RFK Jr. slams Democrat in fiery hearing, says senator presided 'over the destruction' of US health for decades
RFK Jr. and Washington Democrat Sen. Patty Murray got into another heated exchange
By Emma Colton Fox News
Published May 20, 2025 1:04pm EDT
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. slammed Washington Sen. Patty Murray during a Tuesday Senate hearing for allegedly "presiding over the destruction" of Americans' health across her more than 30 years in the upper chamber.
"You've presided here, I think, for 32 years. You presided over the destruction of the health of the American people. Our people are now the sickest people in the world," Kennedy said to Murray during a tense back and forth Tuesday morning.
Murray began her tenure in the Senate in 1993.
"Seriously?" Murray interjected.
"What have you done about it? Kennedy shot back. What have you done about the epidemic of chronic disease?"
As the two continued talking over one another, the subcommittee chair, Republican West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, asked Kennedy to "hold back and let the senator ask the questions."
"Mr. Secretary, I'm asking you a question about child care," Murray continued. "I'm asking you who made the decision to withhold child care and development block grant funding?"
"That was made by my department," Kennedy responded.
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