US Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on his nomination to be Health and Human Services Secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 29, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via
by James Meyers
February 13, 2025
Robert F Kennedy Jr. has been confirmed by the Senate to become the next Human and Health Services Secretary.
Senators voted 52-48 on Thursday to place the 71-year-old Kennedy in charge of the country’s health bureaucracy, with oversight of a budget of an estimated $1.7 trillion.
Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), just like with Tulsi Gabbard’s confirmation hearing on Wednesday, was the only Republican to vote against Kennedy, along with every Democrat.
Kennedy, who has been known as a skeptic of vaccines, had received support from Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), which were crucial votes to get him in President Donald Trump’s cabinet.
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