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Senate Health & Welfare advances resolution urging reversal of recent federal public‑health rollbacks
Summary
On May 30, the Vermont Senate Health & Welfare Committee reviewed and agreed to forward draft 4.1 of Senate resolution SBAR16, a measure urging reversal of multiple recent federal actions affecting public health and research funding.
The Vermont Senate Health & Welfare Committee on May 30 reviewed draft 4.1 of Senate resolution SBAR16, offered by Sens. Gulick and Lyons, that opposes recent federal actions affecting public health and urges their swift reversal.
The resolution catalogs federal steps including an executive order by President Donald J. Trump to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization; staff and program cuts at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; changes at the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products and the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health; reported NIH restrictions on grants to universities that operate certain diversity, equity and inclusion programs; and an asserted Department of Education reduction of roughly $1 billion in federal grants that supported school mental‑health services.
Committee members discussed language and facts in the draft…
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