{"id":166474,"date":"2025-02-13T12:02:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T17:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=166474"},"modified":"2025-02-13T12:02:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T17:02:22","slug":"senate-confirms-robert-f-kennedy-jr-as-health-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=166474","title":{"rendered":"Senate confirms Robert F Kennedy Jr. as Health secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Senate voted along party lines to confirm Robert F Kennedy Jr. as Health secretary. Senator Mitch McConnell, Kentucky, joined ranks with the Democrats during the vote. One of the main issues that the Democrats had with Kennedy was his opinions on the vaccines. This concern extended to some of the Republicans, including Senator Lisa Murkowski, Alaska. However, these senators ultimately voted to confirm Kennedy. Coming soon, Senate decision on Kash Patel for FBI Director.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was the only Republican to vote against Kennedy’s nomination. McConnell, the former longtime GOP Senate leader, suffered from polio as a child and is a major proponent of vaccines.<\/p>\n

Kennedy survived back-to-back combustible Senate confirmation hearings late last month, when Trump’s nominee to lead 18 powerful federal agencies that oversee the nation’s food and health faced plenty of verbal fireworks over past controversial comments, including his repeated claims in recent years linking vaccines to autism, which have been debunked by scientific research.<\/p>\n

During the hearings, Democrats also spotlighted Kennedy’s service for years as chair or chief legal counsel for Children’s Health Defense, the nonprofit organization he founded that has advocated against vaccines and sued the federal government numerous times, including a challenge over the authorization of the COVID-19 vaccine for children.<\/p>\n

With Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee voting not to advance Kennedy, the spotlight was on Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., a physician and chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP).<\/p>\n

Cassidy issued a last minute endorsement before the committee level vote, giving Kennedy a party-line 14-13 victory to advance his confirmation to the full Senate.<\/p>\n

Cassidy had emphasized during Kennedy’s confirmation hearings that “your past of undermining confidence in vaccines with unfounded or misleading arguments concerns me,” which left doubt about his support.<\/p>\n

However, after speaking again with the nominee, Cassidy rattled off a long list of commitments Kennedy made to him, including quarterly hearings before the HELP Committee; meetings multiple times per month; that HELP Committee can choose representatives on boards or commissions reviewing vaccine safety; and a 30-day notice to the committee, plus a hearing, for any changes in vaccine safety reviews.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Steinhauser, P. (2025, February 13). Senate confirms Robert F Kennedy Jr. to serve as Trump’s Health secretary. Fox News<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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