WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025:

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E&C Democrats Investigate HHS Hiring of Anti-Science Conspiracy Theorist David Geier

Amid Widespread Health Funding Cuts, Committee Leaders Call Out RFK Jr. for Hiring a Widely Discredited Conspiracy Theorist to Lead a Large, Wasteful, and Redundant Study on Settled Science