US Secretary of Well being and Human Companies nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies throughout a Senate Finance Committee listening to on his nomination to be Well being and Human Companies Secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 29, 2025.
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US Secretary of Well being and Human Companies nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies throughout a Senate Finance Committee listening to on his nomination to be Well being and Human Companies Secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 29, 2025.
Alex Wroblewski/AFP by way of Getty Pictures
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confronted senators as we speak in a contentious affirmation listening to to function Well being and Human Companies Secretary beneath President Trump. He is a former Democrat — turned impartial presidential candidate — turned Trump loyalist.
He is additionally somebody who has pushed vaccine misinformation, one thing he was repeatedly questioned about throughout his affirmation listening to on Wednesday.
HHS is a large system that oversees the whole lot from the Meals and Drug Administration to vaccine funding to the Inexpensive Care Act. What will we find out about how Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. would run it?
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