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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was on Capitol Hill Wednesday for his first confirmation hearing to be the next Health and Human Services secretary. As expected, his nomination was one of the more controversial ones Trump made, and Democrats are terrified of the idea of Kennedy leading the agency.
WhileSen.CatherineCortezMasto(D-Nev.)questionedhim,Kennedyexplainedthat“PresidentTrumphasaskedmetoendthechronicdiseaseepidemicandmakeAmericahealthyagain,”yetforsomereason,thatwasn’tagoodenoughanswerforher.“Istheonlyreasonwhyyou’reatHHS?Toaddressthatoneissue?”
Kennedy’sresponsewasepic.“PresidentTrumphasaskedmebecauseI’minauniquepositiontoendthat,andthatiswhatI’mdoing.Andifwedon’tsolvethatproblem,Senator,alloftheotherdisputeswehaveaboutwho’spayingandwhetherit’sinsurancecompanies,whetherit’sproviders,whetherit’sHMOs,whetherit’spatientsorfamilies,allofthosearemovingdeckchairsaroundontheTitanic.Ourshipissinking.”
Hecontinued,“Our60%increaseinMedicaidoverthepastfouryearsisthebi
