Robert F. Kennedy JREssence , president Donald TrumpIn front of the Senate Group, he testaled on Wednesday that he had a disputed choice to lead the Health and Public Service Department. He doubted the past vaccine, and his views on abortion and the continuous development of the huge federal health plan.
Kennedy, 71, first appeared before the Senate Financial Committee, and the committee will Nominated as HHS Secretary Go to the entire conference hall. In the Senate controlled by the Republican Party, if all Democrats opposed him, Kennedy could only lose three votes.
He will also appear at the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pension Board at a polite hearing on Thursday.
Senator trained him on Wednesday’s view of his views from vaccine to abortion, and he avoided many of them. He also worked hard to answer some questions about Medicare and Medicaid, and often said that he would submit Trump according to policies such as reproductive rights and prescription drug prices.
If it is confirmed, Kennedy will accept $ 1.7 trillion agent Supervise vaccines and other drugs, scientific research, public health infrastructure, popular preparations, food and tobacco products, and government -funded medical care provided by millions of Americans. The person in charge of the Food and Drug Administration, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Health Research Institute and the Medical Insurance and Medical Subsidy Service Center, and other federal health institutions all report to the HHS secretary.
Kennedy is one of Trump’s more controversial cabinet nominations, facing the criticism of both sides. He is a well -known vaccine skepticist. He said that despite decades of research revealed this connection, they are still related to autism.
Kennedy is also the founder of the hygiene defense of non -profit children. This is the most abundant anti -vaccine organization in the United States Government moral agreement Last week, Kennedy said that as of December, he stopped serving as the chairman or chief legal adviser of the organization.
Some critics believe that he has advocated the work of using vaccine, and may prevent more Americans from recommending shooting when the vaccine vaccination rate is reduced.
When Kennedy denied that he was an anti -vaccine, a protesters in the hearing room shouted and accused him of lying. It caused applause and briefly interrupted his opening speech.
The members of the committee Ron Wyden, D-ORE. Ask Kennedy’s comment on his vaccine, he interrupted the hearing again. Mike Crapo, President of the Commission, R-Idaho, threatened, saying that more protesters destroyed the hearing.
In addition to the vaccine, Kennedy also previews how he plans to pursue a wide range of “American health” platform, if it is recognized as the top US health official. The platform believes that the corruption alliances of drugs and food companies and the federal health institutions that regulate them are making Americans unhealthy. Kennedy has been arguing for a long time that HHS supervision agencies need to reform or repair.
Kennedy’s supporters said that he stood around some food, such as emphasizing the risks of grain additives and super -processing products, which has attracted widespread attraction among Republican and some Democrats. But Kennedy said on Wednesday that he was not “the enemy of food producers”, and he pointed out that the American farm was “the cornerstone of our culture and national security.”
Caroline Kennedy is the cousin of the nomination, the daughter of former President John F. Kennedy, who wrote a letter to the senators on Tuesday, called her cousin “predator”, and also made her cousin, and Urges them not to confirm him.
The following are some key points at the hearing on Wednesday:
Kennedy’s position to defend the vaccine
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Kennedy’s opening in front of the group claimed that he was an anti -vaccine or anti -industry.
Kennedy said, “I am not; I support safety.” “I have worked for many years to improve people’s understanding of mercury and toxic chemicals in fish, but this does not give me anti -fish. I have all of me. All of me. Children have accepted vaccine vaccination, and I believe that vaccine plays a vital role in medical care. “
Kennedy argued fiercely with the senators on his vaccine point of view. He said: “I support measles vaccine, I support the spinal ashgiitis vaccine, I will not do anything, because the HHS secretary makes it difficult or it is difficult or it becomes difficult or difficulty or it becomes difficult or difficult to make it difficult or difficult to make it difficult. Stop people from taking them. “
Senator Ron Wyden, D-OR.
Senator also pointed out that Kennedy’s error information of the safety of measles, mumps and rubella vaccines Link In 2019, Samoa’s severe measles broke out and killed dozens of children. Kennedy broke out in just a few months after visiting the island country.
Kennedy denied that it was related to the deadly outbreak.
He said: “You can’t find a Samoa say, ‘I did not vaccine because of Bobby Kennedy.’
When Wyden asked if the measles were fatal, Kennedy did not answer the question directly. Kennedy once again argued that he was not an anti -vaccine.
Wyden also put pressure on Kennedy 2023 Player He said: “There is no safe and effective vaccine.” Kennedy claimed that his remarks on the podcast had been “repeatedly exposed” and stated that he would not discourage Americans from obtaining certain vaccines.
Kennedy’s constantly changing abortion position
Democrats urged him to reverse whether he had reversed an abortion position in political power and whether he would do the same on other issues.
“When did you decide to sell the values ​​of your life in order to be granted power by President Trump?” Said Maggie Hassan, a Democratic Senator in Hampshire, said his former public supported abortion rights.
Kennedy responded: “Every abortion is a tragedy” -the repeated four times at the entire hearing.
When asked about the laws and regulations of his non -proof of abortion, Kennedy said that Trump “asked me to see safety issues.” He added that the president has not yet regulated its position.
Kennedy said: “No matter what he does, I will implement these policies. It makes sense to cooperate with the committee to formulate these policies.” When asked about other abortion policies, he also had a similar response.
A large number of scientific evidence shows that these drugs are safe through supervision and approval as FDA pills.
Kennedy strives to answer medical insurance, medical subsidy questions
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Kennedy (Kennedy 80 million AmericansIncluding many low -income people.
Republicans can subsidize medical subsidies, which makes the federal government cost more than $ 600 billion each year to reduce funds to help pay tax cuts. Sometimes, Kennedy seems to confuse Medicaid with Medicare. Medicare is a federal plan that provides a coverage of older and disabled Americans.
Kennedy referred to medical subsidies as the “complete payment” of the federal government. But the plan is also funded by the state.
He also claimed that many medical subsidies were frustrated by the cost of high costs, saying that “the premiums are too high. The deductible amount is too high.”
However, most medical subsidy enrollment will not pay any premiums or exemptions to underwrite. Federal law prohibits the premium of students with the lowest income from income.
Kennedy only vaguely described the efforts of reforming medical subsidies, saying that he supported the increase of “transparency” and “accountability system”.
