Ed Markey: “The legislation which Mr. Holt and I and the Democrats have introduced would raise $18 billion to--and it would be used…”

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.

As with other efforts to erode federal civil rights oversight and enforcement, ED’s proposed rule is ‘like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.’

In addition to mandatory notification of use outlined in this rule, the FDA should be using strong, science-based standards to independently review every chemical proposed for use in our food.

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