Condemning the extreme anti-vaccine policies of Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., strongly opposing the policies of the State of Florida that roll back immunization requirements, and expressing the sense of the Senate that vaccines are critical to protecting public health, eliminating preventable illness and death, and reducing hospitalizations and severity of illness, work best when adopted at a high level within each community, and must be made available to the public.

Summary

Expresses Congress’s findings that vaccines are safe, effective, and critical to public health; affirms support for broad vaccine access, affordability, science-based recommendations, and protection of children and vulnerable populations. The resolution cites disease-prevention statistics, lists federal vaccine programs and advisory bodies, and criticizes recent actions removing Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices members and state rollbacks of school vaccine requirements, while not creating any new legal obligations.

• Declares vaccines are safe, effective, and critical to preventing disease and death.
• Expresses support for broad vaccine access, affordability, and science-based recommendations.
• Recognizes and cites the role of federal programs (Medicaid/CHIP, Vaccines for Children, TRICARE, VA, Medicare) in vaccine delivery.
• References and affirms the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and CDC guidance.
• Criticizes the HHS Secretary’s June 2025 removal of ACIP members and a 2025 Florida rollback of school immunization rules.
• Frames children and vulnerable populations as priorities for protection through vaccination.
• Is a nonbinding statement of findings and does not change the law or create new obligations.
• Includes disease-prevention statistics to support its conclusions but contains no funding or implementation language.