The confirmation hearings for President Donald J. Trump’s Health and Human Services secretary-designate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have finally been scheduled, but the change-up in the committee venue speaks to the spectacular drama-trauma playing out as the Washington establishment comes to grasp the reality of opposing Trump’s pick to run the $1.8 trillion department.
Kennedy is scheduled to testify before the Senate Committee on Finance on Jan. 29, first out of the gate instead of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, chaired by Louisiana Republican Sen. William H. Cassidy.
In general, Senate Republicans have the highest immunity to Trump’s charms, in stark contrast to the close bond with Trump that House Republicans enjoy.
Cassidy, a physician, is up for a new term in the 2026 cycle and has shown no eagerness to schedule the hearings for…
