Takeaways from RFK Jr.’s first hearings since confirmation

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced more than five hours of intense questioning from both sides of the aisle on Wednesday during his first set of hearings since his confirmation in February.

Members of the House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held hearings with Kennedy. The secretary was slated to discuss President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget proposal, but the protracted hearings touched a host of issues, from abortion to measles.

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