In a Senate hearing, Senator Bernie Sanders pushed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. again on his past support for unsupported claims that vaccines caused autism.
Kennedy appeared before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday as he seeks confirmation as the nation's health secretary.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump ’s nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, spent much of his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday downplaying his role in the anti-vaccine movement. But Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was unconvinced.
Bernie Sanders laid into Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after Kennedy said he would assure people that vaccines "do not cause autism" only after he's seen the data.
Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont, asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to disavow baby onesies with anti-vaccination slogans. The clothes are sold by a nonprofit Mr. Kennedy co-founded.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, about a baby onesie sold from a group he founded
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is one of the most famous of Trump’s nominees, and certainly one of the most contentious. But the first day of his confirmation hearing wasn’t oriented around the kinds of personally agonizing questioning that defined Pete Hegseth’s confirmation process.
Sanders was Congress's second-largest recipient of pharmaceutical donations in 2016 yet received only individual donations during his 2020 presidential bid
Robert F. Kennedy attempted Thursday to score a cheap political point against Senator Bernie Sanders by accusing the independent Vermont lawmaker of being bought out by the pharmaceutical industry—but he got his facts wrong.
The recent Senate confirmation hearings for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presented a striking scene that would confuse a time traveler from 10 years ago. Democratic lawmakers took turns excoriating a man who once embodied their ideals. Sen. Bernie Sanders, seemingly grasping for gotchas, was reduced to questioning Kennedy about baby clothing merchandise.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, the top Republican on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, concluded Thursday's hearing by saying he was "struggling" with the nomination due to Kennedy's vaccine positions. Kennedy notably refused to say vaccines don't cause autism as he faced pointed question from lawmakers.