President Trump’s nominees for Health secretary, Commerce secretary, and Small Business Administration administrator will testify before Senate committees, while Pam Bondi, Trump's choice for attorney general,
Sen. Warren sent almost 200 questions to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on topics like vaccine misinformation, abortion access, and food regulation.
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. faced about 3.5 hours of questioning on topics including his past comments on vaccines and abortion during the first of his two confirmation hearings.
Democrat Elizabeth Warren asked Kennedy if he would commit to not taking compensation related to any lawsuits against drug companies while he's serving as health secretary, should he confirmed, and for four years afterward.
Kennedy Jr. scrapped with senators for more than four hours Wednesday, trying to defend everything from his “conflicting” claims on vaccines to his stance on abortion to past statements that the virus causing COVID-19 was “ethnically targeted” against black and Caucasian people.
The exchange erupted when Warren asked Kennedy about his previous anti-vaccine statements, which he appeared to walk back during the hearing.
One of Donald Trump’s most controversial and vulnerable cabinet picks struggled to account for his shape-shifting views, vowing to serve at Trump’s pleasure.