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US Secretary of Well being and Human Companies nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies throughout a Senate Finance Committee listening to on his nomination to be Well being and Human Companies Secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 29, 2025.

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US Secretary of Well being and Human Companies nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies throughout a Senate Finance Committee listening to on his nomination to be Well being and Human Companies Secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 29, 2025.

Alex Wroblewski/AFP through Getty Photos

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confronted senators immediately in a contentious affirmation listening to to function Well being and Human Companies Secretary beneath President Trump. He is a former Democrat — turned unbiased presidential candidate — turned Trump loyalist.

He is additionally somebody who has pushed vaccine misinformation, one thing he was repeatedly questioned about throughout his affirmation listening to on Wednesday.

HHS is an enormous system that oversees the whole lot from the Meals and Drug Administration to vaccine funding to the Reasonably priced Care Act. What will we learn about how Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. would run it?

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This episode was produced by Brianna Scott and Jordan Marie Smith.

It was edited by Christopher Intagliata, Courtney Dorning, Diane Webber, Kelsey Snell and Nadia Lancy.

Our govt producer is Sami Yenigun.

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