Public commenter urges resignation of HHS secretary, lists personnel and policy allegations

A public commenter accused RFK Jr., identified in the transcript as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), of a string of personnel moves and policy shifts and urged his resignation.

The commenter said, “Since his confirmation as Secretary of HHS, RFK Jr. has unilaterally changed the childhood immunization schedule.” The speaker also alleged that he “fired his own CDC director for not rubber-stamping bad anti-vaccine recommendations” and “asserted that Tylenol causes autism.”

The remark continued with a list of dismissals and budget cuts: the commenter said RFK Jr. “fired leaders of an influential preventive services panel,” “fired all 17 members of the CDC's vaccine advisory committee,” “fired thousands of HHS employees,” and “slashed billions of dollars from NIH research.”

The commenter characterized RFK Jr. as “unqualified,” “reckless” and “dangerous,” and concluded, “He should resign or be fired.” Those statements appeared as an extended, uninterrupted public comment (SEG 001–SEG 016) and were not followed in the transcript by any response or verification from other speakers.

The transcript records the commenter’s assertions but provides no supporting documents, official counts, or confirmation of the personnel actions or budget figures cited. The amount described as “billions of dollars” was not specified beyond the speaker’s wording. The claims that specific officials were fired and that the immunization schedule was changed are presented here as allegations made in the comment, not as independently verified facts.

No formal action, vote or staff response is recorded in the transcript; the comment stands as a public accusation directed at the HHS secretary. The record in this transcript does not show whether the allegations were repeated elsewhere or addressed by HHS or congressional offices.

The comment raises items that, if correct, would affect public-health policy and agency staffing; however, the transcript does not supply corroborating evidence or sources for these assertions.