Yesterday, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before the Senate Finance Committee, where he failed to defend his assault on our nation’s health care system. In RFK Jr.’s six months as Secretary of Health and Human Services, he has dismantled the CDC, gutted Medicare, Medicaid, the ACA, and medical research, restricted vaccine access, and spread lies about autism and disease treatment. During his hearing, RFK Jr.’s chaos was on full display. By silencing and firing 20,000 employees who prevent infectious disease outbreaks, ensure access to life-saving drugs, and more, RFK Jr. and Donald Trump have created a public health catastrophe that will only worsen as they continue to slash Medicaid, hike premiums and drug costs for middle-class Americans, and continue to spread deadly misinformation.
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Bloomberg: RFK Jr. and Senators Spar in Fiery US Health Policy Hearing
Bloomberg: Opinion: Regrets, Republican Senators Have a Few
USA Today: RFK Jr. Says He Doesn’t Know How Many Americans Died From COVID as He’s Grilled at Hearing
AP News: Health Secretary RFK Jr. Lobs Insults Back After Senators Grill Him During Raucous Hearing
AP News: Kennedy Tries to Defend COVID-19 Vaccine Stance in Raucous Senate Hearing
Mother Jones: RFK Jr. Is Living in a Pretend Anti-Vax World
Modern Healthcare: RFK Jr. Says Critics Are Lying, Conflicted in Senate Hearing
Washington Post: Senators Grill RFK Jr. Over Chaos at CDC: Takeaways From the Hearing
Washington Post: RFK Jr. Drives a Wedge Between Red and Blue States on Vaccines
Boston Globe: In a Hostile Hearing, Senators Repeatedly Questioned RFK Jr.’s Statements. It Wasn’t Just Democrats.
New York Post: Editorial Board: RFK Jr.’s Senate Ravings Prove He Won’t Bring Sanity Back to Public Health
New York Times: Senators Unleash on Kennedy
STAT: The Big Takeaways From Health Secretary RFK Jr.’s Contentious Senate Hearing
Axios: Takeaways From RFK Jr.’s Fiery Senate Appearance
Axios: Blue States Eye Rival Health Rules to Defy RFK Jr.
NPR: Senators Grill RFK, Jr. On Vaccines, CDC Changes
The Wrap: Elizabeth Warren Torches RFK Jr. in Fiery Spat Over CDC: ‘You Should Resign’
NBC News: RFK Jr. Grilled Over Vaccines, COVID and CDC Turmoil at Senate Hearing
CNN: RFK Jr. Grilled on Health Care Policies in Contentious Senate Hearing
CNN: Trump Praises RFK Jr.’s Performance Even as Some Republicans Grow Weary of His Tumultuous Term
BBC: RFK Jr Defends Leadership as Lawmakers Grill Him on Vaccines
The Daily Beast: RFK Jr. Explodes in Red-Faced Fury in Anti-Vax Grilling
The Daily Beast: Van Jones Slams RFK Jr. ‘He’s the Main Person Making America Sicker!’
The New Republic: RFK Jr. Claims He Can’t Hear as He Falls Apart in Senate Hearing
The Hill: Former CDC Official Pokes Holes in Kennedy’s Claims of Being Briefed by Experts
The Hill: GOP Senators Signal to Trump that Kennedy is on Thin Ice
The Hill: Warnock Slams RFK Jr. as ‘the Biggest Threat to the Health of the American People’
The Guardian: Opinion: RFK Jr’s Anti-Science Agenda Will be Catastrophic for the United States
Shreveport Times: Bill Cassidy Grills RFK Jr. Over Anti-Vaccine Policies While Praising President Trump
KMBC News: Health Secretary RFK Jr. Faces Scrutiny Over Vaccine Policies During Senate Hearing
Oil City News: ‘I’ve Grown Deeply Concerned’: Barrasso Questions RFK Jr. During Contentious Hearing on Thursday
Philadelphia Inquirer: Editorial: RFK Jr.’s Pointless Dismantling of the Nation’s Public Health System Places Us All at Risk
Time: Exclusive: Inside the CDC Exodus and RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaccine Crusade
MSNBC: ‘You’re a Charlatan!’: Dem Senator Shreds RFK Jr Over Anti-Science Crusade
Politico: Trump Backs RFK Jr. Following Tense Senate Hearing
PBS News: In Tense Hearing, RFK Jr. Challenged on Vaccine Views and Trust in Health Agencies
PBS News: Examining RFK Jr.’s Claims About Vaccines, COVID and the Health of Americans
Wall Street Journal: RFK Jr. Is Dismantling Public Health. A Fringe Theory May Explain Why.