Even as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to meet with top Senate committee leaders, Hawaii’s Democratic governor came to Capitol Hill to urge the Senate to reject his nomination.
During Wednesday’s Capitol Hill visit, Kennedy met with Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chair Bill Cassidy, R-La., as well as ranking member Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
Cassidy, a gastroenterologist by training who has been noncommittal on Kennedy’s nomination, remained so after the meeting, writing in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the two had a “frank” conversation. Cassidy on Fox News over the weekend said that Kennedy, a vaccine skeptic, is “wrong” on the issue.
