Text of Senate Amendment 4648

On Tue Mar 17, Senator Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 4648" in the Senate. The speech addressed healthcare and also covered the environment, veterans affairs. It referenced legislation including S1305, S1383.

Text of Senate Amendment 4648

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 49 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S1305] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 4648. Ms. ALSOBROOKS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING VACCINES. (a) Findings.--Congress finds that, on March 16, 2025, a District Court-- (1) held, with respect to actions undertaken by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., that the ``reconstitution of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the January 2026 changes to the childhood immunization schedule violate the Administrative Procedure Act''; (2) stayed guidance issued by the Department of Health and Human Services revising the childhood immunization schedule of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pursuant to section 705 of title 5 United States Code; (3) stayed the appointments of the 13 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices appointed on June 11, 2025, September 11, 2025, and January 13, 2026; and (4) stayed all votes taken by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices while such committee included the members so appointed. (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) vaccines are safe, effective, and save lives; and (2) as the District Court found in American Academy of Pediatrics v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the Department of Health and Human Services disregarded procedural requirements ``and thereby undermined the integrity of its actions'' in upending the childhood vaccine schedule. ______