Senate confirms Kennedy for top US health job

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13/2/2025

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00:00By now, it's beyond clear that Mr. Kennedy is not remotely qualified to become the next

00:10Secretary of HHS.

00:13In fact, Mr. Kennedy might be one of the least qualified people that Donald Trump could have

00:19chosen for the job.

00:20There are so many others who would have been better.

00:23I'm very proud that every single Democrat will oppose Mr. Kennedy's nomination.

00:30Because Democrats know better than to elevate a conspiracy theorist to the top health care

00:35job in the country.

00:39I know some of my colleagues feel the same way privately.

00:44In fact, if the Senate held a secret ballot today, I'll bet Mr. Kennedy would never come

00:50close to becoming confirmed.

00:53And that many, if not most, Republicans would vote against him.

00:58I think most likely most Republicans would vote against him if there were a secret ballot.

01:05But sadly and unfortunately for America, Republicans are being strong-armed by Donald Trump and

01:11will end up holding their nose and voting to confirm Mr. Kennedy.

01:16What a shame.

01:18What a travesty.

01:20I urge my Republican colleagues to think very carefully one last time before rolling the

01:26dice on Mr. Kennedy.

01:31A vote to confirm Mr. Kennedy is a vote to make America sicker.

01:37Mr. Kennedy has made a living not by promoting public health, but by actively fighting it.

01:46Mr. Kennedy is the face of the modern anti-vaccine movement.

01:50Mr. Kennedy has spent decades profiting off vaccine misinformation.

01:59Contrary to the attacks that have constantly been made on him, he has made it very clear

02:04that he will support safe vaccinations and just wants to see that the research on them

02:12is done and done well.

02:15When his nomination for the role of Secretary of HHS was announced, Mr. Kennedy stated,

02:21we have a generational opportunity to bring together the greatest minds in science, medicine,

02:28industry and government to put an end to the chronic disease epidemic facing Americans.

02:35I agree with him.

02:37We've got to get into the business of making America healthy again.

02:43Mr. Kennedy's dedication to this commitment has been apparent throughout the nomination process.

02:49He will bring a fresh perspective to health care.

02:54On this vote, the yeas are 52, the nays are 48, the confirmation is confirmed.

03:03Just number four?

03:04Yeah.

03:05But just number four.

03:08Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid

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