Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha has issued a statement after a federal judge granted preliminary injunction against the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Neronha and a coalition of 19 other attorneys general sued the administration in May after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he was restructuring HHS.
“For nearly six months, the Trump Administration has tried to illegally decimate important federal agencies upon which the American people rely, and for nearly six months, Democratic attorneys general have sought and won relief on behalf of the American people,” said Attorney General Neronha. “Today's preliminary injunction order guarantees that essential HHS programs and services – including cancer screenings, mental health and addiction treatment, and early childhood education – will remain available to the American people as the case proceeds.
“We must continue to hold this Administration accountable for the undue harm they are causing the American people, and with each legal victory, we are doing just that.”
Neronha says the ruling guarantees that essential HHS programs and services, including cancer screenings, mental health treatment, and early childhood education, will remain available to the American people as the case proceeds.
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