WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, celebrated the release of $600 million in Congressionally-appropriated funds for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, that was previously withheld by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/28/rfk-vaccines-gavi-thimerosal-00893645) Shaheen facilitated negotiations between HHS and Gavi to help achieve this outcome and sustained public pressure on the Administration to end their blockade of life-saving resources.
"I am glad that the Administration finally announced it would release the $600 million Congr...