Politico February 18, 2025
His first remarks to the department since being confirmed comes as Washington reels from mass firings and funding cuts.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. implored federal health agency workers on Tuesday to “let go” of preconceived notions of him and start from “square one,” but he also promised that “nothing is going to be off limits” in his pursuit to reduce chronic disease.
“Some of the possible factors we will investigate were formerly taboo or insufficiently scrutinized,” Kennedy told HHS staff in his first address to the department he now leads. “I’m willing to subject them all to the scrutiny of unbiased science.”
Kennedy’s comments — his first extended remarks since being confirmed last week — come as Washington reels from...
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