{"id":2962,"date":"2025-01-30T15:11:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T15:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/day-2-of-rfk-jr-confirmation-hearing-for-health-secretary-underway-in-senate\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T15:11:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T15:11:04","slug":"day-2-of-rfk-jr-confirmation-hearing-for-health-secretary-underway-in-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/day-2-of-rfk-jr-confirmation-hearing-for-health-secretary-underway-in-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 2 of RFK Jr. confirmation hearing for Health Secretary underway in Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     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class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago\" datetime=\"2025-01-30T09:15:00-0500\"><br \/>\n              Updated 54m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">On Day 1, Smith calls Kennedy and Trump &#8220;dangerous to mifepristone&#8221;<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-none embed--size-medium \" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\"><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/smith-spars-with-rfk-jr-over-school-shootings-abortion-medicine\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">Smith spars with RFK Jr. over school shootings, antidepressants<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__video-duration\">06:49<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sen. Tina Smith, a Democrat from Minnesota, used part of her time during Wednesday&#8217;s hearing to revisit <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/abortion-opponents-praise-rfk-jr-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Kennedy&#8217;s stance on abortion<\/a><\/span>, saying the answers he has given to the committee during his confirmation hearing indicate to her that the Trump administration &#8220;is more than willing to restrict or even ban medication abortion without a single act of Congress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What is clear to me is that you and President Trump are dangerous to mifepristone,&#8221; Smith argued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Smith went on to question Kennedy about his views on antidepressants, known as SSRIs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-update__footer\">\n              <span class=\"post-update__author\"><br \/>\n                By Kaia Hubbard               <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-update__share post-update__share--desktop\">\n<ul class=\"sharebar\">\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Frfk-jr-confirmation-hearing-day-2%2F%23post-update-91b73700\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-facebook lazyload\" title=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-facebook\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?related=cbsnews,CBSPolitics&amp;via=CBSPolitics&amp;text=On%20Day%201%2C%20Smith%20calls%20Kennedy%20and%20Trump%20%22dangerous%20to%20mifepristone%22&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Frfk-jr-confirmation-hearing-day-2%2F%23post-update-91b73700\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-twitter lazyload\" title=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-twitter\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?title=On%20Day%201%2C%20Smith%20calls%20Kennedy%20and%20Trump%20%22dangerous%20to%20mifepristone%22&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Frfk-jr-confirmation-hearing-day-2%2F%23post-update-91b73700\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-reddit lazyload\" title=\"reddit\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--reddit\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-reddit\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n            <textarea class=\"sharebar__textarea\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/rfk-jr-confirmation-hearing-day-2\/#post-update-91b73700<\/textarea><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-link lazyload\" data-link-share-options=\"{\" shareurl=\"\" data-component=\"[\" link-share=\"\" title=\"link\"><br \/>\n                  <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-link\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--7dd25766-9411-4893-9e68-34d3f65056fe\"><a name=\"post-update-7dd25766\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago\" datetime=\"2025-01-30T09:15:00-0500\"><br \/>\n              Updated 54m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">After first day&#8217;s hearing, committee chair says Kennedy &#8220;deserves to be confirmed&#8221;<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Mike Crapo, a Republican from Idaho, wrapped up Wednesday&#8217;s hearing a little after 1:30 p.m., after more than three hours of questioning. He thanked RFK Jr. for the hours he spent outside of the hearing answering senators&#8217; questions, saying he endured &#8220;the most thorough vetting process that any committee in this Congress puts anybody through.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that you have come through well and deserve to be confirmed,&#8221; Crapo said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-update__footer\">\n              <span class=\"post-update__author\"><br \/>\n                By Kaia Hubbard               <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-update__share post-update__share--desktop\">\n<ul class=\"sharebar\">\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Frfk-jr-confirmation-hearing-day-2%2F%23post-update-7dd25766\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-facebook lazyload\" title=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-facebook\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?related=cbsnews,CBSPolitics&amp;via=CBSPolitics&amp;text=After%20first%20day%27s%20hearing%2C%20committee%20chair%20says%20Kennedy%20%22deserves%20to%20be%20confirmed%22&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Frfk-jr-confirmation-hearing-day-2%2F%23post-update-7dd25766\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-twitter lazyload\" title=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-twitter\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?title=After%20first%20day%27s%20hearing%2C%20committee%20chair%20says%20Kennedy%20%22deserves%20to%20be%20confirmed%22&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Frfk-jr-confirmation-hearing-day-2%2F%23post-update-7dd25766\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-reddit