[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 208 (Wednesday, December 10, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H5124]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      ATTACK ON CHILDREN'S HEALTH

  (Mr. LATIMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LATIMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring attention to 
Secretary Kennedy and the Trump administration's most recent attack on 
our children's health.
  On Friday, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the 
panel of anti-vaxxers that Secretary Kennedy put in charge, upended 
over three decades of precedent on hepatitis B vaccine recommendations 
for babies.
  Secretary Kennedy's fascination with quackery has, once again, set 
health, science, and medicine in America backward.
  The new guidance says that only babies whose mothers test positive 
for hepatitis B or whose status is unknown should receive the vaccine.
  For every other baby, the committee has decided not to give a 
recommendation.
  If acting CDC Director O'Neil approves this recommendation, countless 
babies will be at risk of liver disease and other long-lasting health 
issues.
  Mr. Speaker, I call on the administration to reject this unscientific 
and reckless proposal before it harms our children.

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