US Secretary of Well being and Human Providers nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies throughout a Senate Finance Committee listening to on his nomination to be Well being and Human Providers Secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 29, 2025.
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US Secretary of Well being and Human Providers nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies throughout a Senate Finance Committee listening to on his nomination to be Well being and Human Providers Secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 29, 2025.
Alex Wroblewski/AFP through Getty Photographs
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confronted senators at present in a contentious affirmation listening to to function Well being and Human Providers Secretary below President Trump. He is a former Democrat — turned unbiased 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 all the things 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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