Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Senate and Indian Health Service
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced bipartisan criticism on Capitol Hill over his department’s budget cuts, vaccine statements, and controversial fluoride and drug policy proposals.
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1hon MSN
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy wanted an assurance from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before he would vote to put him in charge of the nation’s $1.7 trillion health department. Kennedy’s history of promoting conspiracy theories or misspeaking about vaccines alarmed Cassidy, he said during a confirmation hearing earlier this year.
Ex-FDA chief Robert Califf about HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — “My primary worry is not the FDA, my worry is the American public.”
"My opinions about vaccines are irrelevant," the director of national public health said Wednesday during a House Appropriations Committee hearing.
The health secretary faced intense questioning over cuts to his agency, vaccines and more.