Advisory Board January 31, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s pick for HHS secretary, finished up two days of congressional confirmation hearings before two Senate committees yesterday. Here’s what you need to know.
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Recapping Kennedy’s 2 days of hearings
On Wednesday, Kennedy spoke to the Senate Finance Committee and on Thursday, he spoke to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee where he faced questions on a variety of different topics.
Vaccines
Kennedy fielded a number of questions from senators regarding his past claims about vaccines, including the false claim that vaccines cause autism.
In his opening statement, Kennedy said that “news reports have claimed that I am anti-vaccine or anti-industry. I am neither. I am pro-safety.”
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