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RFK Jr. faces Senate health committee in final, decisive hearing for MAHA movement

Kennedy defended his department’s health policies and disputed senators’ criticism of its response to measles.

RFK Jr. faces Senate health committee in final, decisive hearing for MAHA movement
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced sharp questioning from senators about measles, vaccine policy and other health issues. The hearing also highlighted Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy’s disagreements with Kennedy and the committee’s role in considering health nominees.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
R · Secretary of Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services secretary testifying before the Senate health committee

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Lisa Blunt Rochester
D · DE · SEN

Delaware senator questioning Kennedy about the measles outbreak

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Bill Cassidy
R · LA · SEN

Senate health committee chair questioning the health secretary

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Utah representative who criticized Kennedy’s performance at a House hearing

Susan M. Collins
R · ME · SEN

Maine senator who has not endorsed Casey Means for surgeon general

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose budget proposal and awareness of the measles outbreak are discussed

Lisa Murkowski
R · AK · SEN

Alaska senator who has not endorsed Casey Means for surgeon general

Julia Letlow
R · LA-5

Representative and Cassidy’s primary challenger

ALSO MENTIONED  Casey Means, Administration nominee for surgeon general; Erica Schwartz, Administration choice for CDC director; Susan Monarez, Former CDC director

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Kennedy Testifies at Congressional Hearings on Health Policies

Kennedy testified at Senate hearings on health policies, where lawmakers questioned him and he defended his department’s approach. Left-leaning outlets frame the hearing as a consequential test of Kennedy’s leadership, emphasizing criticism of his response to measles and vaccine policy. Center outlets stress challenges across vaccine policy and other health issues, alongside Kennedy’s defenses. Right-leaning outlets focus on Collins’s questions about women’s health research and NIH funding and Kennedy’s defense of spending reductions.

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