Cassidy avoids blowups in faceoff with RFK Jr.
By Peter Sullivan
Published on April 22, 2026.
A confrontation between Senate health committee chair Bill Cassidy and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took place during a hearing on the Trump administration's 2027 budget. The two have been at odds over health policies and Kennedy's criticism of vaccines. Cassidy stated that while people lost trust in federal health agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic, the trust gap has worsened due to false statements about safety and efficacy of vaccines for preventable diseases like measles. He also questioned whether the next CDC director would face interference from unnamed political appointees.
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