AXIOS (Peter Sullivan) - RFK Jr. faces barrage from Democrats in House hearings
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced tough questions on vaccine policy and deep staff cuts at federal health agencies in a pair of House hearings Thursday that marked his first appearance before Congress in more than six months. The big picture: Kennedy doubled down on some of his most controversial moves, but also gave some ground, acknowledging at one point that the measles vaccine could have saved the life of a child who died in an outbreak in Texas last year. Driving the news: Democrats on the Ways and Means and Appropriations committees repeatedly pressed Kennedy on the surge in measles cases across the country and tried to tie them to his vaccine criticism. - "The anti-vaccine rhetoric you ran on and the anti-vaccine actions…
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced tough questions on vaccine policy and deep staff cuts at federal health agencies in a pair of House hearings Thursday that marked his first appearance before Congress in more than six months. The big picture: Kennedy doubled down on some of his most controversial moves, but also gave some ground, acknowledging at one point that the measles vaccine could have saved the life of a child who died in an outbreak in Texas last year. Driving the news: Democrats on the Ways and Means and Appropriations committees repeatedly pressed Kennedy on the surge in measles cases across the country and tried to tie them to his vaccine criticism. - "The anti-vaccine rhetoric you ran on and the anti-vaccine actions…Open