RFK Jr grilled in tense hearing about chaos at federal health agencies and vaccines – live updates

Published on September 4, 2025 at 06:53 PM

Trump’s health secretary faces tough questions on about department layoffs and budget cuts amid scrutiny over his plans to ‘make America healthy again’

Health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr will appear before a congressional committee on Thursday, where he’s expected to face questions about turmoil at federal health agencies.

The US Senate finance committee has called Kennedy to a hearing about his plans to “Make America Healthy Again”.

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