US EditionDemocrats grill Trump's controversial health secretary
- President Donald Trump's health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., faced congressional Democrats Wednesday over his defense of budget cuts and vaccine skepticism in the House of Representatives.
- Kennedy, a longtime vaccine skeptic responsible for overseeing the nation’s leading public health agency, faced questions regarding a measles outbreak amid proposed workforce and budget cuts driven by Elon Musk’s federal government reduction plan.
- During interrupted hearings, Kennedy initially declined to say whether he would have his child vaccinated against measles but later endorsed vaccination as the most effective method to control its spread while defending layoffs of 20,000 health department employees.
- Kennedy denied that key programs like cancer research had been cut and said the U.S. Remains the sickest developed nation with structural health problems, while Democrat Rosa DeLauro accused him of promoting quackery and illegal reductions.
- The hearing exposed conflicts regarding a harsh federal budget proposal that could negatively impact public health amid a measles epidemic responsible for the deaths of three children and illnesses in over a thousand others.
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Sen. Kaine Doesn't Let Up On Trump Nominee Vought On Family Funding Programs
Virginia US Sen. Tim Kaine had some questions 🧐 for Trump’s nominee for Budget Director. Wait for Kaine’s mic drop at the end. 🎤 Video created: 2025-05-06T14:03:26.850Z The post Sen. Kaine Doesn’t Let Up On Trump Nominee Vought On Family Funding Programs first appeared on Dogwood.
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