Kennedy will appear before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday and another Senate panel on Thursday.
Caroline Kennedy on Tuesday cautioned senators against confirming her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , as Department of Health and Human Services Secretary in a letter questioning his views on vaccines, detailing alleged depraved behavior and saying he has an"addiction to attention and power” one day before his confirmation hearing starts.
His Children’s Health Defense nonprofit filed multiple legal actions against pandemic-related public health directives and vaccine mandates, including a petition in 2021 asking the Food and Drug Administration to revoke authorization of the vaccine, The New York Times. In the petition, the group advocated for other treatments instead of vaccines, including ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, despite them having already been deemed ineffective.
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