The Democrats of Senate opposed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a late-night session on Wednesday ahead of the vote on confirmation that they would potentially become a secretary for health and human services (HHS).
Kennedy’s confirmation vote is expected at about 10:30 AM on Thursday, but the Democrats’ senators spent the night before condemning HHS former President Donald Trump.
Chuck Schumer’s minority leader, Dn.y., described Kennedy as “apparently unskilled”, “obviously the edge”, and as if he were “obviously harmful to the welfare of the American people.”
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not at a distance qualified to become the next secretary for health and human services,” Schumer said. “Robert F. Kennedy could be the least qualified people that the president could choose for a job. It’s almost like the beliefs, history and background of Mr. Kennedy are adapted to exactly the opposite of what the job requires.”
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., testifies during the hearing of Senate for Health, Education, Work and Pensions on January 30, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr)
Referenced Kennedy and Tulsi GabbardThe newly confirmed director of the National Intelligence Service, Schumer accused Republican senators of “people who enrolled in tires, no matter how hand.”
“HHS is an agency that depends on science, evidence and impartiality to ensure the benefit of over 330 million Americans. HHS ensures that we eat safe food, buy reliable medicines, supervise Medicare’s benefits and approve the use of a rescue vaccine. It is important that a good HHS secretary provides that the American people have access to affordable, high quality health care. If Mr. Kennedy is confirmed in view of the lack of background, I am deeply afraid that he will push the war of Donald Trump against health care against health care, which means we will see more catastrophic reductions in financing in the last few weeks, which means more people will lose health Coverage, which means that the interests of profit corporations and great pharmacy will come before the needs of Americans who work. ”
Upstairs of the Senate, Senator Peter Welch, D-Vt., Read the letter again Kennedy’s cousin, Caroline Kennedy, who served as an American ambassador to Australia under the management of Biden.
Her letter, which she published on the eve of the hearing to confirm the Senate of RFK JR. -And last month, she said, “Now that Bobby was appointed by President Trump as secretary for health and human services, a position that will bring him the health of the American people, I feel obliged to speak. Bobby is unqualified to fulfill any relevant financial management or medical expertise .
Caroline Kennedy continued to write: “I have known Bobby all my life. We grew up together. It’s not surprising that he holds birds of prey as a pet, because he’s a predator himself.” Her letter says: “Although she can trigger a younger generation to attend AA’s meetings, Bobby is a dependent on attention and power. Bobby captures the despair of parents of sick children, vaccinating her own children, building the following hypocritical discouraging other parents from them.”
“My opinion? Robert Kennedy spent his considerable talent promoting misinformation vulnerable people who have the motives we all have and this is the benefit of the people we love. You know, some of the things Mr. Kennedy said when the vaccines are attacked, not at all based on science, But they are attracted to the distrust of people according to the standard medical profession, “Welch said. “He promotes him using the magic of the name Kennedy. The credibility that comes from a member of one of the most sound political families in the history of our country.”
Chuck Schumer’s minority leader, Dn.y., left, slipped against Kennedy. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Senator Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., He came upstairs to express his “strong opposition” to Kennedy.
“Mr. Kennedy says he will always follow the evidence no matter where he leads. Well, if you look at his record, he didn’t do that,” Hollen said.
The Senator said that Kennedy had no experience, no qualifications in the vast majority of “a wide range of items that HHS covers, appointing that the department” provides quality control for reproductive health services “,” ensures that contraceptives are covered by the Law on Diointers, and ensures that Americans can have access to no prescription options, “and also includes programs for early childhood development, the elderly and disabled.
“I don’t think any of us expects a HHS secretary to know everything. But if you followed the hearing and listened to Mr. Kennedy’s answers, you can see that Mr. Kennedy knows almost nothing about all these important topics,” he said.
Van Hollen quoted former President John F. Kennedy, who said more than 60 years ago that he hoped “that the renovated urge would provide vaccination for all Americans and especially those who are young, They will have the wholehearted support of every parent in America. “
“Unfortunately, his nephew, RFK JR, spent decades revealing that difficult conquest of inheritance, spreading lies and conspiracy theories about vaccines,” Van Hollen said.
Senator Peter Welch, D-Vt., Was among the Democrats who spoke against the nominated HHS Robert F. Kennedy younger during Wednesday’s late night sessions. (Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images)
Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Also referred to a note of Kennedy’s name.
“I don’t think it is hyperbole to say that there are very few people in this country who are less qualified to run this agency than Robert Kennedy younger,” Murphy said. “I say this, since there are few people in the country who were so enthusiastic, so public and so influential in their ability to take over some of the craziest conspiracy theories on the internet about our healthcare system or our children, or our families, internalize them and then spread them in a way that causes great damage. “
Senator Andy Kim, dn.j., stated: “We live in the time of the greatest distrust we have ever seen in this country, which is most pronounced, the clearest when it comes to our health. And one of those people we need to believe the most in Our country is a person who manages the Health and Human Services Department. ”
After meeting with Kennedy and examining his statements, Kim said, “He is not someone I can believe in his health and in good conscience, I cannot vote for him.”
“If I can’t trust him with the health of my own children, how can I ask a family of 9 million other new Jerseyjans to do so?” Said Kim. “Too often he diminished that confidence in the health care for which he would be in charge and too often spread misinformation about the diseases and challenges and threats we face.”
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Acknowledging that Kennedy’s supporters claim to “fight the broken system” and “simply wants to make an American healthy,” Kim said, “Unfortunately, what we see as most things coming out of this administration of corruption and conspiracy disguised as false promises about the change. ”
Kim said that his father disabled Polio and his mother had a lyric disease, pursuing Kennedy’s claims that the army could design Lyme disease as well as that a vaccine against Polio It could be associated with increased cancer rates.
