Urgent: Investigating Arbitrary and Capricious Failures in National Biosecurity

As the U.S. enters its fourth month outside the World Health Organization (WHO) and faces the highest measles case counts since 2000, I am writing to demand that Congress fulfill its Article I duty to oversee and protect the nation’s public health infrastructure. Under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. § 706), federal agency actions must not be "arbitrary, capricious, or an abuse of discretion." The current suppression of MMWR findings and the dismantling of the CDC’s scientific workforce—without a transparent, empirical justification—constitutes a documented violation of these statutory standards. Instead, we are seeing: - Strategic Negligence: The withdrawal from the WHO has created a data vacuum, leaving U.S. borders vulnerable to emerging pathogens like the recent Hantavirus strains without the benefit of the global early-warning system. - Arbitrary Suppression of Data: The decision to block peer-reviewed safety data at the FDA and CDC violates the public’s right to transparent, fact-based governance and creates a dangerous precedent for the political manipulation of science. - Disparate Impact & Equal Protection: The resurgence of measles (1,842 cases as of May 7) highlights a collapse in state-federal coordination. The burden of these preventable outbreaks falls disproportionately on vulnerable populations in rural and under-served districts, raising serious Equal Protection concerns. National security is not limited to military munitions; it includes the biological defense of our citizens. I urge you to: 1. Demand a Public Audit of the CDC’s current disease surveillance capabilities following the recent personnel cuts. 2. Sponsor Legislation to restore U.S. participation in global health data-sharing networks to ensure early detection of pandemic threats. 3. Exercise Oversight Authority to investigate the suppression of MMWR reports and ensure scientific integrity remains insulated from executive whim. I will be monitoring your response to these systemic failures as a litmus test for your commitment to the Rule of Law and the safety of your constituents.