‘Enough Is Enough!‘: Former FDA Head Says Trump’s Cuts Risk Americans’ Lives

David Kessler warned time is running out before the Trump administration's cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services become "beyond fixable."

A former Food and Drug Administration commissioner declared Wednesday that Donald Trump is dismantling decades of medical and scientific advances and issued a dire warning about the president’s cuts to the federal government.

“The reason we are able to live long and productive lives are because of the investment — not because we’re smarter today — but because the investment we made 50, 75 years ago. And that’s being destroyed,” said Dr. David Kessler, who served as FDA head under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

“And it’s across the board. We have to rescind these cuts. Enough is enough.”

Kessler’s remarks to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow arrive as the president’s war against “wasteful” spending — pushed by billionaire Elon Musk — reaches 10,000 federal workers at the Department of Health and Human Services as mass layoffs begin at a number of agencies this week.

Among the federal workers impacted by the sweeping HHS cuts are the Centers for Disease Control’s in vitro fertilization team, those looking to prevent childhood lead poisoning, staffers with Meals on Wheels and employees who administer the Head Start program.