Durbin Statement On Confirmation of RFK Jr. As Director Of The Department Of Health And Human Services
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today released the following statement after voting against the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS):
“HHS is a life or death department. Every day, federal health officials decide whether to approve a new medication, initiate a recall over a contaminated food, investigate new therapies for cancer clinical trials, or alert doctors about an emerging disease outbreak. In any of these tasks, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is unqualified, unfit, and dangerous to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
“He has spewed harmful conspiracy theories about life-saving vaccines, lacks a basic grasp of our health care system, and approaches the job with an unacceptable bias. For the sake of our children and future generations who will suffer the most from his lies, I vehemently opposed his nomination. I wish my Republican colleagues would have done the same.”
Yesterday, Durbin delivered a speech on the Senate floor explaining his objections to RFK Jr.’s nomination.
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