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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He confronted the Democrats’ grill during his past as an anti-vacuna activist and his transmission position on abortion, but Republicans were easy for President Trump to run the Department of Health and Human Services. During its confirmation audience Wednesday, Wednesday, foresee a path to confirmation on the Senate floor.
For more than three hours of contentious issues of Democrats and mostly of softballs of Republicans, Kennedy encountered basic health care issues and sometimes showed limited knowledge of the complexities of the agency of almost $ 2 trillion to which was nominated.
Kennedy tried to distance itself from their past statements, even when the Democrats cited them.
“In my defense, I often bothered the quo state asking uncomfortable questions. Well, I will not apologize for it,” Kennedy said. “We have massive health problems in this country that we have to deal with honesty.”
Under specific issues, he often returned to his desire to solve the chronic disease epidemic.
“It is the human tragedy that moves us to care. President Trump has promised to restore the overall US force and restore the American dream. He understands that we cannot be a strong nation when our people are so ill, “said Kennedy.
However, there were no signs that the sight changed the calculation between the Republicans of the Senate. The Senate Finance Committee is expected to vote in the coming days to send its candidacy to the flat.
“You have gone through the more detailed review process that any Congress Committee does to anyone and I think you have had a good time and deserve to confirm,” said Finance Committee President Mike Crapo (R-Edaho) View.
Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) Persey Kennedy his decision to release his own presidential campaign and support Trump.
“I think I knew what is in your heart,” said Johnson. “I think I know that the personal and political price you paid for this decision.”
If only a Republican votes against Kennedy on the committee, his candidacy will be sinking. If you move to the ground, you can allow you to lose up to three Republicans if all Democrats oppose it.
Late. John Fetterman (D-PA.) suggested that Kennedy’s nomination had trouble After the sight.
“I don’t think it’s going well for him,” he said on Wednesday afternoon.
However, Republicans during his eyes said they shared Kennedy’s vision and praised him for agitating the health system.
“I have no doubt that you will be confirmed and you will do such solid work for the people of this country,” said Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.).
Kennedy also sought to raise GOP concerns with regard to abortion, given his statements until 2023, which indicated that he had wide access to abortion.
“I work in the pleasure of the President. I’m going to implement their policies, “said Kennedy.
However, it was a detailed line of questions by Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) That it seemed like Kennedy did more.
When asked how to supervise Medicare and Medicaid, Kennedy seemed to confuse the two. The programs together are responsible for covering more than 150 million Americans.
Kennedy described Medicaid as “fully paid by the federal government”, when he is funded by a combination of state and federal funding.
Kennedy also stated that Medicaid’s registrations were dissatisfied and frustrated by the high costs.
“Most Medicaid people are not happy. The premiums are too high, the deductible ones are too high, the nets are narrow, “said Kennedy.
But most medicaid beneficiaries do not pay premium or deductible; Federal law even prohibits the exchange of costs for people with endless minors.
Cassidy, the chairman of the Peine Pension Committee, Work and Pensions of the Senate, will have another opportunity to question in Kennedy when his court has a hearing on Thursday.
From the outset, Kennedy sought to address the vaccine’s concerns, saying that in his initial statement: “The news complaining that I am anti-vacuna or anti-industrial. I am not.”
His response caused a protest of a woman from the audience: “He lies!” He called while the security escorted her.
Democrats presented public comments or cite Kennedy’s books, where he called dangerous and ineffective vaccines, made misleading claims about his safety and falsely linked them to autism.
They invoked their visit to Samoa in 2019, after the death of two children due to inappropriate vaccine. Five months after Kennedy’s visit, Samoa declared a measles emergency due to vaccination rates, in the midst of an outbreak that killed 83 people.
In an overwhelming exchange, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ear.) He left for Kennedy for his role.
“It is clear that it had nothing to do with the measles outbreak, Kennedy insisted. “You can’t find a single Samoan who will say” I didn’t get a vaccine because of Bobby Kennedy. “
Wyden also pressed Kennedy to run a request to the Food and Drug Administration by 2021 to revoke the authorization of the Coronavirus vaccine.
Kennedy stated that he did so due to the speed of disease control centers and prevention approval for children under 6.
“You have a background to try to get people’s vaccines,” Wyden said.