lazyload\" title=\"reddit\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--reddit\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-reddit\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n            <textarea class=\"sharebar__textarea\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/rfk-jr-confirmation-hearing-day-2\/#post-update-7dd25766<\/textarea><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-link lazyload\" data-link-share-options=\"{\" shareurl=\"\" data-component=\"[\" link-share=\"\" title=\"link\"><br \/>\n                  <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-link\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--54bd88c2-c62e-4308-8ce2-6b58d692ea8c\"><a name=\"post-update-54bd88c2\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago\" datetime=\"2025-01-30T09:15:00-0500\"><br \/>\n              Updated 54m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">On Day 1, Kennedy is asked if health care is a human right: &#8220;I can&#8217;t give you a yes or no answer to that question&#8221;<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-none embed--size-medium \" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\"><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/bernie-sanders-on-common-ground-with-rfk-jr-at-senate-hearing\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">Bernie Sanders on common ground with RFK Jr. at Senate hearing<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__video-duration\">06:53<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During Wednesday&#8217;s hearing, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, an independent who caucuses with Democrat, said he strongly agrees with Kennedy&#8217;s efforts to make America healthy again, and then, he proceeded to ask him for a &#8220;yes&#8221; or &#8220;no&#8221; answer on universal health care.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do you agree with me that the United States should join every other major country on Earth and guarantee health care to all people as a human right?&#8221; Sanders asked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Senator, I can&#8217;t give you a yes or no answer to that question,&#8221; Kennedy said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the way that free speech is a right,&#8221; he asked. &#8220;I would say it&#8217;s different, because with free speech, doesn&#8217;t cost anybody anything, but in health care, if you smoke cigarettes for 20 years and you get cancer, you are now taking from the poor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-update__footer\">\n              <span class=\"post-update__author\"><br \/>\n                By Sara Moniuszko               <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-update__share post-update__share--desktop\">\n<ul class=\"sharebar\">\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Frfk-jr-confirmation-hearing-day-2%2F%23post-update-54bd88c2\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-facebook lazyload\" title=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-facebook\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?related=cbsnews,CBSPolitics&amp;via=CBSPolitics&amp;text=On%20Day%201%2C%20Kennedy%20is%20asked%20if%20health%20care%20is%20a%20human%20right%3A%20%22I%20can%27t%20give%20you%20a%20yes%20or%20no%20answer%20to%20that%20question%22&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Frfk-jr-confirmation-hearing-day-2%2F%23post-update-54bd88c2\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-twitter lazyload\" title=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-twitter\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?title=On%20Day%201%2C%20Kennedy%20is%20asked%20if%20health%20care%20is%20a%20human%20right%3A%20%22I%20can%27t%20give%20you%20a%20yes%20or%20no%20answer%20to%20that%20question%22&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Frfk-jr-confirmation-hearing-day-2%2F%23post-update-54bd88c2\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-reddit lazyload\" title=\"reddit\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--reddit\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-reddit\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n            <textarea class=\"sharebar__textarea\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/rfk-jr-confirmation-hearing-day-2\/#post-update-54bd88c2<\/textarea><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-link lazyload\" data-link-share-options=\"{\" shareurl=\"\" data-component=\"[\" link-share=\"\" title=\"link\"><br \/>\n                  <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-link\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--34327cec-27dd-4d65-8867-10cc05a1a728\"><a name=\"post-update-34327cec\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago\" datetime=\"2025-01-30T09:00:00-0500\"><br \/>\n              Updated 9:00 AM<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">On Day 1, Bennet tells RFK Jr. &#8220;This is a job that is life or death&#8221; and it&#8217;s &#8220;too important for the games you&#8217;re playing&#8221;<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-none embed--size-medium \" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\"><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/rfk-jr-asked-about-comments-on-covid-lyme-disease-aids\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">RFK Jr. asked about comments on COVID, AIDS, abortion<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__video-duration\">04:14<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During Wednesday&#8217;s hearing, Sen. Michael Bennet, Democrat of Colorado, grilled Kennedy on statements he&#8217;s made in the past on several controversial topics, including COVID-19 and abortion \u2014 and reminded him of the weight of the job for which he&#8217;s been nominated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t matter what you come here and say,&#8221; Bennet said. &#8220;That&#8217;s not reflective of what you really believe\u2026 Because unlike other jobs we&#8217;re confirming around this place, this is a job where it is life and death for the kids that I used to work for in the Denver Public School, and for families all over this country that are suffering from living in the richest country in the world that can&#8217;t deliver basic health care and basic mental health care to them.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s too important for the games you&#8217;re playing,&#8221; he told Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>Bennet said, &#8220;Out of 330 million Americans, we&#8217;re being asked to put somebody in this job who has spent 50 years of his life &#8230; 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