Sen. Maggie Hassan, a New Hampshire Democrat, confronted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his insistence on falsely linking vaccines to autism, saying the issue was a deeply personal one for her.
The Democratic senator asked the HHS nominee to commit to not sue pharmaceutical companies or take profit from lawsuits during or up to four years after his tenure due to his potential ability to infl
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will face the Senate Health Committee on Thursday morning for a second day of confirmation hearings, after testifying before the Senare Finance Committee on Wednesday.
Senate Democrats on Wednesday grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President’s Trump’s pick for Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, during a contentious confirmation hearing, hitting the former
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the controversial choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services, faced tough questions from Massachusetts and New Hampshire senators on vaccines and abortion at his confirmation hearing.
Senators challenged Kennedy, who was nominated as health secretary by President Trump, on his long track record of questioning vaccines.
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Democrats focused on Kennedy's anti-vaccine advocacy. Republicans probed the former Democratic leader on his abortion and agriculture views.
Senator Bill Cassidy, a physician and key G.O.P. vote, joined Democrats in aggressively questioning Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick for health secretary. He did not say how he would vote.
But his positions and the organizations he’s aligned himself with are very mainstream America.” But now, RFK has been fully ostracized from the Democratic Party. Democrats loathe him, in part, because he’s up to serve in President Donald Trump’s second administration,
In hearings Wednesday and Thursday, senators questioned President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., over his fitness to be the country's top health official and control the mammoth $1.7 trillion agency.
The anti-vaccine activist and nominee to lead HHS appeared before the Senate Finance Committee where he talked about vaccinations, abortion and chronic disease.