WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined Congressional colleagues in demanding that Donald Trump rescind his dangerous executive order that directs federal health agencies to overhaul longstanding childhood vaccine recommendations and encourage states to reconsider school immunization requirements. The letter comes following multiple measles outbreaks across the country and a report that the share of U.S. kindergartners with exemptions from school vaccine requirements has reached an all-time high.

"At a moment when the United States is experiencing the highest surge in measles cases in thirty-five years and an increasing number of states forc...