WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Michael Bennet issued the following press release:
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet questioned U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. today during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Kennedy's long-standing skepticism of childhood vaccines amidst the largest measles outbreak in over thirty years.
Bennet pressed Kennedy to admit on the record that the measles vaccine is effective and the strongest way to prevent outbreaks. He demanded that Kennedy make clear his position on the measles vaccine and communicate his new-found support directly to the American people.
"Do you realize that last year the United States had the highest number of measles cases in 30 years? [...] Let...