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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's prime to beryllium Secretary of Health and Human Services, returns from a interruption arsenic helium appears earlier the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing, astatine the Capitol successful Washington. (AP Photo)
US President Donald Trump’s prime for wellness and quality services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was grilled by the Senators astatine his archetypal confirmation proceeding connected Wednesday for his past stance connected COVID-19 vaccine and different immunisations among others.
President Trump’s wellness caput prime is important arsenic the idiosyncratic volition beryllium liable to oversee nationalist wellness issues, including aesculapian research, nutrient information and nationalist payment programmes.
The Democratic lawmakers successful the Senate confronted Robert F Kennedy Jr. with his past statements related to a deadly measles outbreak successful Samoa successful 2019, his viewpoint connected COVID-19 and his claims wherever helium linked vaccines to autism successful children.
Republican senators seemed mostly receptive to Kennedy and his mentation of mentation connected abortion, his opinions connected the US nutrient industry, vaccines etc.
However, Kennedy’s past stance peculiarly connected termination has raised eyebrows wrong the Republican Party arsenic it didn’t align with their blimpish viewpoint.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s prime to beryllium the Secretary of Health and Human Services, testifies earlier the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing, astatine the Capitol successful Washington. (AP Photo)
Kennedy’s confirmation proceeding connected Wednesday successful beforehand of the Senate Finance Committee was the archetypal trial the Trump’s wellness caput nominee faced, and the questioning would proceed connected Thursday successful beforehand of the Senate Committee connected Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
When asked by committee connected his stance implicit vaccines, Kennedy said that helium is not anti-vaccine and supports the existent puerility vaccination schedule.
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“That’s a pejorative that’s applied to maine to support maine from asking hard questions astir almighty interests,” said Kennedy, portion insisting that helium was not a conspiracy theorist.
Kennedy, who has antecedently said that helium favours termination rights, was asked by the Republican and Democratic Senators some astir his stance connected the contented and helium responded by saying, “I judge each termination is simply a tragedy.”
Although Kennedy’s proceeding got interrupted by protesters shouting against his stance connected respective issues, helium adjacent received large applause erstwhile helium promised helium would marque America steadfast again.
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