senator warnock. sen. warnock: thank you so very much, mr. chairman. at a rally a few months ago, donald trump said he was going to allow mr. robert kennedy to "go wild on health." go wild. of all the things i can think of that i would like to see a secretary of health and human services do, go wild is not on the list. mr. robert kennedy is manifestly unqualified for the job he seeks. and in both my live and written questions for the record, he failed to commit to protecting access to affordable health care, failed to commit to protecting the people who are protecting us. the problem the cdc has is that every day these noble civil servants and workers protect us from dangers you don't see, and often don't get credit for protecting people from things they don't see. i sadly do not trust him --i simply do not trust him to oversee the cdc. he's unqualified, and i daresay everybody here knows it. we need a serious person at the helm of the hhs. an agency responsible for about half -- the health of about half of all americans. mr. kennedy appears more obses

warnock: i have a transcript. it says at the institution cdc and the vaccine program, it is more important than the children it is supposed to protect. it is the same reason we had a pedophile scandal in the catholic church. people were able to convince themselves the institution of the church was more important than these little boys and girls who were being raped. that is pretty provocative language. you said in another statement, to me, this is like a nazi death camp. let me finish, i am reading your words. what happened to these kids? 1 in 31 boys in this country, their minds are being robbed from them. mr. kennedy: i was not comparing the cdc to nazi death camps, i was comparing the injury rate to other atrocities. of course i would not compare the cdc to nazi death camps, the extent that any statement i made has been interpreted that way, i do not agree with that. in 2003, the united states congress government oversight committee ended an over a year investigation of the cdc and used almost the same language

warnock, no. >> mr. warnock, no. >> mr. welch, mr. >> welch, no. >> mr. chairman, >> chairman.es i. >> mr. chairman the final tally. >> is 14 ayes. >> 13 ayes. >> the vote. >> was. would the clerk please restate the vote. >> mr. chairman. >> the final tally was 14 ayes. >> 13 ayes. >> the vote was 1413. the nomination is reported favorably. we will now turn to other senators who would like to make a statement. since i asked my republican colleagues to hold off at the outset, i'll go to the republican side next. first, senator tillis. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i voted i. >> today. >> and i want. >> to just briefly. >> explain why. >> i believe. >> in my. >> 65 years. >> okay. you just watched 14 ayes, 13 noes, party line vote there to advance robert f kennedy, jr. s nomination to be the next. secretary of the health and human services department there in the government to the full senate. now, that's where the next step will be. i want to join ryan nobles again. who's there on capitol hill as long as as well as peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the new york time

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. >> we've agreed senator warnock will speak and proceed to the boat and anyone else who wants to make remarks will be allowed to make remarks. >> thank you so much. i had a rally months ago and donald trump said he was going to allow mr. robert kennedy to allowed on health. of all the things i could think of, grow cloud is not on the list. mr. kennedy is unqualified for the job he seeks. in my live in britain questions, he failed to commit to protecting access to affordable healthcare and failed to commit to protecting people protecting us. the problem the cdc has civil servants and workers protect us from dangers we don't see and you don't get credit. i simply do not trust him to oversee the cdc. he's unqualified and i daresay, everybody knows it. we need a serious person at dhhs, an agency responsible for about half administer kennedy appears more obsessed at chasing is busy. the chasing solutions to lower healthcare costs in georgia and make sure we are protected. last thing we need is dabbling in conspiracy theories at hhs. i cannot vote for nominee will not vote healthcare costs

senator wyden and i have agreed that senator warnock will now speak following senator warnock. we will proceed to the vote. and then anyone else who wants to make remarks will be allowed to make remarks. senator warnock. >> thank you so very much, mr. chairman. at a rally a few months ago, donald trump said that he was going to allow mr. robert kennedy to, quote, go wild on health go wild. of all the things that i can think of that i'd like to see a secretary of health and human services do go wild is not on the list. mr. robert kennedy is manifestly unqualified for the job he seeks, and in both my live and written questions, for the record, he failed to commit to protecting access to affordable health care, failed to commit to protecting the people who are protecting us. the problem that the cdc has is that every day these noble civil servants and workers protect us from dangers that we don't see. and often you don't get credit for protecting people from things that they don't see. i simply do not trust him to oversee the cdc. he's unqualified, and i dare say everybody here kn

