House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said Saturday that the Surgeon General's call to put cancer warning labels on alcohol is based on politicized science and cherry-picked data. He said there was.
Vivek Murthy, the Biden administration's Surgeon General, said: said Friday's report says alcohol should come with warning labels because it is a leading cause of preventable cancer.
Mercy said In a written statement announcing the 22-page report, it said:
Alcohol is a well-established cause of preventable cancer, contributing to approximately 100,000 cancer cases and 20,000 cancer deaths annually in the United States, which is the largest cause of cancer in the United States annually. More than 13,500 people die in alcohol-related traffic accidents, yet the majority of Americans are unaware of this risk.
The study claimed that seven types of cancer, including breast and colon cancer, were linked to alcohol consumption. Mr Murthy called for warning labels on alcohol, just as there are warning labels on tobacco products, to spread awareness about the dangers of alcohol.
alcohol break It is converted to acetaldehyde, a chemical known to damage DNA and increase the likelihood of cancer.
Comer strongly criticized the Surgeon General's report.
“The Surgeon General’s recommendations on alcohol consumption politicize science to achieve predetermined outcomes. This recommendation draws on data from a study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; “This study is much broader and more complete and does not draw the same sweeping conclusions as the Surgeon General,” he said in a written statement. Breitbart News.
Comer continued:
Oversight committees have been demanding transparency from the Biden administration regarding the development of dietary guidelines for nearly a year, but oversight remains hampered. The lack of transparency surrounding the Surgeon General's review process for this recommendation is another example of the Biden administration operating behind closed doors without providing full transparency to the American people.
As Comer said in a statement, Kentucky conservatives emphasized: letter Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra has been told that the opacity of HHS-funded studies on alcohol consumption is “intended to undermine Congress' intent to scientifically study the effects of alcohol.” There is a possibility.”
Comer and Oversight Subcommittee on Health and Financial Services Chair Lisa McClam (R-Mich.) has launched a study of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, specifically related to alcohol consumption.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 and the National Nutrition Surveillance Act require that dietary guidelines be based on science and follow the intent of Congress.
In September, Comer issued a subpoena seeking documents and information, to which HHS provided only an 18-page response document.
Republicans point out that eight of his administration's 12 policy goals revolve around mental health and the effects of gun violence.
For example, in a report highlighting alleged racial disparities in tobacco use, Murthy referred to tobacco-related diseases as a “social disease.”
“The Biden administration's Department of Health and Human Services must release all documents and communications related to the development of this politicized recommendation so that the American public can understand how it was created. “No,” Comer concluded in a statement.
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