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That is a very troubling response because the studies are there. Your job was to have looked at those studies as an applicant for this job,
Our country is not going to be destroyed because we get the marginal tax rate wrong. It is going to be destroyed if we get this issue wrong,
Kenendy said Thursday as he pointed to chronic diseases I asked you a simple question, Bobby."
After the nominee didn't answer, Sanders responded I ran for president like you. I got millions and millions of contributions. They did not come from the executives, not one nickel of PAC [political action committee] money from the pharmaceutical [companies]. They came from workers."
Sanders immediately pushed back Senator, if you show me those studies, I will absolutely … apologize."
We don’t know what causes autism, so we should be more humble,
Paul said to applause from Kennedy supporters in the committee room audience wearing "Make America Healthy Again" garb Almost all the members of this panel, including yourself, are accepting millions of dollars from the pharmaceutical industry and protecting their interests,
I can say that I’ve approached it using the preponderance of evidence to reassure and you’ve approached using selected evidence to cast doubt,
I got to figure that out for my vote,
Why don’t we know what’s causing this epidemic? Why hasn’t the CDC been looking at other hypotheses to determine ... why we’ve had this dramatic, 1,000% increase in this disease that is destroying our kids? It is probably the biggest issue,
I looked into the article,
Cassidy said upon his return Your past of undermining confidence in vaccines with unfounded or misleading arguments concerns me,
Not only will I do that, but I will apologize for any statements that misled people otherwise,
You may be hearing from me over the weekend,
That would have an incredible impact,
This is not a hearing to get into the details of a particular program that is mind-numbingly complex to begin with,
he told reporters outside the hearing room I think inevitably you’d have public policy decisions and administrative decisions around, potentially codes for Medicare, Medicaid, that come out of that science,
I believe that vaccines play a critical role in health care. All of my kids are vaccinated. I've written many books on vaccines. My first book on vaccines in 2014, the first line in it is 'I'm not anti-vaccine,' and the last line is 'I'm not anti-vaccine.'
Kennedy said during his confirmation hearing Broadly speaking, his appointment is concerning on all levels. The one thing I can say is a good thing, is his desire to look at chronic disease in America and make that a priority. I worry that he will greatly shift the priorities of HHS and turn his position of power into a means to spread disinformation, misinformation and purposefully spread misleading information to the public."
Kirsten Hokeness, director at the School of Behavioral Health and Science at Bryant University, told Newsweek I'm gonna say to NIH scientists, 'God bless you all. Thank you for public service. We're going to give infectious disease a break for about eight years.'
Last November, Kennedy said
