Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana has emerged as a central figure in the confirmation of Robert F.
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Committee Chairman Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., second from right, is joined by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., from left, Committee Ranking Member Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., as he delivers his opening statement to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Trump's nominee to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services, during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing for his pending confirmation on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan.
Prominent party members, including the state GOP’s organizational leader, vocal conservatives and a potential primary challenger, made clear in their public signals to Cassidy that he would be flouting the will of the party were he to oppose the nominee of a candidate who carried Louisiana so handily.
A vote against Kennedy “wouldn’t match up with the country, and it particularly doesn’t match up with the state of Louisiana,” Crews said.Cassidy acknowledged in his opening to the committee Thursday what Louisiana statehouse Republicans have noticed: Kennedy has a following in Louisiana. Cassidy is already unpopular with a segment of Louisiana Republicans for voting in January 2021 to convict Trump after his second impeachment stemming fromby Trump supporters on the U.S. Capitol. Cassidy's vote came right after he was sworn in to his second term.
Still, a vote against Kennedy would be out of step for Cassidy within his state's party, said state Sen. Blake Miquez, a potential Cassidy primary challenger. Twice during the hearing, Cassidy recalled his 18-year-old patient suffering acute liver failure who needed emergency transplant surgery, which would burden her with medical bills for the rest of her life. “Fifty dollars worth of vaccine could have prevented this all,” the liver disease specialist said.
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