Ed Markey: “I second the PASTEUR Act before this Congress as well.”

American children and their families deserve robust evidence-based immunization recommendations that are rooted in science.

We urge the Department to withdraw this proposed rule, ensure that the federal government upholds the civil rights of all students, and work to ensure all students can attend schools that are not segregated.

Against that backdrop, creating a federal repository of identifiable medical records—with no evidence of any limits on how that data may be used, shared, or repurposed—is deeply alarming.

We cannot rely on courts alone to secure strong protections for our kids’ privacy and safety — Congress must act.