A Call to Congress — Advancing the MAHA Legislative Agenda
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STORY AT-A-GLANCE
President Trump’s Executive Order 14212 established the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to address the nation’s escalating childhood chronic disease crisis
The MAHA Commission identified four key drivers of illness — poor diet, chemical exposure, chronic stress, and overmedicalization. It also introduced a coordinated national strategy built on research, systems reform, public awareness, and accountability
In a recent report by Dr. Robert Malone, one of RFK Jr.’s appointed vaccine advisers, he explains that Congress must turn MAHA’s executive directives into law to ensure the reforms become lasting national policy
Malone categorized the MAHA legislative agenda into five areas of reform — addressing food standards, medical accountability, agricultural freedom, agency coordination, and government transparency
To show your support, call or write your representatives directly, because real reform starts when your voice reaches the people writing the laws that shape your family’s future
On February 13, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14212, establishing the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. This marked the beginning of a national effort to confront the silent epidemic of chronic disease that has reshaped the health of a generation.1
In a recent blog post,2 Dr. Robert Malone, internationally recognized for his pioneering work in mRNA technology and now one of Kennedy’s appointed vaccine advisers, outlines how the MAHA initiative must now move from policy to practice, requiring the Congress to turn executive directives into law and on citizens to ensure those reforms take turn into reality.
The MAHA Commission’s Mandate
The MAHA Commission began its work by diagnosing why so many American children are now living with chronic illnesses that once were rare. Its first publication, the Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment, identified four root causes driving this decline:3
Poor diet — Nearly 70% of what children eat now comes from ultraprocessed foods, leaving them overfed yet undernourished. Additives, seed oils, and refined starches dominate the modern diet, while real foods rich in nutrients have been pushed aside. This shift is tied directly to the surge in obesity, metabolic disorders, and early-onset diabetes now visible in school-age populations.
Chemical exposure — Thousands of synthetic compounds circulate in consumer goods, many never properly tested for developmental toxicity. Even when each chemical falls below a regulatory threshold, the cumulative burden adds up. For children, whose organs and immune systems are still forming, that burden can have lifelong effects.
Chronic stress and inactivity — Children today move less, sleep less, and experience higher levels of stress while spending much of their time in front of screens. This pattern disrupts normal development, weakens resilience, and fuels the growing wave of chronic illness and mental health struggles now seen across younger generations.
Overmedicalization — The report showed how dependence on pharmaceutical solutions has become the default response to conditions that once were rare in children. This was linked to conflicts of interest in research and regulation, as well as a culture of symptom management rather than prevention. This pattern reinforces dependency on treatments that do not resolve the underlying causes of disease.
The Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy — To reverse the growing crisis of childhood chronic disease, the MAHA Commission developed a comprehensive national plan built on four structural pillars that redefine how the nation approaches prevention and health policy:4
Research targets how diet, toxins, and early-life environments interact to shape disease risk.
Systems reform addresses the policies and incentives that allow harmful products to persist while prevention remains underfunded.
Public awareness gives families the knowledge to demand transparency and make informed choices.
Private sector collaboration engages industry to innovate in support of public health rather than against it.
Together, the MAHA Assessment and Strategy created a roadmap for rebuilding the foundation of national health from the ground up. For a deeper look at how the Commission structured this framework, read “The MAHA Commission’s Blueprint to End Childhood Chronic Disease.”
Translating Policy Into Legislative Action
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