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RFK Jr. faces Senate committee for HHS confirmation hearing

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  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing a Senate committee for his confirmation hearing
  • He is President Trump's nominee to lead the federal Department of Health and Human Services
  • The hearing is being broadcasted live and updates are available
  • This is a high-stakes hearing for Kennedy Jr.
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  • RFK Jr. founded Children's Health Defense, a nonprofit organization that advocates against unsafe vaccinations and has sued the federal government numerous times, including a challenge over the authorization to administer the COVID vaccine for children.
  • RFK Jr. has been criticized by the New York Times for his vaccine statements, which the newspaper fact-checked. The Times has been a strong supporter of COVID vaccines throughout the pandemic.
  • RFK Jr. has accused certain industries, including pharmaceutical companies, of profiting from keeping people sick and has emphasized that he wants to work with farmers and food producers to remove burdensome regulations and unleash American ingenuity.
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  • Kennedy Jr. has been a consistent critic of medications recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics for obese children as young as 12, stating that "a sick child is the best thing for the pharmaceutical industry."
  • If confirmed as HHS secretary, Kennedy Jr. would have to decide whether to approve a proposed $35 billion handout for drug manufacturers for the diabetes drug Ozempic, which is being relied on to induce weight loss for a nation where more than two-thirds are overweight and 40 percent are obese.
  • Kennedy Jr. has pledged to eliminate the revolving door of influence between the pharmaceutical industry and HHS, which holds jurisdiction over the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Food and Drug Administration.
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  • The Senate Finance Committee members who will question Kennedy Jr. have received around $7 million from drug companies between 2019 and 2024, while the Senate Health Committee members have received nearly $4.4 million in contributions from the pharmaceutical industry, excluding three senators who also serve on the Finance Committee.
  • Some lawmakers have been accused of taking money from big pharma, raising concerns about their impartiality in questioning Kennedy Jr. during the hearing.
  • Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii made a controversial claim that Kennedy Jr. wants to conduct the Tuskegee experiments on all Americans, which was criticized as an egregious slander by some.
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