Greene and Garcia clash over RFK Jr. and vaccines, measles outbreak

Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., clashed Wednesday over the actions of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on during a press conference about Utah's new fluoride ban, food additives and SNAP funds legislation, on Monday, April 7, in Salt Lake City.  (AP/Melissa Majchrzak)

"Miss Greene, you are an anti-vax conspiracy theorist yourself," Garcia told her. "You are the No. 1 anti-vax conspiracy theorist in this entire Congress." 

"No, I am for choice. I am for parents and people choosing," she said, before claiming, "Vaccines kill people."

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Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., speaks in front of poster of Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on March 26 in Washington, D.C.  (Getty Images)

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"And it worked," the Democrat added. "Vaccination rates for eligible 1-year-olds fell to lower than 33%. And just five months later, Samoa found itself in the middle of a measles outbreak. Over 5,000 people got the measles. Eighty-three people died." 

Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner contributed to this report.

Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.

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