***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29 AT 9 AM ET***
Washington, D.C. — On Wednesday, January 29, 2025, at 9 AM ET, Hawaii Governor Josh Green, M.D., Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz, Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin, Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy, Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, and others will join Protect Our Care and doctors, nurses, advocates, and storytellers for a press conference ahead of the Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s confirmation hearings with the Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committees. Governor Green will detail the devastating measles outbreak in Samoa, which he saw firsthand while responding to the crisis and lawmakers, experts, advocates, and storytellers will warn about the deadly consequences if RFK Jr. is at the helm of American health care.
Speakers will make clear that this nomination will touch nearly every household in the nation. For years, Kennedy has fueled disinformation and conspiracy theories about vaccinations and has pledged to stop funding research for treatments and cures to deadly diseases. His opposition to vaccines will lead to a resurgence of childhood illnesses like polio and measles. In addition, RFK Jr. doesn’t have the experience and skills to run major health care programs like Medicare and Medicaid that over 125 million Americans rely on for their health care. If confirmed, he won’t follow the science or trust the experts but instead will embrace fringe ideas that will put the lives of millions of Americans in jeopardy.
PRESS EVENT:
WHO:
Hawaii Governor Josh Green, M.D.
Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI)
Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT)
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Peter Lurie, President and Executive Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Rob Weissman, Co-President, Public Citizen
Scott Hamilton Kennedy, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker and director of the Shot In The Arm documentary
Dr. Jan Krommes, Doctors for America
Andrea Ducas, Vice President of Health Policy, Center for American Progress
Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky, 314 Action Public Health Advisor
Protect Our Care
Doctors, Nurses, Advocates
WHAT: Press Conference/Visibility Display
WHERE: Section 8 of the Senate Swamp (corner of 1st St. NE & Constitution Ave. NE)
WHEN: Wednesday, January 29, 2025, at 9 AM ET
BACKGROUND
REPORT: RFK Jr. Is An Anti-Vaccine Extremist
REPORT: Misinformation Kills: RFK Jr’s Deadly Visit To Samoa