{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2023/10/sen-johnson-presses-hhs-fda-cdc-and-nih-for-information-on-covid-19-vaccine-adverse-events", "Sen. Johnson Presses HHS, FDA, CDC, and NIH for Information on COVID-19 Vaccine Adverse Events", "2023-10-27", "2023", "2023-10", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, sent a letter to the top U.S. health officials at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and National Institutes of Health (NIH) calling for transparency and complete responses to the senator\u2019s numerous requests on the COVID-19 vaccines and other aspects of the pandemic. This correspondence marks the senator\u2019s 60th public letter to U.S. government agencies on the COVID-19 pandemic.\n\nIn his letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, CDC Director Mandy Cohen, and NIH Acting Director Lawrence Tabak, the senator wrote, \u201cAs the top U.S. health officials, and for some of you, medical doctors who have sworn to uphold the Hippocratic Oath, you and your colleagues also bear the absolute responsibility of providing patients and the American public the benefit of informed consent.\u201d\n\nSen. Johnson added, \u201cYou and your colleagues have a duty to provide the American people with complete and transparent data regarding the safety and effectiveness of the COVID-19 \u2018vaccines.\u2019 It is completely unacceptable that public health agencies have ignored requests for detailed information about \u2018vaccine\u2019 lots that are associated with higher rates of adverse events and have failed to provide CDC\u2019s and FDA\u2019s complete data analyses (Proportional Reporting Ratio tables and empirical Bayesian data mining \u2013 if they exist) on \u2018vaccine\u2019 adverse events. The fact that the vast majority of my questions and information requests remain unanswered or outstanding only heightens my level of suspicion.\u201d\n\nThe senator emphasized the health agencies\u2019 lack of transparency by highlighting his numerous oversight requests to various government agencies that remain unanswered.\n\nSen. Johnson noted, \u201cIndividuals who willingly or reluctantly received the COVID-19 \u2018vaccines\u2019 deserve to know the full truth about the adverse health outcomes they or their loved ones may face following \u2018vaccination.\u2019 However, your agencies continue to obstruct my efforts to provide the public with the truth about the COVID-19 \u2018vaccines.\u2019\n\nThis letter also raised questions regarding a recently released, FDA-funded preprint study which found multiple adverse health outcomes, including seizures, associated with the COVID-19 vaccines among vaccinated children.\n\n\u201cThe results of this FDA-funded study reaffirm previous concerns about the safety of the COVID-19 \u2018vaccines\u2019\u2014particularly for children\u2014and underscore the need for federal health agencies to be transparent with the American people and responsive to Congress,\u201d the senator wrote.\n\nIn addition to reiterating the outstanding requests that health agencies have failed to address, the senator asked for new information and materials following the results of the FDA-funded study.\n\n\u201cIt is well past time for U.S public health agencies to be transparent,\u201d he concluded.\n\nRead more about the senator\u2019s October 25, 2023 letter to HHS, FDA, CDC, and NIH in the Epoch Times.\n\nThe full letter can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:49:26Z"]], "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://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2023/10/sen-johnson-presses-hhs-fda-cdc-and-nih-for-information-on-covid-19-vaccine-adverse-events"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9673509523272514, "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"}