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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

RESPECTFULLY URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO REPEAL THE 1986

NATIONAL CHILDHOOD VACCINE INJURY ACT AND SUBPOENA DR. WILLIAM

THOMPSON

     Introduced By: Senators Metts, Quezada, Paolino, Morgan, and Crowley

     Date Introduced: February 13, 2019

     Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services

     WHEREAS, The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) was signed into law

on Nov 14, 1986, in order to reduce the potential financial liability of vaccine makers due to

vaccine injury claims. The law gave vaccine manufacturers complete immunity from being sued

when their vaccines cause serious harm or even death; and

     WHEREAS, In addition, the NCVIA limits patients' and parents' ability to refuse

vaccinations; and

     WHEREAS, Since the childhood vaccine schedule was expanded in the 1980s, the rates

of autism have skyrocketed along with the increases in the number of vaccines given to children;

and

     WHEREAS, In 2014, Dr. William Thompson came forward with a confession of

scientific fraud at the Centers for Disease Control in regards to a study done in 2004, regarding

the relationship between developing autism and the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine;

and

     WHEREAS, In August 2014, under Federal whistleblower protection, Dr. Thompson, a

Senior Scientist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, came forward with a

confession stating that despite CDC's claims to the contrary, the study done in 2004 showed a

causative relationship between childhood vaccines and autism; and

     WHEREAS, Dr. Thompson released a statement through his attorney that he and his

colleagues at the CDC had committed research fraud by destroying data showing a link between

the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and the development of autism in young

children; and

     WHEREAS, In 2016, the Director of the CDC, Thomas Frieden, sent a letter blocking

Dr. William Thompson from testifying in a Tennessee court case involving a 16 year old boy who

claims his autism was caused by the vaccine. The Director later stated that "Dr. William

Thompson's deposition testimony would not substantially promote the objectives of CDC or

HHS"; and

     WHEREAS, To date, the House Oversight Committee of the United States House of

Representatives has failed to hold a hearing and a thorough investigation of Dr. Thompson's

allegations; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby urges the Oversight Committee of the United States House of Representatives to subpoena

Dr. William Thompson to testify and provide details of the scientific fraud and cover-up at the

CDC; and

     RESOLVED, That this Senate hereby respectfully requests the Congress to conduct a

study utilizing unbiased and objective scientists inside or outside the CDC to analyze data

collected by the CDC or other public organizations for the purpose of understanding whether

vaccines are associated with an increased risk of autism; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That this Senate hereby respectfully requests the United States Congress to

amend the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA):

     1. To require patients and parents be given information regarding the risks and supposed

benefits of vaccinations;

     2. To allow single measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines to be made available; and

     3. To require that all vaccines be classified as pharmaceutical drugs and tested

accordingly; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Chair of the Oversight Committee of the

United States House of Representatives, Elijah J. Cummings, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the

Majority Leader of the Senate Mitch McConnell, and members of the Rhode Island

Congressional Delegation.

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