Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first confirmation hearing in the Senate Committee on Finance was a raucous, at times explosive, affair as Democrats grilled the nominee over his past.
The hearing over Kennedy’s nomination to lead Health and Human Services (HHS) lasted roughly three-and-a-half hours before Republican chairman Sen. Mike Crapo had to cut the hearing to rush for a vote. Democrats continued to question and, at times, berate Kennedy up to the final minute.
“All these Democrats are opposed to me for partisan issues, they used to be my friends,” Kennedy said at one point. “They agreed with all the issues I’ve been working on my whole career. Now, they’re against me because anything President Trump does has to be discredited, derided, and vilified.”
RFK JR: "All these Democrats are opposed to me for partisan issues, they used to be my friends. They agreed with all the issues I've been working on my whole career. Now they're against me because anything President Trump does has to be discredited, derided, and vilified." pic.twitter.com/TrdBcAumED
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) January 29, 2025
Kennedy’s left-wing activist past has raised alarms among conservatives and Republican lawmakers. To allay those concerns, the nominee repeatedly promised to enforce President Trump’s agenda. He said he would follow the president’s lead on abortion policy, including the abortion drug mifepristone, and denied attacks that he is “anti-vaccine.”
“President Trump has asked me to end the chronic disease epidemic and make America healthy again … and that is what I’m doing,” Kennedy said under questioning from Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, laying out his top priority if confirmed to lead HHS. […]
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