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The Senate Democratic Party members were Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his various controversy, including his attitude towards his vaccine at the hearing of President Donald Trump’s health and welfare secretary. I baked it.
Democratic members are the occurrence of fatal measles in Samoa in 2019, his views on COVID-19, and his previous measles linking his previous claim. I confronted Kennedy with a previous statement that pressed him. Through the hearing, the Democratic Party repeatedly asks Kennedy to promise that it will purify employees for political reasons or use a stop tree to make financial profits without obtaining a clear answer. did.
Meanwhile, the Republican members seemed to be accepting Kennedy, despite the fact that his past attitude, especially abortion, did not match conservative ideology.
Considering the narrow majority of the Senate, Republican members have enough time to lose three GOP Senator, and some have not yet said how they vote. Kennedy’s records have several areas that overlap with the Democratic Party, but the Democratic Senator has not declared to support him.
The tense hearing on Wednesday in front of the Senate Finance Committee is Kennedy’s first test and will compete with the Senate Committee on Thursday’s health, education, labor, and pensions.
Kennedy tried to neglect his anti -vaccine rhetoric and other controversial stance on public health, despite the wide history of linking children’s link vaccines to self -selfishness. He accused him of a vaccine skepticism.
“In my advocacy, I asked unpleasant questions to disturb the status quo. Well, I wouldn’t apologize for it,” Kennedy said. “In this country, there are large -scale health problems that you have to face honestly.”
Senator Michael Bennett, Colorado, was one of the members of the Diet who brought Kennedy’s past statement to hearing.
Kennedy answers when COVID-19 is asked to respond to his previous statement, “Target black and white, but is a genetic recombinant biotical weapon that escapes Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.” I did it. I just quoted NIH published research. ”
Kennedy said, “Probably said so,” he said, saying that Lime disease was probably “a military designed biological weapon.”
After that, Bennett looked at a Republican colleague after Kennedy’s answer: “I want them to hear them.”
Kennedy said that the children would be transgender when they were exposed to pesticides, but Bennett said, “I have a record to the chairman.”
Kennedy said, “I can’t deny that AIDS in Africa is a completely different disease from the western AIDS,” he was not sure if he wrote it in his book.
After the hearing, Bennett said to CNN that Kennedy was selling “half the truth” and did not believe Kennedy’s claim that he was no longer anti -vaccine.
“There is a long record here. There are many things that he heard and his claim that he was not quoting Probucks,” said Bennett. I said.
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Kennedy said to the President that “the nation should manage abortions,” he tried to reassure his attitude toward abortion.
“I agree with President Trump that all the abortion is a tragedy. If we have 1.2 million abortions a year, we agree that we will not be a moral nation. Kennedy I agree to agree with him in the Supreme Senator James Rankford, the Republican Republican Republican Senator, asks if he will support his previous stance in Title X.
The Republican Senator and the opposition to abortion hears the attitude of Alamon Kennedy on this problem, including past support for the fetal survival of the fetus and the previous democratic bidding to the president. I am. Senator Joni Erunst, a member of Iowa, who is the opposition to the abortion, hears that Kennedy needs more to relieve her concern given his past comments that support access to the procedure. Prior to the meeting, he told CNN.
In the same interrogation line, Kennedy also suggested that the provider to protect the provider’s “conscientious opposition”, who refuses to provide a morals that he thinks morally good.
“No one knows anyone who wants a doctor to perform surgery that is morally opposed,” he said.
“It doesn’t make sense to force someone in medical treatment as a provider who thinks a murder,” he added.
However, the Senator Maggie Hassan, a member of the Democratic Party of New Hampshire, has attacked Kennedy’s changing attitude on abortion right.
“It’s surprising that you have a long record of fighting for women’s freedom, and it’s very open for my Republican colleague to vote for the PRO selection HHS secretary. Hassan is really wonderful, “Hassan quoted some quotes who had previously spoke of his stance before supporting abortion rights.
Kennedy repeatedly agree with Trump, “All abortions are tragedy.”
