Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R., Idaho), in his opening remarks on at the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmation hearing, praised the nominee’s commitment to transparency in health care and broadly overhauling the system,

Idaho, delivered his opening statement at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation hearing, saying his goal as secretary of health and human services would be to "make our country healthier."

During confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke to SNAP and his ideas for integrating nutritional health into federal assistance programs.

Kennedy Jr. earned more than $2.4 million as a consultant referring cases to the law firm Wisner Baum, government records show. Wisner Baum is suing Merck & Co. over allegations that the pharmaceutical company failed to properly warn patients about HPV vaccine risks.

In a contentious confirmation hearing to become the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggled to answer questions

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion, and public health priorities in his first Senate hearing.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will spend two days answering questions and parrying attacks from U.S. lawmakers. The first hearing, Wednesday at 10 a.m., will be at the [Senate Finance Committee](

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified in a sometimes-contentious hearing before the Senate’s Finance Committee on Wednesday, and will appear Thursday before the health committee.

The Senate Finance Committee expects to vote on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services next week, the panel’s chair said in a brief interview Wednesday.

Kennedy Jr. rejected characterizations of him as an anti-vaxxer in a Senate hearing Wednesday where senators will weigh his confirmation as Health and Human Services Secretary—as his former billionaire running mate threatens to fund primary challenges against lawmakers who vote against him.

President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | During the hearing, Senate Finance Committee members lobbied a flurry of largely vaccine-related questions at the HHS nominee.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is appearing before the Senate Committee on Finance on Wednesday as he seeks confirmation to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.