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RFK Jr. grilled on health department funding cuts during his 3rd congressional hearing this month

  • On May 20 in Washington, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Appeared before a Senate committee overseeing funding for labor, health, education, and related programs to discuss budget matters.
  • Kennedy faced questions about HHS’s proposed 2026 budget, staffing cuts, and reorganization, but he declined specifics citing a court gag order and White House directives.
  • Senators including Susan Collins, Patty Murray, and Dick Durbin challenged Kennedy on withheld biomedical grants, mass firings at tobacco-related offices, and cuts to public health programs.
  • Kennedy defended the budget’s goal to reduce costs, stating, "We intend to do a lot more with less," while critics warned these cuts could harm research and public health outcomes.
  • The hearing highlighted bipartisan tension over health funding priorities, indicating potential impacts on future biomedical research, public health grants, and HHS staffing under the Trump administration’s fiscal plan.
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Collins presses RFK Jr. on extending timeline for determining cause of autism

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins asks Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his plans to commission a study to find the cause of autism by September.

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