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.
On Thursday, New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan — a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee — had heard enough from Donald Trump’s controversial nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, and her tearful but angry scolding of RFK Jr. brought the hearings to a poignant halt.
Senator Maggie Hassan, while questioning President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, disclosed that she is the mother of a 36-year-old man with cerebral palsy.
The time Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent in New Hampshire as a presidential candidate became the subject of key moments during his U.S. Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
Senator Maggie Hassan, Democrat of New Hampshire, assailed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republicans for asserting that science around autism and vaccines wasn’t settled.
Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) at the second day of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation hearing: SEN. MAGGIE HASSAN (D-NH): I am the proud mother of a 36-year-old young man with severe cerebral palsy. And a day does not go by when I don't think about what did I do when I was pregnant with him that might've caused the hydrocephalus that has so impacted his life.
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Senate Dem Grills RFK Jr. Over Views on Abortion: ‘When Did You Decide to Sell Out Your Life’s Work’ to Trump?!U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) confronted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for seemingly switching up from his pro-choice views since aligning with President Donald Trump.
If you come out unequivocally — ‘vaccines are safe, it does not cause autism’ that would have an incredible impact,” Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) told the HHS nominee.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s second confirmation hearing highlights vaccine skepticism, bipartisan concerns, and his plans as health secretary nominee.
Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan broke down in tears at the confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy as lawmakers debated vaccine science with the well known vaccine skeptic. Kennedy was appearing on the hill for a second confirmation hearing as senators ...
Conspiracy theories about vaccines. Secret meetings with dictators. An enemies list. President Donald Trump’ s most controversial Cabinet nominees — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi
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