Democratic lawmakers are sending Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a letter on Tuesday urging the secretary to reinstate fired HHS and National Institutes of Health employees.
The letter, led by Rep. Jamie Raskin — whose district encompasses the NIH headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland — is co-signed by nine other Democratic representatives and delegates hailing from Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, where hundreds of thousands of federal government employees live and work.
The lawmakers accuse Kennedy of taking part in an “illegal mass firing” that the signatories claim will contribute to an “overall environment of chaos and poor morale” at HHS.