MUST-SEE: RFK Exposes Democrat For Being 'Bought' By Big Pharma Mid-Hearing

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 GOP chair asks RFK Jr. to retract claim against Democrat in hearing
by Joseph Choi - 06/24/25 12:08 PM ET

A House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing came to a brief halt Tuesday as the Republican chair asked Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to retract his accusations that a Democratic member’s stance on vaccines was influenced by campaign contributions from pharmaceutical companies.

Kennedy appeared before the subcommittee to defend the Trump administration’s budget request, which includes steep cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, used his time to blast the firings at HHS and the apparent lack of transparency under Kennedy’s tenure so far. He and other Democrats said many of their letters to the HHS have gone unanswered, with Pallone counting 10 of his letters receiving no response.

Pallone said this lack of transparency extended to Kennedy’s changes to the federal vaccine approval process.

“You have made a number of major decisions about vaccines. And … there’s been no public comment process or public accountability on that either. What are you afraid of?” he asked Kennedy.

“I mean, with regard to vaccines, are you just afraid of receiving public comments on proposals where you just think these are fringe views that are contrary to the views of most scientists?”

“The bottom line is here, we have no transparency. We have no response. You feel no responsibility to Congress whatsoever, and you just continue this ideology that’s anti science, anti vaccine. That’s all I see. I see nothing else,” Pallone added.

The questioning then moved on to Rep. Neal Dunn (R-Fla.), vice chair of the health committee, who asked Kennedy how he planned to restore public trust in health institutions. With only a brief response to Dunn’s question, Kennedy quickly returned his focus to Pallone’s criticisms.

“Congressman Pallone, 15 years ago, you and I met. You were, at that time, a champion of people who had suffered injuries from vaccines. You were very adamant about it. You were the leading member of Congress on that issue,” said Kennedy.

“Since then, you’ve accepted $2 million from pharmaceutical companies in contributions, more than any other member of this committee,” he continued. “And your enthusiasm for supporting the old [Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices], which was completely rife and pervasive with pharmaceutical conflicts, seems to be an outcome of those contributions.”

Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), ranking member of the health subcommittee, immediately raised a point order, saying Kennedy was “impugning Mr. Pallone.”

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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5366345-kennedy-retracts-claims-pallone/

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 Democrat tells RFK Jr.: ‘You lied to Sen. Cassidy’
by Joseph Choi - 06/24/25 1:46 PM ET

Rep. Kim Schrier (D-Wash.) accused Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of lying to Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) when he told the senator he would maintain a key federal vaccine advisory committee “without changes.”

During a budget hearing held by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, Schrier, a pediatrician, described the dire impacts of skipping childhood vaccinations for illnesses, such as whopping cough.

“You know what’s great? There’s a vaccine that prevents this,” Schrier told Kennedy. “We rely on the advisory committee on immunization practices, a panel of experts, to recommend which vaccines people should get at which ages and the like.”

“Now I know Sen. Cassidy had concerns about your views on this, and so when he voted to confirm you as Secretary of HHS on Feb. 4, he explained that decision by saying on the Senate floor that, ‘If confirmed, you will maintain the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices without changes,'” Schrier recounted.

“But then two weeks ago you fired all 17 experts on that very committee. Mr. Secretary, question for you, did you lie to Sen. Cassidy when you told him you would not change this panel of experts?” Schrier asked.

Kennedy denied ever making that commitment to Cassidy and said if the Louisiana senator said as much, then that was “inaccurate.”

“I made an agreement with him, and he and I talked many times about that agreement,” he said.

Kennedy fired all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), citing his repeated claims that there are potential conflicts of interest among the committee members. Soon after, he announced eight new members to replace those he’d fired, including known spreaders of vaccine and COVID-19 misinformation.

Cassidy, the chair of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, publicly struggled over whether to back Kennedy’s confirmation earlier this year. The Louisiana Republican said he received a series of promises about vaccine safety from Kennedy and eventually voted for him.

“I just want to tell you that for most of us sitting here right now, we believe Sen. Cassidy more than we trust you when it comes to vaccinations. It sounds to me like you gave him the answer he needed to hear in order to get his confirmation vote, and then as soon as you were secretary, you turned around and did whatever you want. You fired all 17 members,” Schrier said. “You lied to Sen. Cassidy.”

Kennedy on Tuesday insisted he was “complying” with all agreements he’d made with Cassidy.

Schrier ended her time by telling Kennedy, “I will lay all responsibility for every death from a vaccine-preventable illness at your feet.”

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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5366537-schrier-rfk-jr-cassidy-vaccines-health-hearing/

[Timber Rattler]

Not sure why the spineless GOP chairman asked RFK Jr. to retract the truth, and then he did so.  I would have refused.

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After having been a member of Congress, I am sure Robert Kennedy knows all too well who is corrupt, and to what extent these individuals have compromised themselves.

Our whole system is corrupt.  That is why AOC has tens of millions of net worth after just a few years, someone that has a brain the size of a gnat.  It is all about filling your pockets with gold.  Representing the American people went by the wayside decades ago.

[bilo]

Covid changed my perspective on just about everything. The medical/pharmaceutical establishment can't be trusted. They are businesses looking to make a profit with little or no liability. RFK Jr. is a breath of fresh air!

[Smokin Joe]

known spreaders of vaccine and COVID-19 misinformation.

After having links to peer reviewed articles from the early 2000s in the NIH library labelled as "misinformation" (just the links, no commentary), All it means is that, for whatever reason, you have a statement, belief, or even research results that do not align with the 'settled' narrative used to push shots that for many were neither safe nor effective.

I would welcome such folks to these roles if for nothing else than opening the issues to scientific debate. Science is never settled.

[roamer_1]

Covid changed my perspective on just about everything.

It only confirmed and hardened mine. The people I trust, you could count on two hands, damn near with a hand to spare. I think it is very healthy to distrust ANYONE in any position of power.

[Smokin Joe]

It only confirmed and hardened mine. The people I trust, you could count on two hands, damn near with a hand to spare. I think it is very healthy to distrust ANYONE in any position of power.