Citing Levine's venality and incompetence in handling Pennsylvania's response to the
COVID epidemic, and her radical views on promoting transgenderism to children, nearly 100 leaders of the conservative movement signed the following letter urging the Senate to reject the nomination of Dr. Rachel Levine to be Assistant Secretary of Health at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Click the link to read our column opposing the Levine nomination: Don’t Confirm This Monster – VOTE NO On Dr. Rachel Levine.
We urge CHQ readers and friends to call the toll-free Capitol Switchboard (1-866-220-0044), tell your Senators to vote NO when Dr. Levine comes up for confirmation as assistant secretary of health.
March 16, 2021
Washington, DC
Conservatives oppose the nomination of Dr. Rachel Levine to be Assistant Secretary of Health at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Dr. Levine currently serves as Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Health, and boasts a tenure characterized by incompetent handling of the state’s response to COVID-19. In a move similar to Gov. Andrew Cuomo in New York, Levine issued an order forcing COVID-19 patients into nursing homes – but only after Dr. Levine’s mother was moved out of those nursing homes, first.
As a result, six of the 10 nursing homes with the most COVID-19 deaths in the nation occurred in Pennsylvania. The nursing home industry has sued the state over $150 million in federal funds they claim were withheld from them and diverted elsewhere. Pennsylvania also ranks as one of the worst states for vaccine distribution, a program also overseen by Levine.
Levine made further dubious medical determinations as part of Pennsylvania’s COVID response, designating abortion facilities as providing “essential services,” and recommending that all school sports be banned statewide.
Equally troubling, however, are Levine’s views on the use of puberty blockers and sex reassignment surgeries in children – something Dr. Levine apparently supports. When asked by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) whether minors are capable of making a decision as life altering as changing one’s sex, even against parental wishes, Dr. Levine did not answer the question, stating only that if confirmed, a briefing would be provided to the senator on the “standards of care” in transgender medicine.
Levine is also on the record seeking to dismantle the Office of Conscience and Religious Freedom Division at Health and Human Services, stating on a Center for American Progress conference call that the office should “either disbanded or certainly redirected.”
Dr. Levine’s extremely poor track record as Secretary of Health in Pennsylvania, vague positions on dramatic and life-changing procedures in children, and a demonstrated hostility to religious liberty make this nominee unqualified to set a national agenda for public health.
We urge the Senate to reject the nomination of Dr. Rachel Levine.
The Honorable Edwin Meese III
Attorney General
President Ronald Reagan (1985-1988)
Alfred S. Regnery
Chairman, Conservative Action Project
President, Republic Book Publishers
The Honorable Jim DeMint
Chairman, Conservative Partnership Institute
Member, US Senate (SC 2005-2013)
The Honorable Russ Vought
Director, Office of Management and Budget (2020-2021)
Star Parker
President
Center for Urban Renewal and Education
The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop
White House Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1981-1985)
Tom McClusky
President
March for Life Action
L. Brent Bozell, III
Founder and President
Media Research Center
Myron Ebell
Director, Center for Energy and Environment, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Penny Y. Nance
President & CEO
Concerned Women for America
The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell
Chairman
Constitutional Congress, Inc.
The Honorable Donald Paul Hodel
U.S. Secretary of Energy (1982-1985)
U.S. Secretary of Interior (1985-1989)
Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret.)
Executive Vice President
Family Research Council
Lady Brigitte Gabriel
Founder & Chairman
ACT For America
Joseph A. Morris
Partner, Morris & De La Rosa
Assistant U.S. Attorney General (Reagan/Meese)
William W. Pascoe III
Board Member
Tea Party Patriots Action
Gary Marx
President
Madison Strategies LLC
Marcia G. Taylor
CEO
Bennett Family of Companies
Joan Holt Lindsey
President
Lindsey Communications
Dr. Jerry A. Johnson
President (2013-2019)
National Religious Broadcasters
The Honorable Ken Cuccinelli
Former Acting Deputy Secretary, DHS
Former Virginia AG
The Honorable Scott Walker
President
Young America’s Foundation
Justin Danhof
General Counsel, National Center for Public Policy Research
Judson Phillips
Founder
Tea Party Nation
Phil Kerpen
President
American Commitment
The Honorable Peter J. Thomas
Chairman
The Conservative Caucus
Richard Manning
President
Americans for Limited Government
Kay R. Daly
President
Coalition for a Fair Judiciary
The Honorable George K. Rasley Jr.
