SRES389-119

That the Senate— supports public health decisions based on science; agrees with the stance of the American Academy of Pediatrics and other professional medical organizations in strongly recommending immunization as the safest and most cost-effective way of preventing disease, disability, and death; condemns States taking steps to weaken school immunization requirements, putting children and vulnerable individuals at serious risk; strongly opposes the anti-vaccine policies proposed by the State of Florida in September 2025; condemns the misguided policies of Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. that are based on anti-vaccine conspiracy theories and have resulted in confusion, fear, and lack of vaccine access for American families; opposes the politicization of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and calls for a return to relying on unbiased and qualified medical professionals; affirms that vaccines, including for COVID–19, should remain accessible, including through insurance coverage, and that the government should not mandate policies that make COVID–19 vaccines unavailable for those who want them; and expresses the sense of the Senate that vaccines— are critical to protecting public health, eliminating preventable illness and death, and reducing hospitalization and severity of illness; work best when adopted at a high rate within each community; and should remain easily accessible and affordable, without restriction.