Kennedy faces skepticism from a key GOP senator: After he repeatedly challenged Kennedy’s views on vaccines, Sen. Bill Cassidy, the chair of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which held Thursday’s hearing, said he was “struggling” with Kennedy’s nomination.
The most powerful moment in two days of confirmation hearings for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom President Donald Trump nominated to head Health and Human Services, came from Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy. A physician, Cassidy told Kennedy of an 18-year-old patient with hepatitis B who suffered from liver failure and needed a transplant.
Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard and health pick Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sparred with the senators, while FBI pick Kash Patel stayed on track.
Three of President Donald Trump’s most controversial nominees faced sharp questions in the Senate during hearings Thursday from Democrats as well as several Republican senators in what amounted to the most direct skepticism from GOP senators over Trump’s nominees to date.
As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced skeptical senators Thursday in the second day of his confirmation hearing to lead the department of Health and Human Services, Sen. Bill Cassidy confronted Kennedy about vaccines.
Republican Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy has scheduled the first public hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's controversial nominee for secretary of the U.S. Department of ...