including life-saving clin-
ical research. 
(2) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shuttered programs 
and research grant funding dedicated to improving 
childhood health (including cancelling research of 
childhood cancer), ended NIH participation in ef-
forts to reduce sudden infant death syndrome, and 
reduced capacity to monitor maternal and infant 
health. 
(3) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shuttered key pre-
vention programs and funding streams dedicated to 
addressing mental health and substance abuse, in-
cluding the shuttering of the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration in violation 
of Federal law and ending the specialized support 
services offered by the 988 Suicide and Crisis Life-
line for LBQTA+ youth, further compromising the 
public health of a vulnerable population. 
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(4) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. withheld Congres-
sionally authorized funding to carry out the family 
planning program under title X of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300 et seq.), threatening clo-
sure of 865 service sites and cutting access for 
850,000 patients to essential reproductive and pre-
ventive health services, jeopardizing healthcare ac-
cess across the United States. 
(5) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eliminated various 
clinical research programs and projects related to 
prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted in-
fections, including human immunodeficiency virus 
(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘HIV’’) and the acquired 
immunodeficiency syndrome (hereinafter referred to 
as ‘‘AIDS’’), thus undermining public health, includ-
ing for vulnerable populations. 
(6) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discontinued the 
Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Dis-
eases, operated by NIH, jeopardizing public health 
by deteriorating the scientific understanding and the 
ability to prevent, detect, and respond to future 
global pandemics. 
(7) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cancelled research 
grants for vaccines development utilizing mRNA bio-
medical technologies despite scientifically studied 
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benefits of such technology, including the COVID– 
19 vaccine, imperiling the future of biomedical inno-
vation for cancer treatment, including for childhood 
cancer. 
(8) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abolished the 
Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network. As 
a result of this terminated funding, CDC will only 
monitor two foodborne illnesses, down from eight 
which includes the elimination of campylobacter and 
listeria, which killed 72 people in the United States 
in 2022. 
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has eroded public trust in the 
effectiveness and safety of vaccines through inflammatory, 
baseless, and misleading public statements, policies, and 
other official actions. Such actions also undermine public 
trust in the entire United States public health system and 
institutions, thus sowing harmful and unnecessary confu-
sion among the American public regarding trusted sources 
for public health information as follows: 
(1) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely testified 
under oath to Congress that he would not take ac-
tions that would ‘‘make it difficult or discourage 
people from taking [vaccines]’’ and that he would 
not undermine the independence of the Advisory 
Committee on Immunization Practices (hereinafter 
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referred to as ‘‘ACIP’’), the premier Federal advi-
sory committee responsible for immunization policy. 
(2) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. circumvented the 
independence of the ACIP by firing all 17 members 
of the ACIP and subsequently appointing unquali-
fied individuals to the ACIP, many of whom hold 
significant conflicts of interest and have publicly op-
posed established immunization science. This move 
represents a scientific coup d’e´tat of immunization 
science and policy that imperils public health. 
(3) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unilaterally fired 
Susan Monarez, the Senate-confirmed CDC Direc-
tor. Prior to her firing, Susan Monarez was subject 
to legally dubious managerial pressure by Robert F. 
Kennedy Jr. and other politically appointed staff of 
DHHS to resign over her refusal to implement po-
litically-motivated, scientifically-unfounded policies. 
Following her firing, Susan Monarez testified under 
oath in front of the Senate Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions Committee regarding Robert F. 
Kennedy Jr.’s intention to promote policies, actions, 
and rhetoric that undermine public health and his 
failures to execute statutory requirements for his of-
fice. 
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(4) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unilaterally removed 
the COVID–19 vaccine from the recommended 
schedule for pregnant women and children issued by 
CDC, without the required input from the ACIP. He 
then falsely testified before the Subcommittee on 
Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
of the House of Representatives that he eliminated 
the recommendation for pregnant women because 
‘‘there was no science supporting that recommenda-
tion’’. This change created widespread confusion in 
vaccine safety, and installed harmful barriers to vac-
cine access, including for vulnerable populations. 
(5) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed David 
Geier, a known vaccine conspiracy theorist with no 
medical training, to lead a Federal study into vac-
cines, with a focus on the scientifically unsubstan-
tiated theory connecting vaccines to autism, further 
politicizing scientific research and undermining pub-
lic trust in immunization safety. 
(6) Robert F. Kennedy Jr., despite his official 
capacity as Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, has publicly voiced support for baseless, sci-
entifically unproven theories regarding immunization 
safety, including COVID–19 vaccines, and embraced 
harmful rhetoric wrongfully connecting immuniza-
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tions to behavioral and health conditions, including 
during an active measles outbreak. 
(7) Robert F. Kennedy Jr., despite his official 
capacity as Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, publicly supported Dr. Michael Kirk Moore fol-
lowing the dismissal of Federal charges against the 
physician despite the significant public health harm 
in doing so. Dr. Moore was accused of destroying 
COVID–19 vaccines, distributing fake vaccination 
record cards, and giving children saline shots instead 
of the vaccine at their parents’ request. 
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has undermined the public 
health and safety of the American people through policies 
relying on unsubstantiated evidence and promoting false, 
misleading, and dangerous rhetoric. These inflammatory 
statements and actions contradict established science and 
Federal policy and further erode public confidence in the 
Nation’s health institutions as follows: 
(1) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely claimed that 
acetaminophen usage during pregnancy causes au-
tism, a claim that is entirely unsubstantiated, erod-
ing public trust in medical advice. 
(2) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made inflam-
matory and scientifically unfounded public comments 
regarding autism, including referring to the condi-
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tion as ‘‘a preventable disease’’ and made demeaning 
comments about autistic individuals. 
(3) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered the CDC to 
end fluoridation directives in water utilities despite 
decades of scientific consensus on the proven bene-
fits of such directives in preventing tooth decay. 
(4) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared without evi-
dence that cell phones cause cancer and neurological 
harm to children despite such claims having been ex-
plicitly refuted by the NIH and other scientific au-
thorities. 
(5) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely claimed that 
AIDS is caused by the use of alkyl nitrites, a class 
of recreational drugs colloquially referred to as 
‘‘poppers’’, despites decades of research dem-
onstrating the causal relationship between HIV and 
AIDS. 
(6) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely claimed that 
lifestyle changes and vitamin supplements can pre-
vent measles, leading to a documented 39% increase 
in pediatric Vitamin A poisoning cases. 
In all of this, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has imperiled 
the health and safety of the American people, eroded pub-
lic confidence in the Nation’s public health institutions, 
and diminished decades of scientific and medical progress. 
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Wherefore Robert F. Kennedy Jr., by such conduct, 
warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office. 
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