“Impeaching Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, for high crimes and misdemeanors.”
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This section states Article I of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, for abuse of authority and failure to faithfully execute laws, including the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Medicaid, thereby imperiling public health. It alleges he (1) conducted reductions in force across the Department of Health and Human Services during a lapse of appropriations, falsely testifying to Congress that no working scientists were terminated; (2) ceased public comment on federal rules in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act; (3) terminated employees at the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Food and Drug Administration responsible for record-keeping and Freedom of Information Act requests; (4) promoted the "Make America Healthy Again" report citing false or misleading research; (5) attacked the Food and Drug Administration, suggesting reorganization or closure of programs; (6) directed unilateral Food and Drug Administration approval of leucovorin (a chemotherapy drug) for autism treatment without sufficient evidence; and (7) impaired the federal response to the avian influenza outbreak. The section further alleges he undermined medical innovation by cancelling over 2,600 National Institutes of Health biomedical research grants totaling $8.9 billion, freezing over $1.5 billion in additional grants, shuttering congressionally authorized programs on childhood health (including childhood cancer research), sudden infant death syndrome, maternal and infant health, mental health, and substance abuse prevention.