Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced more than five hours of intense questioning from both sides of the aisle on Wednesday during his first set of hearings since his confirmation in February.
Democrats on the Appropriations Committee referenced Trump’s so-called “skinny budget” multiple times, particularly its cuts to the National Institutes of Health and $500 million in discretionary allotments for Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda.
Kennedy said during both hearings on Wednesday that reining in federal spending and the budget deficit is a health issue in and of itself.
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“If we don’t staunch this unsustainable hemorrhage, we will ransom our children to bankruptcy, servitude, and disastrous health consequences,” Kennedy said during both hearings. “Yes, an exploding debt is a social
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