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Bill Cassidy

19:11 - 19:31

“Let's be clear: vaccines are overwhelmingly safe and effective, and they do not cause autism. It's not a matter of opinion, it is a scientific fact.”
Speaker
Bill Cassidy
Timestamp
19:11 – 19:31
Transcript
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Murkowski): Hearings to examine the nominations of Gerard Klomp, of Utah, to be Deputy Secretary, Timothy Westlake, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, and Nicole Saphier, of New Jersey, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Community
Alaska News
Captured at
September 16, 2026

From the transcript

To suffer from any disease is awful, but to suffer one which is avoidable, that's even worse. Misinformation and misguided policies are leaving children and adults unprotected against disease that we know how to prevent. Let's be clear: vaccines are overwhelmingly safe and effective, and they do not cause autism. It's not a matter of opinion, it is a scientific fact. The executive order that breaks up the childhood vaccine schedule means children have to get more, not fewer shots.

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