Robert Malone on vaccines: what the evidence says · JRE #2454
SUBJECT: VACCINES
The short answer
Malone claims the CDC's ACIP/Vaccines for Children program is the only U.S. government program with purchasing authority that operates entirely outside congressional oversight. The VFC program was created by Congress through Section 1928 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396s), which directs the HHS Secretary to use the vaccine list maintained by ACIP for VFC purchases and designates VFC funding as budget authority in advance of appropriations Acts, a permanent, non-annual funding mechanism written into statute rather than one placed beyond congressional reach.
Not a true/false call. Every claim is logged with its sources; read the exhibits below.
So if there's no other program in the entire United States government that is outside of Congressional oversight. The ACIP can decide that this vaccine needs to be purchased for the Vaccines for Children program.
What the evidence says 01 / RECORD
Malone claimed that the CDC's ACIP-administered Vaccines for Children (VFC) program is the only program in the entire U.S. government that operates outside congressional oversight. The VFC program was created by Congress through Section 1928 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396s), which directs the HHS Secretary to use the vaccine list maintained by ACIP for VFC purchases and designates VFC funding as budget authority in advance of appropriations Acts, a permanent, non-annual funding mechanism written into statute rather than one placed beyond congressional reach. Other major federal programs, including Social Security and Medicare, similarly operate under permanent authorizing statutes rather than the annual appropriations process, so this funding structure is not unique to ACIP/VFC. Congress also retains review mechanisms in this space: the Government Accountability Office, an arm of Congress, evaluated whether a 2023 CDC/ACIP immunization-schedule action was subject to the Congressional Review Act, in an opinion that also discusses the VFC program's basis in Social Security Act section 1928. GAO concluded that particular schedule document was not a rule triggering CRA submission requirements, but the fact that Congress can request and receive such review shows the area is not walled off from legislative-branch scrutiny. The claim that ACIP/VFC purchasing is the sole federal program outside of Congressional oversight is an unsupported superlative: the program's authority and funding originate in, and remain amendable by, Congress, and comparable congressionally-created permanent-funding mechanisms exist elsewhere in government.