Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), along with over 90 other members of Congress, introduced the bipartisan “Vaccines Save Lives” House Resolution last Friday.

In the wake of the latest outbreak of measles in the United States, representatives said there has been a debate in the country over the safety of vaccines and whether parents should get their children vaccinated. The resolution is intended to highlight the public and global health achievements of vaccinations and immunizations around the world, and to urge vaccination, they said, and it recognizes the importance of vaccinations and immunizations in the U.S. as a matter of saving lives, stopping the spread of contagious and often fatal diseases, and maintaining the public health, economic and national security of the American people.

The resolution also states that there is no credible evidence to show that vaccines cause life-threatening or disabling diseases in healthy children or adults. It encourages more research to improve existing vaccines and to create more vaccines to protect humans from other fatal and infectious diseases. Finally, it urges parents, in consultation with their health care provider, to follow the scientific consensus in favor of timely vaccination of their children.