Advisory Board February 14, 2025
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as the next HHS secretary in a 52-48 vote that was largely along party lines.
Senate confirms RFK Jr. as HHS secretary
In the vote, every Senate Democrat voted against Kennedy and every Senate Republican voted in favor except for Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), a survivor of polio who has expressed concerns regarding Kennedy’s views on vaccines.
In a statement explaining his vote, McConnell said he has seen “vaccines save millions of lives from devastating diseases across America and around the world. I will not condone the re-litigation of proven cures, and neither will millions of Americans who credit their survival and quality of life to scientific miracles.”
“Individuals, parents and...
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