Heath and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. was grilled by both Republican and Democrat Senators for three hours today. The hearing was supposed to be an opportunity for Kennedy to talk about what’s been happening since he took over at HHS, but it quickly devolved into a shouting match over what Senators say has been questionable decision making and leadership. Kennedy defended himself by saying that many who are involved in the nation’s healthcare are “compromised” and called several Senators “liars.” Hear directly from Kennedy and the Democrats AND Republicans who are clearly concerned about what he’s doing.
Those were just a few of the republicans who had serious issues with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. during a very contentious hearing today. Both of those senators by the way are also medical doctors. There was also a lot of yelling during today’s hearing which I’m going to share with you in a second. But I just want point out you don’t see Republicans pushing back on Trump appointed cabinet members very often. But it happened today when Kennedy was grilled by the Senators who sit on the finance committee. This very heated hearing lasted 3 hours. Yes – I watched the whole thing.
Both Republican and Democratic Senators seemed very concerned about several recent decisions made by Secretary Kennedy. One of those questionable decisions was Kennedy’s decision to fire the entire vaccine advisory panel responsible for the vaccine recommendations that force your health insurance to cover certain vaccines and treatments you or your kids receive. Kennedy said he had to fire the previous vaccine advisory panel – which by the way has never happened in the history of the CDC — because all those members were all compromised. While republicans raised concerns about both of these issues it was when the democrats began to question Kennedy that things got testy.
Watch the full hearing here.
