Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy said President Trump’s proposed $5,000 payment to Americans after the midterm elections would be inflationary because borrowing would raise the cost of mortgages, car loans and credit cards. Cassidy said the United States is $40 trillion in debt and urged Congress to address Social Security before its trust fund becomes insolvent in six years. He also criticized Donald Trump Jr.’s acceptance of a $250,000 gift from Russian businessman Umar Kremlev, saying the arrangement looked bad for someone with proximity to power even though repayment was the right decision. ProPublica reported that Kremlev, president of the International Boxing Association and linked to the Kremlin, helped fund Trump Jr.’s three-day after-wedding celebration in the Bahamas, including a private-island rental and fireworks. On vaccines, Cassidy called for radical honesty, said vaccines are safe and warned that falling immunization rates could lead to more measles hospitalizations and deaths. He questioned President Trump’s proposal to divide children’s vaccines into five doses and said FDA commissioner nominee Heidi Overton must reject the claim that the measles vaccine is lethal before he can support her. Cassidy said surgeon general nominee Dr. Saphier earned his vote after saying vaccines are safe and people should be vaccinated.