Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Confirmed by Senate for HHS Appointment
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been confirmed to serve as the nation’s next Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) after a Senate vote of 52 – 48 on February 13.
This appointment marks a major victory for the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement. MAHA seeks to eliminate chronic diseases prompted by unhealthy food sources and help create a cleaner environment in America’s agriculture, air, and water.
The vote was made after Kennedy was subject to a contentious series of questioning by several members of the U.S. Congress throughout the confirmation process. To vindicate his claims on health, and disprove the notion that he is not a conspiracy theorist, Kennedy addressed those in the hearing:
“I was told that I was a conspiracy theorist for saying that COVID vaccines wouldn’t prevent transmission, now they admit it. I was called a conspiracy theorist because I said red dye causes cancer, now the FDA acknowledges it… I can go on for a week.”
Kennedy has been falsely considered as having an “anti-vaccine” position; however, he and his children are vaccinated. According to Evie Magazine, Kennedy’s “primary concern has always been about the safety of vaccine adjuvants—such as mercury-based preservatives, which were widely used in childhood vaccines for decades.”
Kennedy being considered as “anti-vaccine” troubled Senator Bill Cassidy, who is a physician and proponent of vaccines. Cassidy ultimately voted in favor of Kennedy’s appointment for the following reasons:
“Mr. Kennedy and the administration committed that he and I would have an unprecedentedly close, collaborative working relationship if he is confirmed. We will meet or speak multiple times a month. This collaboration will allow us to work well together and therefore to be more effective.”
According to his website, Kennedy aims to accomplish the following tasks as Secretary of HHS in the Trump Administration:
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr… will reorient federal health agencies toward chronic disease and rid them of Big Pharma’s influence. He will ban the hundreds of food additives and chemicals that other countries have already prohibited. He will change regulations, research topics, and subsidies to reduce the dominance of ultra-processed food. He will clean up toxic chemicals from our air, water, and soil. He will ensure that research into pharmaceutical drugs, pesticides, additives, and environmental chemicals is scientifically unbiased.”
Last September, I was invited by Senator Ron Johnson to speak at a Senate Hearing on chronic disease.
In my speech, I expressed the frustration American mothers feel over the effect of the food system on their families. We need accountability from our government for how millennials have been used–like subjects of a science experiment–for the sake of enriching the pharmaceutical, agriculture, and food industries.
Though millennials have it bad concerning their overall health, it will likely be worse for future generations. If the current health trajectory we are on is continued, our children of the next generation are predicted to not outlive their parents.
Fortunately, this trajectory is on track to be positively reversed with the appointment of the nation’s new Secretary of Health and Human Services.
