Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) began the attacks on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his opening remarks, saying confirming him would endanger children’s lives. “Before the finance committee this morning is whether Robert F.

The nomination hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. kicked off with a battle between President Donald Trump's choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), as the Democrat confronted Kennedy over his past controversial comments about vaccines and other issues.

Vaccines were not the only thing Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) detailed in his opposition to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination.In his prepared remarks he said, Wyde

Sen. Ron Johnson, one of the panel’s fiercest defenders of RFK Jr., says he's disappointed by Democrats' harsh questioning of Kennedy.

Kennedy Jr. scrapped with senators for more than four hours Wednesday, trying to defend everything from his “conflicting” claims on vaccines to his stance on abortion to past statements that the virus causing COVID-19 was “ethnically targeted” against black and Caucasian people.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confronted with a number of his baseless claims and a vexing abortion issue. But Republican senators treaded lightly.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced intense scrutiny during his Senate confirmation hearing to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Democratic senators accused him of promoting anti-vaccine views and conspiracy theories.

The time Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent in New Hampshire as a presidential candidate became the subject of key moments during his U.S. Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

HHS Secretary nominee RFK Jr. and Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden were involved in a heated exchange about Kennedy's past comments during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

RFK Jr. claimed he is not “anti-vaccine” and appeared unfamiliar with key aspects of healthcare insurance programs in his confirmation hearing.

In a confirmation hearing for his nomination to head the $1.7 trillion Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confused two of the massive healthcare programs he would be overseeing as secretary — Medicare and Medicaid — and insisted he was not anti-vaccine.