Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to face his first Senate confirmation hearing as President Donald Trump's nominee for Health and Human Services Secretary. He is expected to be grilled about his views on vaccines and abortion, as well as potential conflicts of interest. Kennedy has faced strong opposition from both the right and the left.
Kennedy must clear an expansive array of hurdles as he seeks to be confirmed as health and human services secretary, one of the most powerful posts in government. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to face his first Senate confirmation hearing as President Donald Trump's nominee to become the next secretary of health and human services Wednesday, when he is expected to be grilled about his views on vaccines and abortion, as well as potential conflicts of interest he would face in the role.
“Bobby is addicted to attention and power,” she wrote. “Bobby preys on the desperation of parents of sick children — vaccinating his own kids while building a following by hypocritically discouraging other parents from vaccinating theirs.” Some of those duties, critics say, are in direct conflict with his longtime role leading Children’s Health Defense, which has grown into one of the largest anti-vaccine organizations in the world. The group has taken legal action against the federal government in which he now wants to serve. Kennedy One of Kennedy's most outspoken critics has been Trump's former vice president, Mike Pence, specifically on the issue of abortion.
“RFK Jr. wants us to trust him to make healthcare decisions for millions of Americans. Meanwhile, he could make millions off of lawsuits against the same vaccine manufacturers he’d regulate as health secretary,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said in a statement to NBC News. “RFK Jr. can’t keep Americans safe if he’s busy lining his own pockets.”
He also said he would receive money tied to compensation involving the national Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
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