On Tuesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced down some interrogation from Senate Democrats who were upset at what they called funding cuts, particularly to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other HHS functions. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) was leading the charge.
Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) led the charge, slamming Kennedy for a $3 billion drop in federally funded biomedical research compared to last year.
Kennedy stood his ground.
“We’re cutting waste, we’re cutting duplicative programs,” he said.
Still, Baldwin wouldn’t let up. She… pic.twitter.com/HPM3XAWEtj
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Still, Baldwin wouldn’t let up. She framed the loss of “3,200 fewer grants” as an attack on “life-saving programs.”
Kennedy hit back with a devastating stat.
“We…