Managing Editor
ConservativeHQ.com
Richard D. Hayes
Partner
Hayes, Berry, White & Vanzant, LLP
The Honorable Mike Hill
Former Member
Florida State House
Melvin Adams
President
Noah Webster Educational Foundation
Randy M. Long
Founder
Long Business Advisors, LLC
Paavo Ensio
Chairman
Universal Minerals Group
James L. Martin
Founder/Chairman
60 Plus Association
Floyd Brown
President
Western Center for Journalism
Richard Rounsavelle
Trustee
MRC
Sheryl Kaufman
Board Member
Americans for Limited Government
Khadine Ritter
Chairman
Eagle Forum of Ohio
Eleanor Nicholas
Eunie Smith
President Emeritus
Eagle Forum
Rick Scarborough
President
Recover America Now
Sandy Rios
Director of Governmental Affairs
American Family Association
Rob Chambers
Vice President
AFA Action
Mark Bloom
Business Owner
Ole Podner LLC & Tekgeologik LLC
The Honorable Diana Denman
President/ Chairman
The Reagan Legacy Forum
Ruth Rebecca Matulavich
Senior Financial Coordinator
Liberty HealthShare
Wade Kirby
Director of Development
GSWA
Ed Corrigan
Vice Chairman, Conservative Action Project and President & CEO, Conservative Partnership Institute
The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Chief Domestic Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1987-1988)
Marty Dannenfelser
Director of Governmental Relations
Center for Urban Renewal and Education
Kelly J. Shackelford, Esq.
Chairman, CNP Action, Inc. & President and CEO, First Liberty Institute
The Honorable Morton C. Blackwell
President
The Leadership Institute
Wesley Denton
Chief Operating Officer
Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI)
The Honorable Tony Perkins
President
Family Research Council
Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund
Rachel Bovard
Senior Director of Policy
Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI)
William L. Walton
President
Council for National Policy
The Honorable Bob McEwen
U.S. House of Representatives
Former Member, Ohio
Alan Sears
Founder
Alliance Defending Freedom
Nancy Schulze
Founder, President
RCW Speakers
C. Preston Noell III
President
Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.
Kielle C. Horton
President
The Lindsey Foundation
Michael Farris
President & CEO
Alliance Defending Freedom
David N. Bossie
President
Citizens United
Mat Staver
Chairman
Liberty Counsel Action
The Honorable James C. Miller III
Budget Director for President Reagan, 1985-1988
The Honorable Gary L. Bauer
President
American Values
Chad Connelly
President
Faith Wins
Karen England
Executive Director
Capitol Resource Institute
Tim Throckmorton
President
Lifepointe Ministries
Debbie Georgatos
Host, America, Can We Talk?
CWT Publications, LLC
Lee Beaman
CEO
Beaman Ventures
Amy Kremer
Chairwoman
Women for America First
Eric Georgatos
Executive Producer
America Can We Talk?
Elaine Donnelly
President
Center for Military Readiness
Jack Park
Conservative Donor and Activist
Law Offices of Jack Park
Michael Horowitz
21st Century Initiatives
CEO and Former OMB General Counsel, Reagan Administration
Seton Motley
President
Less Government
Saulius "Saul" Anuzis
President
60 Plus Association
Tom DeWeese
President
American Policy Center
Andresen Blom
President
Hawaiian Values
Amapola Hansberger
Founder and President
Legal Immigrants for America
Mario Navarro da Costa
Director, Washington Bureau
Tradition, Family, Property
Don Woodsmall
Principal
Arromid, LLC
B. Case
Peggy Dau
Representative
IranAliveMinistries
Ron Pearson
Executive Director
Conservative Victory Fund
Tim Wildmon
President
American Family Association
Dr. Allen Unruh
Founder
National Abstinence Clearinghouse
Robert Keith Fischer
Meeting Coordinator
Conservatives of Faith
Anne Schlafly Cori
Chairman
Eagle Forum
Melissa Kaye Ortiz
Blogger/Administrator at DCBelleonWheels.com
Founder & Principal, Able Americans
Penna Dexter
Co-host
Point of View Radio
Biden administration appointees
COVID-19
Dr. Rachel Levine
transgender
Senate confirmation
Dr. Richard Levine
Assistant Secretary for Health
Pennsylvania deaths
Rand Paul
Transgender medicine
hormone blockers
Keira Bell
birth gender