“When did you decide to sell the value you have for a lifetime so that President Trump is given power?” Hassan asked.
Kennedy refused to give a clear answer to whether or not to deny his economic interests when he politically confirmed HHS employees.
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has been scrutinizing his personal financial interests between his secretary or in the next four years, so he compensates from a lawsuit against a pharmaceutical company. Kennedy gave a complicated answer when he asked him if he would not receive a pledge. 。
When Warren asked Kennedy to promise not to get compensation from a lawsuit during his term and his term, Kennedy said: But I want to clarify something. Because you sound like a silver. ”
Kennedy’s financial disclosure was submitted as part of his potential role in the next administration, and during a short run in the presidential position last year, he in a law firm, including the pursuit of pharmaceutical drugs. It indicates that it has gained more than $ 2.4 million from the suggested lawsuit. In case of injury.
“You shouldn’t be fooled here.”
However, as Warren’s interrogation line continued, Kennedy’s answer could not be dealt with the concerns of the Senator.
“I don’t intend to agree that no pharmaceutical company or anyone sue,” Kennedy said.
Warren states as follows: “I am asking you to commit you not to build financial interests in all of these lawsuits right now.
Kennedy replied, “I will comply with all ethical guidance.”
Warren was not satisfied with his answer.
“Nobody should be fooled,” Warren replied. “And for all his stories about” Please follow the science “and his promise that he doesn’t interfere with our people who want to vaccinate our children. The bottom line is the same. Kennedy kills access to the vaccine and can earn millions of dollars while he does it. The children may die, but Robert Kennedy was able to maintain cash. ”
A Panel Chair GOP chairman Mike Krapo, a member of Mike Krapo, said that Kennedy had passed an office in a government ethical process like all the other Cabinet candidates.
Mark Warner, a member of the Virginia Democratic Senator, also urged Kennedy to impose an federal employee who is planning to fired at the Ministry of Health and Welfare due to concerns about the Purge of the Federal Workers implemented by the Trump administration. Ta.
Kennedy said he would dismiss and replace 600 workers from the National Institute of Health, and Warner said in a private meeting and Kennedy wanted to remove 2,200 federal employees from HHS.
Kennedy says, “I promise not to dismiss the person who is working,” when Kennedy was asked to not pledge to remove the employees working on cyber attacks. Ta.
Later, Warner urged him to clarify whether these decisions were based on his opinion, political agenda, or President Donald Trump’s wishes.
“Based on my opinion,” Kennedy replied.
Kennedy also remains unknown from the Radioactive Federation of Trump’s federal aid, and instead revealed that the White House has revealed that Americans will not be rejected. We do not promise to freeze.
Where the Democratic Party and Kennedy find a common grounds
In particular, Senator Sheldon White House in Lord Island, who went to the Faculty of Law of Virginia with Kennedy, did not ask questions about Kennedy, but spotted time to give a speech.
Despite the overall tension hearing, including the interruption of protests, the Democratic Party has overstated his views on how Kennedy wants to implement a chronic disease epidemic and nutritional disease prevention plan. He indicated that they found a common base.
Even the Bennett, who interrogated Kennedy, said, “Mr. Kennedy is right,” said the decline in US health and the low quality of food provided to children.
Democratic members do not say they support Kennedy, but some Democrats suggest that they are open.
“I met him, but it’s a part of the ongoing dialogue,” he told CNN when asked if he might support Kennedy. 。
An independent Senator Bernie Sanders says Kennedy says “accurately and correctly” about the food industry.
Senator Ron Widen, a top Democratic member of the Senate Finance Committee, told the CNN that the Democratic colleagues of the panel would support Kennedy after hearing on Wednesday.
“I can’t see it. I don’t think he’s very reliable and I’m not ready,” he said to CNN’s Manu Raju and the Democratic members to vote to proceed with Kennedy’s nomination to vote on the full floor. I told me when I was asked.
“I don’t think the Democratic Party of the Committee will support him. To ask for additional questions and confirm that he has the opportunity to reach the bottom of many areas, as much as possible. He duck and found a way to avoid it, “he continued.
