Robert F. Kennedy Jr. And H.H.S. Sued Over Cuts By Minnesota and 17 Other States

ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Department of Health and Human Services are being sued by 18 states including Minnesota.

Attorney General Keith Ellison says he and attorneys general in 17 other states are suing to stop the dismantling of Health and Human Services.

Ellison says thousands of federal health workers have been fired, vital programs have been closed and Minnesotans are now forced to face a mounting health crises without federal support.

The attorneys general say all of this is going on in the midst of a deadly measles outbreak and just after a pandemic killed well over one million Americans.

They are asking the court to halt further dismantling and restore key programs.

“Every Minnesotan and every American should be outraged that in the midst of a deadly measles outbreak and just after a pandemic that killed well over a million Americans, the Trump Administration is trying to make us not healthier, but sicker,” said Ellison.

“Congress funds HHS to improve the health and well-being of the American people, and Trump slashing the HHS staff that track and fight measles or help Americans battling addiction clearly contradicts the authority of Congress. I’m suing the Trump Administration to protect the important work HHS does and, by extension, protect the people of Minnesota and the rule of law.”