WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. rattled off statistics about continual illness, sparred with Democratic senators, backtracked on his prior help for abortion, and accused senators of twisting his previous remarks throughout a three-and-a-half-hour affirmation listening to earlier than the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday.
Senators lined a mind-boggling vary of points as they grilled RFK Jr., President Trump’s choose to guide the Division of Well being and Human Companies. Throughout the high-profile listening to, RFK Jr. supplied some concrete concepts to control meals and vitamin packages, however didn’t supply particulars about his plans to vary how the well being care system works in the USA.
RFK Jr. readily supplied guarantees to keep up entry to vaccines, help world well being assist packages, and retain HHS staff he seen as doing their jobs, in an try to reassure skeptical senators. He framed his previous criticisms of vaccines as noble efforts to assault highly effective pursuits.
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