PULLMAN, Wash – Washington Senator Patty Murray says restoring faith in public health is a worthwhile fight and she took a step forward in that fight Wednesday on the campus of Washington State University in Pullman.
Senator Murray formally launched the Public Health for America Working Group.
Sen. Murray says the group will develop ideas and craft legislation to strengthen trust in the public health system.
“Public health is about public safety,” Sen. Murray told the group gathered at WSU Wednesday. “It’s a life and death problem.”
Senator Murray blamed the Trump Administration and HHS Secretary Robert F. K. Kennedy for the loss in public trust, saying the administration has acted with “genuine malice towards the experts.”
“Trust among the public is in free fall,” she said.
Among those gathered at WSU for a panel discussion on the issue were state and local public health leaders, pediatricians and WSU faculty who work in the public health space.
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