“The receipts show that Mr Kennedy has embraced conspiracy theories, quacks, and charlatans,” said Ron Wyden, the top Democrat on the Senate finance committee, as he delivered a scathing rebuke of Robert F Kennedy Jr in his opening statement at the cabinet nominee’s confirmation hearing.
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Donald Trump’s controversial pick for US secretary of health and human services appeared before the Senate finance committee, which will vote on whether to advance him to the Senate floor for a confirmation vote.
The hearing has been marked by clashes between RFK Jr and Democrats over his shifting stance on vaccines and by multiple protesters – one of whom appeared to shout “you are” after Kennedy stated: “News reports have claimed that I am anti-vaccine or anti-industry. I am neither.”
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