Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F Kennedy argue at his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing about potential conflicts of interest where the addressee could manipulate FDA data,
Warren pointed out that the government financial disclosures Kennedy filed as part of the confirmation process said he had made $2.5 million from a law firm that has sued vaccine manufacturers.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to commit that he would not profit from his work as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Wednesday at his first confirmation hearing with the Senate Finance Committee: SEN.
Sen. Warren sent almost 200 questions to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on topics like vaccine misinformation, abortion access, and food regulation.
RFK Jr. and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) got into a heated clash during his confirmation hearing to be the next Health and Human Services secretary.
The progressive senators slammed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for making money off of his supposed public health initiatives.
Kennedy Jr. scrapped with senators for more than four hours Wednesday, trying to defend everything from his “conflicting” claims on vaccines to his stance on abortion to past statements that the virus causing COVID-19 was “ethnically targeted” against black and Caucasian people.
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The Democratic senator asked the HHS nominee to commit to not sue pharmaceutical companies or take profit from lawsuits during or up to four years after his tenure due to his potential ability to infl
You won't go to work for a drug company after you leave HHS, but you and I both know there's another way to make money,” Warren said.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will stand before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee Thursday as President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.