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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. he has meetings with more than a dozen senators over the next two days, including top progressive Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., plus others in the Democratic caucus.
President-elect Donald Trump announced last year that RFK Jr. was his choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in his second administration. Since the news broke, Kennedy has been on Capitol Hill meeting with several senators.
Up to this point, he had only met with Republicans in the upper house. But on Wednesday, Kennedy begins his meetings with a handful of Democrats, which could be crucial to his confirmation.
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RFK Jr. will begin several meetings with Democrats on Wednesday. (Reuters)
Kennedy, a former Democratic presidential candidate and independent, will attend meetings with Democratic caucus members Sen. Catherine Cortez-Masto of Nevada, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Michael Bennet of Colorado, Mark Warner. of Virginia, Warren and Sanders.
The backlash against the Democrats is coming, as several members of the party have expressed openness to some of Kennedy’s positions, particularly on agriculture and food production.
But some of those same policy positions pose a potential problem for his support among Senate Republicans.
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Kennedy endorsed Trump after he dropped out. (PICTURE)
He will also join Sens. Jim Banks, R-Ind., Bill Cassidy, R-La., Susan Collins, R-Maine, John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, for meetings on the Hill in this week
Grassley is one of the few Republicans who have expressed concerns about Kennedy’s positions on agriculture and how they could affect farmers.
“They have to be able to use modern agricultural techniquesand that involves a lot, not just really sophisticated equipment, but also fertilizers and pesticides. So we need to have that conversation,” Sen. John Hoeven, RN.D., told reporters recently.
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Some Senate Republicans want answers from RFK Jr. on agricultural beliefs before confirming it. (Reuters)
Grassley previously emphasized the need for genetic engineering to keep up with the demand for food and feed the country.
However, others have expressed confidence that Kennedy will make the right calls to farmers. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said he warned Kennedy not to “go overboard” on farm regulations during their meeting last year.
He added that Trump’s HHS pick was “very much on board” and “understands that our farmers are in trouble and we want to make sure we have farmers who can make a living.”
Tuberville supports RFK Jr. for HHS. (PICTURE)
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After Kennedy endorsed Trump ahead of the 2024 election, the two launched their campaign to “Make America Healthy Again.”
This slogan has been adopted by a caucus made up of some Senate Republicans who support Kennedy for the HHS role and hope to facilitate his and Trump’s policies to promote health in the country.
