[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 13, 2026)]
[House]
[Pages H669-H670]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE

  (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 condemn Secretary Kennedy's 
recent assault on children's health.
  Last week, against universally recommended guidelines, the Department 
of Health and Human Services slashed the childhood immunization 
schedule from 17 vaccines to 11. Among those removed are vaccines to 
protect against RSV, COVID-19, and hepatitis B.
  Americans deserve accurate information that is based on established 
science to make decisions about our children's health. I am perplexed 
by this latest ambush on the lives and future of our children. What is 
the crisis

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that requires us to challenge settled science?
  The universally recommended vaccine schedule that families have 
relied on and trusted for years to protect their children has saved 
countless lives. I shudder to think about the children who could die 
from preventable diseases at the hands of this administration's so-
called guidance. We are simply pandering to skeptics who want to impose 
ideology in place of intelligent research.
  Since taking office, this administration has made every effort to 
dismantle public health. These unacceptable and baseless challenges 
only deepen the growing cracks in our health system.

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