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“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:
“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.
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.
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.
“You should be ashamed. You should resign. And if you refuse, Congress should remove you from office.” - Rep. Stevens
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens confronted Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a House Committee hearing, blasting his handling of surging measles cases and renewing calls for his impeachment.
Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens and Representative Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania have introduced the Bipartisan Advanced Wastewater Treatment Assistance Act in Congress.
It helps communities upgrade wastewater systems to address PFAS and other contaminants. Stevens says clean water is essential for our health and for the future of the Great Lakes. An EPA study says as of 2022, Michigan needed an estimated $181 million for improvements.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –687 members of the National Academy of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, and National Academy of Engineering, including 10 Nobel Laureates, publicly endorsed the Articles of Impeachment against RFK Jr. introduced by Representative Haley Stevens (D-MI).
Signing in their individual capacities, the members issued a clear warning: science and public health are under attack.
FLINT— Today, Representatives Haley Stevens (MI-11), Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-08), Debbie Dingell (MI-06), Hillary Scholten (MI-03), and Shri Thanedar (MI-13) sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) strongly urging the continuation of critical Medicaid coverage for children and pregnant women impacted by the Flint Water Crisis.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the release this week of a new report by Protect Our Care marking one year since RFK Jr.’s confirmation as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Congresswoman Haley Stevens is renewing her call for his impeachment.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Michigan’s top doctor advised health care providers to move away from vaccine guidance of RFK Jr.’s federal panel and instead follow vaccine schedules from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) or the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).