CD328: November Laws & Vaccine Chaos

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Jennifer Briney

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🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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In this two-topic episode, we break down what became law in November—including the shutdown deal that reopened the government and the dingleberries that were quietly slipped into it. Then we revisit the hearing on the firing of the CDC Director, focusing on a politicized vaccine advisory committee that has changed its recommendation for the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. View the show notes on our website at https://congressionaldish.com/cd328-november-laws-vaccine-chaos Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Support Congressional Dish via Patreon (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: [email protected] Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or [email protected] Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536. Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media!

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0:00.0	In the decade following approval of a birth dose of hepatitis B, newborn infection of hepatitis
0:06.5	B reduced by 68%.
0:10.3	That's in the decade, so that's up to 2001.
0:13.1	Now fewer than 20 babies per year get hepatitis B from their mother.
0:19.5	That is an accomplishment to make America healthy again.
0:23.6	And we should stand up and salute the people that made that decision. Because there's people
0:28.2	would otherwise be dead if those mothers were not given that option to have their child vaccinated.
0:34.4	And I want to over-emphasize that had the recommendation been left completely unchanged, like the
0:40.8	Senator said, it was never a vaccine mandate. The hepatitis B vaccine for babies was never required.
0:48.5	Had the recommendation remained as it was, the most direct effect is that it would have required
0:52.9	health insurance companies to pay for the vaccine for the baby. effect is that it would have required health insurance companies
0:54.2	to pay for the vaccine for the baby. And so changing it could give health insurance companies
0:58.8	room to wiggle out of paying for the vaccines. And yet that is exactly what RFK Jr's ACIP picks
1:05.3	facilitated. And it took them just a few more months than expected.
1:09.0	I am so damn tired of being lied to.
1:17.5	I don't think I can deny it anymore.
1:25.5	You can't stick to your story if you think it flies but I'm not going to buy it anymore
1:37.9	hello my friend and thank you for listening to the 328 episode of the Congressional Dish
1:45.1	Podcast. I am your host, Jennifer Briney. And today's episode is going to be a two-parter. In the first
1:51.0	half of this episode, I'm going to give you a summary of what happened in Congress in November,
1:55.1	including what was in the law that ended the shutdown and all of the other new laws that were
1:59.7	signed. And don't worry, it won't take
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