Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) said he is “thrilled” by the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
“Excited about the news that the President-elect will appoint @RobertKennedyJr to @HHSGov. He helped defeat vaccination mandates in Colorado in 2019 and shakes up HHS and FDA to make America healthy again. will help make this happen,” Polis wrote in the post. Social platformreferring to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
He said he hopes President Kennedy does not enact a vaccine ban, a policy measure he has strongly advocated through anti-vaccination groups. protect children's health.
“I hope he leans toward personal choice rather than banning vaccines (which I think is just as bad as mandating them), but I'm most optimistic that It's about taking on big pharmaceutical companies and agricultural oligopolies to improve the health of our people,” Polis said. .
Colorado's governor then explained the reason for his excitement, outlining his hopes for lowering prescription drug prices and eliminating the FDA's nutrition division, which, in addition to ending pesticide-intensive agriculture, would be “more important than profits.” It will do more harm than good,” he said.
“He will face strong special interest opposition on these, but I look forward to working with him to truly make America healthy again and hope we can finally make progress on these important issues.” “I hope that,” Polis concluded.
It's worth noting that Kennedy suspended his presidential campaign in August to support President-elect Trump's bid for the White House for a second time. He had long been rumored to take a role within the U.S. Department of Agriculture before being named to head the Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday.
