RFK Jr. Hearing Leaves Key GOP Senator ‘Struggling’ on Vote

Jan. 30, 2025, 7:57 PM UTC

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced a second day of tough questions about his nomination to head the Department of Health and Human Services, with pointed interrogation from a key senator about his shifting vaccine stance.

Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, began the hearing Thursday by asking whether Kennedy would change his mind on vaccines if he was presented with studies that disprove his doubts.

“If you show me data, I will be the first person to assure the American people that they need to take those vaccines,” Kennedy said. “Not ...

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