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EXCLUSIVE: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Stress He’s Not “Anti-Vaccine” in Confirmation Hearing
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will emphasize that he is not “anti-vaccine” when he appears in Congress at the first of two straight days of Senate confirmation hearings.
“I want to make sure the Committee is clear about a few things. News reports have claimed that I am anti-vaccine or anti-industry. Well, I am neither; I am pro-safety,” Kennedy will say in his opening statement in front of the Senate Finance Committee.
Kennedy, who would have control over 18 powerful federal agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will also emphasize he is not “the enemy of food producers. American farms are the bedrock of our culture and national security. I want to work with our farmers and food producers to remove burdensome regulations and unleash American ingenuity.”
The hearing is expected to be contentious due to Kennedy’s controversial views on vaccines, including his repeated claims linking vaccines to autism, which have been debunked by scientific research. Kennedy has also served for years as chair or chief legal counsel for Children’s Health Defense, a 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 vaccine for children.
Kennedy is expected to say that he won’t “take away anybody’s vaccines” and that “all of my kids are vaccinated, and I believe vaccines have a critical role in healthcare.” However, he will also say, “In my advocacy, I have disturbed the status quo by asking uncomfortable questions. Well, I won’t apologize for that. We have massive health problems in this country that we must face honestly.”