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Kennedy is appearing before the House Appropriations Committee Wednesday morning. He will then head to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee in the af
The health of Native American communities his under threatened because of massive cuts to federal health services, tribal leaders told senators
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got into a heated back-and-forth on Capitol Hill Wednesday with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., during a hearing about his agency's budget for 2026.
HHS Secretary Kennedy said the department would increase hiring at the Indian Health Service, which he said is “chronically understaffed.”
In hours of combative congressional hearings Wednesday, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. swung between defending sweeping changes at his agency and backtracking on aspects of a reorganization he nevertheless said would be “painful.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was grilled in hearings on Capitol Hill by lawmakers anxious for answers about cuts under his watch.
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Medpage Today on MSNHHS Eyes ACIP Vax Recs; FDA Warning Letters Stalled; RFK Jr. Adviser Dust-UpPeter Gillooly, CEO of The Wellness Company, made a formal complaint to HHS' Office of the Special Counsel and other agencies, accusing Means of abusing his position at HHS and violating a law prohibiting conflict of interest in government services.
R obert F. Kennedy Jr., the Health and Human Services (HHS) Director under the Trump Administration, told Congress on Wednesday that he believes people “shouldn’t be taking medical advice from [him]”.
The Health and Human Services secretary is testifying on Capitol Hill for the first time since he announced a plan to cut 10,000 jobs and reshuffle health agencies.