Expressing the sense of the Senate that Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. does not have the confidence of the Senate or of the American people to faithfully carry out the duties of his office.

Summary

The resolution formally finds that the Secretary of Health and Human Services violated his constitutional oath and engaged in conduct incompatible with his duties by directing mass terminations of staff, canceling or undermining vaccine and other public‑health programs, and reorganizing or eliminating offices including minority health and oral health units. It lists specific actions and dates—large NIH funding terminations, notices to thousands of employees, directives affecting measles treatment research and water fluoridation guidance—and concludes some actions exceeded statutory authority and triggered litigation.

• The resolution finds the HHS Secretary violated his constitutional oath and acted incompatibly with his duties.
• It documents mass personnel actions: notices to ~5,200 probationary workers, announcement to terminate ~10,000 more, and terminations beginning April 1, 2025.
• It reports NIH funding terminations totaling about $11 billion on March 24, 2025.
• The resolution cites program changes including stopping recommendations for water fluoridation and eliminating the CDC Division of Oral Health.
• It records a directive to explore measles treatments and other changes to vaccine and public‑health programs.
• The text asserts some actions exceeded statutory authority under title 5 and references applicable statutory mandates for Offices of Minority Health.
• States and research organizations have filed lawsuits challenging some of these actions.
• The resolution is declaratory—setting out formal findings rather than creating new funding or regulatory mandates.