ICYMI: Rep. Stevens Slams RFK Jr.; “Resign or Be Impeached”
“You have abused your office, you have gutted America’s public health, you should be ashamed.”
Washington, D.C. – In case you missed it, Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign or face impeachment, standing up for science and accountability during a House Committee hearing.
Here’s what Michiganders are seeing and reading about Rep. Haley Stevens’ work to protect public health, defend science-based policy, and hold officials accountable:
WDET: Detroit Evening Report: US Rep. Haley Stevens calls for RFK Jr.’s impeachment again
By: Hernz Laguerre
- Rep. Haley Stevens continued her call for articles of impeachment against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a house committee meeting on Friday.
- During a contentious set of questions, Stevens says that the secretary abused his office and gutted America’s health.
- She said she did it for Michigan. “I had a moment to push for accountability for Michiganders whose healthcare and safety is on the line with conspiracy theories running rampant. I wanted to push today for the transparency and accountability Michiganders deserve. That’s who I take my cues from.”
Deadline Detroit: Video: U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens -- RFK Jr. 'Has Failed the American People'
By: Allan Lengel
- Michigan Democratic U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens attacked Robert Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, during a committee hearing Friday and afterward told Deadline Detroit: “He has failed the American people.”
- In an interview with Deadline Detroit after the hearing, Stevens said she has called for Kennedy to resign. If he doesn't, she said, she will continue to push for articles of impeachment to remove him.
Spectrum News: Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens files articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
By: Craig Huber
- "Secretary Kennedy is driving up costs, endangering lives, undermining public health, betraying public trust and threatening Michigan families and our world-class research institutions. These are violations of his oath of office. We are in a public health emergency. It is time to protect science, protect lives and hold him accountable,”
- Stevens has called for Kennedy’s removal before, in September saying she intended to file impeachment articles against him.
- "Enough is enough. We cannot allow public officials to weaponize misinformation while cutting the very research that saves lives. It is time, today, to impeach RFJ, Jr. This is about protecting the health and safety of Michigan families, every American. I will always stand up for science, truth and the health of every family,”
- “But we know that Michiganders, the American people, have been shut out. That there has been very little accountability, health care cuts, attacks on scientific research, ballooning cases, outbreaks of measles and other diseases that we thought we have come close to eradicating, and so I had to take the five minutes, the five minutes that I got, for accountability and to showcase that we have to have scientific integrity. We have to follow the scientific method. Instead, we are getting conspiracy theories and a self-serving agenda, you know. It was met with a pompous response, which was deeply frustrating. And people in Michigan need to know who's fighting for them, and that's me. I'm fighting for them every single day because their health care, their lives are on the line due to these conspiracy theories that are running a multi-billion dollar health agency here in the United States of America.”
- “But what we have seen this entire administration, and particularly under RFK Jr.'s leadership, has been abuses of power at the expense of Michiganders health and safety. It is an outrage. Look, RFK Jr. might not have to respond to families who are in tears, who are being pushed to a breaking point because of cuts to clinical trials, to cancer research. He might not have to answer to Michiganders who are working on pediatric cancer research, but I am doing that, and so of course, you know, I'm going to use, you know, the will and the exercising of our democracy in a congressional hearing to push for accountability.”
- “Well, what we've seen is a total disregard for science, a total disregard for generations of vaccine research, of disease research, of epidemiology, firing an entire vaccine panel to put in his hand picked people. That's not working for the people of Michigan. I've got young parents who have newborns and young children, and they are frightened. They are frustrated. I have Republican doctors coming up to me and thanking me for leading the effort to take on the Impeachment of RFK Jr. I don't do so lightly, all right, but when I see things that I have been a part of, that I oversee in the Congress, and as a defender of Michiganders health and safety. We can't allow quackery to Trump science. If you got questions, if you want better scientific research, then do it with scientific research, not conspiracy theory. And that's what we're getting from RFK Jr., and unfortunately, the President of the United States.”
TWEET: “Stevens: In September, your handpicked vaccine panel voted against recommending the combined measles vaccine for children under four.
Sec. Kennedy: It was dangerous…”
Stevens: In September, your handpicked vaccine panel voted against recommending the combined measles vaccine for children under four.
Sec. Kennedy: It was dangerous… pic.twitter.com/ZwA7MeSw6R— Acyn (@Acyn) April 17, 2026
TWEET: “Stevens to RFK Jr: "To top it off, Mr Secretary, I got a copy of HR-944. You know what it is? It's your impeachment articles, sir. You have abused your office, you have gutted America's public health! You should be ashamed.””
Stevens to RFK Jr: "To top it off, Mr Secretary, I got a copy of HR-944. You know what it is? It's your impeachment articles, sir. You have abused your office, you have gutted America's public health! You should be ashamed." pic.twitter.com/2lwcHI5AhD
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 17, 2026
TWEET: “Wow Rep.Haley Stevens of Michigan totally slams RFK Jr and lets him know what a danger he’s been to this Country and that he needs to be impeached or removed immediately!”
Wow Rep.Haley Steven’s of Michigan totally slams RFK Jr and lets him know what a danger he’s been to this Country and that he needs to be impeached or removed immediately! pic.twitter.com/VVAjatDjBT
— Suzie rizzio (@Suzierizzo1) April 20, 2026
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