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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
John Bowden

RFK Jr. was in the witness chair over vaccines but it was an embattled Republican senator on the hot seat

Given the partisan nature of these things, it’s no surprise that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. alternately received praise and furious criticism in front of a Senate committee on Wednesday.

But oddly, it was the panel’s chairman, Bill Cassidy, who found himself in a white-hot spotlight this week as he faced down a man who, despite his warnings against it, has rolled back vaccination standards for millions of Americans.

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