Comer slams surgeon general’s alcohol report, intensifying diet guidelines fight

Published January 6, 2025 2:19pm ET



Rep. James Comer (R-KY) condemned the report published Friday by Surgeon General Vivek Murthy calling for cancer risk warning labels on alcohol, signaling that Republicans in Congress will likely not heed the doctor’s recommendation.

Comer told the Washington Examiner that Murthy’s advisory “politicizes science to achieve a predetermined outcome” and “cherry-picks data” for an alarmist result on the link between alcohol consumption and the risk of developing seven different types of cancer.

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