5 takeaways from RFK Jr.’s first confirmation hearing as Trump’s nominee for health secretary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion, and public health priorities in his first Senate hearing.
RFK Jr. turnabout on vaccines, abortion slammed at HHS confirmation hearing
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s alternating views on vaccines, reproductive rights and public health issues were a central focus at his first confirmation hearing Wednesday, with Democratic senators expressing dismay at his nomination and Republicans signaling he’ll likely have their support.
Vt., NH senators grill RFK over vaccines, abortion
Vermont Senators Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch, along with New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan, were among lawmakers Wednesday from both parties grilling Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick for health secretary.
RFK Jr. first hearing takeaways: Vaccines, abortion, and government healthcare
President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was in the hot seat Wednesday as he was peppered with more than three hours of detailed questions from senators during the first of two confirmation hearings.
Democrats hammer RFK Jr. on vaccine comments, abortion
Kennedy said he agreed with Trump's views on the program and on abortion, including believing laws regulating the procedure should be left up to the states. "I agree with President Trump that every abortion is a tragedy. I agree we cannot be a moral nation if we have 1.2 million abortions," Kennedy said.
RFK Jr., Trump's health secretary pick, grilled about vaccines and abortion
Senators grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on vaccines, abortion and Medicaid in his confirmation hearing to lead HHS. RFK Jr. has another hearing Thursday.
Trump’s HHS pick RFK Jr struggles with vaccines, abortion, healthcare queries at confirmation hearing
WASHINGTON: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came under withering attack from Democratic senators on Wednesday over his history of promoting vaccine misinformation and his sudden embrace of anti-abortion policies during a high-stakes confirmation hearing to become US President Donald Trump's health secretary.
RFK Jr. faces tricky Senate questions over anti-vaccine, abortion stances
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to face a grilling from skeptical senators at confirmation hearings to become Secretary of Health and Human Services amid stubborn questions over his controversial stances on vaccines,
RFK Jr. faces blistering questions on vaccines, abortion from Democrats
The longtime liberal faces deep skepticism over his public health views. “Frankly, you frighten people,” one Democratic senator told his former roommate.
Trump Health Pick Kennedy Under Attack for Vaccine Views in Contentious Senate Hearing
During their questioning, Democratic senators brought up past statements from Kennedy made over decades, including that no vaccine was safe and effective. They quoted other Kenned
Kennedy grilled by Senate Democrats on vaccines and abortion
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