The Democratic senator asked the HHS nominee to commit to not sue pharmaceutical companies or take profit from lawsuits during or up to four years after his tenure due to his potential ability to infl

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will face the Senate Health Committee on Thursday morning for a second day of confirmation hearings, after testifying before the Senare Finance Committee on Wednesday.

Senator Bill Cassidy, a physician and key G.O.P. vote, joined Democrats in aggressively questioning Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick for health secretary. He did not say how he would vote.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his prior public statements on a range of health policy issues in a fiery confirmation

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But his positions and the organizations he’s aligned himself with are very mainstream America.” But now, RFK has been fully ostracized from the Democratic Party. Democrats loathe him, in part, because he’s up to serve in President Donald Trump’s second administration,

Mr. Kennedy appears to have most Republicans behind him as he seeks the job of health secretary, though he couldn’t escape his past stances on vaccines and abortion.

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Did RFK Jr.'s long-record of anti-vaccine activism affect his chances at becoming Trump's secretary of health?

President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | During the hearing, Senate Finance Committee members lobbied a flurry of largely vaccine-related questions at the HHS nominee.

Senate Democrats grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his various controversial statements including his stance on vaccines during his confirmation hearing to be President Donald Trump’s health and human services secretary,

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the controversial choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services, faced tough questions from Massachusetts and New Hampshire senators on vaccines and abortion at his confirmation hearing.