Live updates: RFK Jr., Trump's HHS pick, testifies at Senate confirmation hearing

WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes his first congressional appearance Wednesday as President Trump’s pick to lead the Health and Human Services Department. The hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, which begins at 10 a.m. ET and can be livestreamed here, promises interrogations of his vaccine views, grillings on his business and legal entanglements, and a big focus on chronic illnesses in America. Day 2 of RFK Jr.’s confirmation hearings continues Thursday as he appears before the Senate HELP Committee. Follow STAT’s live updates below for key moments and analysis.

RFK Jr. will tell lawmakers he is not anti-vaccine or anti-industry, according to his prepared remarks for the Senate Finance Committee first reported by Bloomberg. His efforts to assure the panel come after weeks of concern from Democrats and several Republicans about RFK Jr.’s long history of questioning vaccine safety, criticizing Covid-19 shots, and alleging links between childhood immunizations and rises in autism and chronic illnesses.

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