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RFK Jr. faces questions from Senate Finance Committee

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published September 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM EDT
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025.  (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
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Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025.  (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced tough questions from Democrats and Republicans about chaos at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and his changes to federal vaccine policy, during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Thursday.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News.

Editor’s note: In an earlier broadcast, we referred to Susan Monarez as a “MAGA person,” which was an error. Monarez was nominated by President Trump earlier this year to lead the CDC. She was fired last month over a dispute about vaccine policies.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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