{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2025/12/17/2025-12-sen-johnson-demands-hhs-produce-records-linking-children-s-deaths-to-covid-19-vaccines/", "Sen. Johnson Demands HHS Produce Records Linking Children\u2019s Deaths to COVID-19 Vaccines", "2025-12-17", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WI", "Ron Johnson", "J000293", "www.ronjohnson.senate.gov", "ronjohnson", "https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "Sen. Johnson Demands HHS Produce Records Linking Children\u2019s Deaths to COVID-19 Vaccines\n\nWASHINGTON \u2013 On Monday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. requesting records indicating that at least 10 children died \u201cafter and because of receiving COVID-19 vaccination.\u201d\n\nThe requested records are connected to a Nov. 28, 2025 memo reportedly written by Dr. Vinay Prasad, the Chief Medical Officer and Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) Director at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In the memo, Dr. Prasad stated, \u201c[f]or the first time, the US FDA will acknowledge that COVID-19 vaccines have killed American children.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe memo outlined the Biden Administration\u2019s failure to fully investigate the safety of the vaccines, including the risks of myocarditis,\u201dChairman Johnson wrote.\n\n\u201cAlthough Dr. Prasad\u2019s leaked memo did receive some limited media coverage, it did not receive anywhere near the attention it should have. As a result, the American public remains largely unaware of what should be a blockbuster revelation. Hopefully, the documents HHS will provide in response to this oversight request will garner the public attention they deserve,\u201d Chairman Johnson concluded.\n\nIn addition to requesting documents linked to Dr. Prasad\u2019s memo, the chairman also reiterated his outstanding requests for information relating to the Biden Administration\u2019s last-minute four-year extension of liability protections for COVID-19 vaccines.\n\nChairman Johnson asked Secretary Kennedy to explain \u201cwhat steps HHS has taken to examine whether the existing liability shield for COVID-19 vaccines should remain in place.\u201d\n\nRead more about the chairman\u2019s letter in The Daily Caller.\n\nFull text of the letter can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-06-27T20:01:11Z", "2026-06-27T22:31:39Z"]], "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/2025/12/17/2025-12-sen-johnson-demands-hhs-produce-records-linking-children-s-deaths-to-covid-19-vaccines/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3505900278687477, "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"}