Senate Health Committee Chair Bill Cassidy, a doctor who initially said he was “struggling” with RFK Jr’s stance on vaccination, was also vital in getting the Senate Finance Committee’s approval last week.
Other Republicans, including North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis, who agreed to send Kennedy’s nomination to the floor in a Senate Finance Committee vote last week, said that he believes “that silence is consent”.
If confirmed, RFK Jr would likely have free rein to do “anything he wants” and “go wild” over health, as Trump stated in November.
RFK Jr would head up 13 operating divisions including the CDC, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and the National Institute of Health, and oversee a budget of about $1.7 trillion.
Robert F Kennedy Jr is just one vote away from being confirmed as the Health and Human Service Secretary.
