Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will testify to a Senate panel on Sept. 4, according to the panel’s chairman.
Kennedy will appear in Washington before the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), the chairman, said on Aug. 28.
“Secretary Kennedy has placed addressing the underlying causes of chronic diseases at the forefront of this Administration’s health care agenda,” Crapo said in a statement. “I look forward to learning more about the Department of Health and Human Services’ Make America Healthy Again actions to date and plans moving forward.”
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the panel’s ranking member, said in a statement that “after the mass firings and resignations of respected senior scientists and public servants at CDC over the last 24 hours, it is more imperative than ever that Kennedy answer to the public and their representatives about the chaos, confusion, and harm his actions are inflicting on American families.”…