Duckworth Votes Against Confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Serve as HHS Secretary
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. by a vote of 52-48 to serve as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services:
“I am extremely disappointed that my Republican colleagues lacked the basic courage necessary to vote against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. This man is an unqualified, anti-science, anti-vax extremist—and it will be our kids, not Mr. Kennedy, who pay the price, when he refuses to ensure they are protected against preventable yet deadly diseases like measles or whooping cough.
“I’m also gravely concerned that Mr. Kennedy’s confirmation will further endanger Medicaid, putting at risk the roughly 80 million Americans who rely on it. With every passing day, it becomes clearer and clearer that Republicans care more about tax breaks for the billionaires they pal around with on the golf course than prescriptions for the middle-class folks who actually work at Mar-a-Lago.
‘They’re not making America great again—they’re making America sick again. That’s the Trump-Kennedy promise.”
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