Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for health secretary, vigorously defended his views on vaccines, and a key senator still has clear doubts.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Thursday for the second day of confirmation hearings to the post of health secretary.
Mr. Kennedy appears to have most Republicans behind him as he seeks the job of health secretary, though he couldn’t escape his past stances on vaccines and abortion.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies in confirmation hearings before the Senate’s Finance Committee on Wednesday, and will appear Thursday before the health committee.
In a harsh letter to lawmakers considering Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for health secretary, Ms. Kennedy called her cousin unfit for the job and a “predator” who led family members to addiction.
Caroline Kennedy, at the funeral of Ethel Kennedy, the mother of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., last year. Ms. Kennedy has now publicly opposed her cousin’s nomination to be the nation’s health secretary, saying he is not qualified.
If confirmed by the Senate to be the nation’s health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would have vast powers over immunization policies for children and adults.
President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton watched an oral polio vaccination at a health clinic in Arlington, Va., in 1993, part of his childhood immunization initiative.
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