{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://schrier.house.gov/media/press-releases/democratic-doctors-caucus-chair-kim-schrier-democratic-physicians-lead-65", "Democratic Doctors Caucus Chair Kim Schrier, Democratic Physicians Lead 65 colleagues on Letter Slamming RFK Jr. for Changing CDC Website to Promote False Claim That Vaccines Cause Autism", "2025-11-21", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "WA", "Kim Schrier", "S001216", "schrier.house.gov", "schrier", "https://schrier.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Representative Kim Schrier (WA-08), Chair of the Democratic Doctors Caucus, along with her colleagues of the Democratic Doctors Caucus Ami Bera (CA-06), Herbert Conaway (NJ-03), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), Kelly Morrison (MN-03), Raul Ruiz (CA-25), led 65 other members to demand that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. immediately correct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)\u2019s website after it was updated to promote the widely disproven and dangerous claim that vaccines may cause autism.\n\n\u201cAs a pediatrician, I\u2019ve dedicated my career to the health and well-being of children, and I know how important vaccinations are to keep them safe,\u201d said Congresswoman Schrier, M.D. \u201cI\u2019ve taken care of children with some terrible infectious diseases, and no child should ever have to suffer from a vaccine preventable illness. RFK Jr.\u2019s decision to spread fringe conspiracy theories and misinformation on the CDC\u2019s official website is reckless. He\u2019s scaring parents, undermining trust in the CDC, and putting children at risk.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe write to you regarding the alarming removal of scientific information refuting the link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorders (autism) from the Vaccine Safety page of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s (CDC) website on November 19. The installation of false claims, without CDC expert career staff knowledge according to reporting, regarding a false connection between autism and vaccines is a direct threat to our nation\u2019s public health. Before your agency\u2019s anti-vaccine propaganda appeared on the CDC\u2019s Vaccine Safety webpage, the CDC webpage stated that studies have shown that there is \u201cno link\u201d between vaccines and developing autism and that \u201cno links\u201d have been found between any vaccine ingredients and the disorder, according to archived webpages,\u201d the letter states.\n\nThe letter continues, \u201cYour politicization of vaccines has made American families less safe, returns the U.S. to an era before mass vaccination prevented millions of infections, and will result in tragic deaths, particularly among children.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://schrier.house.gov/media/press-releases/democratic-doctors-caucus-chair-kim-schrier-democratic-physicians-lead-65"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8404077962040901, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}