Senator Bill Cassidy says he has lost trust in Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., accusing Kennedy of undermining vaccine policy with disputed claims and negative messaging.Cassidy, a medical doctor who helped advance Kennedy's nomination to preserve congressional guardrails, says Kennedy violated promises by failing to repudiate claims that link vaccines to autism and by continuing damaging public messaging despite CDC findings.Cassidy, who recently lost his
Senate primary and will leave the chamber after 11 years, also criticizes rollbacks of US-led immunization programs including
PEPFAR and
GAVI, condemns the appointment of
Bill Pulte to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and says he will press for federal dyslexia intervention while warning about competition with
China and challenges from
Donald Trump.