In a personal and impassioned speech, Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) revealed to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. her own struggle with her son’s health and the fears she had about Kennedy’s continued questioning of what has been settled science on vaccines. RFK Jr. is President Trump’s nominee to be the next Secretary of Health and Human services and has repeatedly questioned the safety of vaccines.

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Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) attacked Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s questionable beliefs about science during his confirmation hearing by citing her son, who has "severe cerebral palsy."Speaking to the committee Thursday, Hassan said she found it "disturbing" that Republicans accused her and her colleagues o...

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Furious senator fights tears as she tells RFK Jr. of her son with cerebral palsy

Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) fought back tears at a Thursday Senate hearing she she discussed her son’s struggles with Cerebral palsy (CP) and accusations that “partisanship” was to blame for Democrats’ “intense questioning” of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services, faced his second confirmation round before a Senate committee on Thursday where Democratic lawmakers contin…

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‘He’s Relitigating Settled Science!’ Senator Fights Back Tears at RFK Hearing As She Talks About Vaccines And Her Son with Cerebral Palsy

Senators pressed Kennedy on race science, misinformation, and his refusal to say the Covid vaccine was safe.

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"The data has been there a long time": Lawmakers grill RFK Jr. on vaccine misinformation

As a mom to a disabled child, New Hampshire's Sen. Hassan explained, Kennedy's vaccine lies feel personal.

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Sen. Hassan Fights Back Tears During an Emotional Plea to RFK Jr

from New Hampshire on Thursday confronted one of the most influential disseminators of this conspiracy theory, , at his confirmation hearing to potentially become the next Secretary of Health and Human Services under the Numerous studies have shown no link between autism and vaccines and the calls any claims to the contrary “nonscientific” and “pure myths.” The conspiracy theory came from paper published in the journal The Lancet, which claimed …

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Sen. Hassan Fights Back Tears During an Emotional Plea to RFK Jr.

WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s opinions about vaccine safety, both past and present, appeared likely to lead at least a few Senate Republicans to vote against his nomination following a second confirmation hearing Thursday.
Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, a physician and chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said at the end of the three-hour hearing that he agrees with Kennedy that vaccines should …

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GOP members of U.S. Senate probe RFK Jr. on his history of vaccine denial

Sen. Maggie Hassan confronted RFK Jr. during his Senate hearing, accusing him of undermining settled vaccine science and fueling misinformation.

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Senator Blasts RFK Jr With Personal Testimony on Vaccines and Autism Stance: 'He's Churning Settled Science So We Can't Go Forward

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