. >> senator warnock will now speak following senator warnock we'll proceed to the vote and anyone else who wants to make remarks will be allowed to make remarks. senator warnock. >> thank you so very much, mr. chairman. at a rally a few months ago, donald trump said that he was going to allow mr. robert kennedy to, quote, go wild on health. go wild. of all the things that i can think of that i would like to see a secretary of health human services do, go wild is not on the list. mr. robert kennedy is manifestly unqualified for the job he seeks. in both my live and written questions for the record he failed to commit to protecting access to affordable healthcare, failed to commit to protecting the people who are protecting us. the problem that the cdc has is that every day these noble civil servants and workers protect us from dangers that we don't see. often you don't get credit for protecting people from things that they don't see. i simply do not trust him to oversee the cdc. he is unqualified and i dare say everybody here knows it. we need a serious person at the helm of the hhs, an

we're going to have senator sheldon whitehouse and raphael warnock join us. they're part of this all night senate protest that is really we've never seen that before. we've never seen an omb director opposed by a party who are who are willing to stay on the senate floor all night long and into tomorrow to make that point. >> and it's a it matters for the russell vote nomination, but it also matters in terms of republicans in the senate realizing like, oh, democrats here actually will make our lives as annoying as possible. they are going to push on stuff. they are not going to go along with us here. maybe we ought to try to mitigate some of the worst things that are happening so we don't have to endure this. i mean, them sort of setting this at the outset, saying we are capable of mucking things up here for you guys is a really good line. i think for them to set in terms of them being taken seriously by the republicans, who i think thought they might be able to take the democrats for granted here, not in the senate. they can't take them for granted and showin

senator warnock. sen. warnock: thank you very much. in our meeting, we discussed the importance of the inflation reduction act, and its clean energy investments in georgia. i enjoyed our conversation very much. welcome and congratulations to you, and to your family. we talked about these provisions in the ira. the state of georgia has seen growth in our advanced manufacturing sector, with both domestic companies and foreign companies making significant investments. due in large measure to the ira's clean energy investments, bringing a lot of jobs to georgia. in one of the things i'm very proud of as a lifelong native of georgia is that -- known as the carpet capital of the world. if you are walking on a floor anywhere, there is a good chance you are walking on something that was created in dalton, georgia. who knew that dalton, georgia would become such a leader in the manufacturing of solar panels? this is due to the korean solar manufacturer bringing thousands of jobs to georgia, creating a domestic solar industry, almost entirely fr

from anti- vaccine which loves to deny they had him on tape over and over again on podcast, rafael warnock repeating him and lyme disease is material engineered by a weapon, pesticide turning your kids trans -- he can say whatever he wants today but he's on record having said these things. elizabeth warren i get, the town got high-pitched what she's talking about the "wall street journal" who did a big piece, he's been referring clients to the law firm making millions of dollars off of payroll suing vaccine and drugmakers. we all know how important vaccines are mitch mcconnell, who will see what he does, he had polio, the about vaccines leading to autism, i appreciate your skeptical but i thought it was a display of excellent question from across the political spectrum. i felt grassley was good, he went through a serious list of concerns and said tell me where you disagree with anything i've said. michael bennet, hassan, righteous anger the democrats want to see because he didn't understand and no one mentioned putting birds and blenders in central park. >> we are out of time, president tr

georgia democrat raphael warnock represents the sentsers of disease -- centers for disease control inump said he was going to allow mr. robert kennedy to "go wild on health". go wild. of all the things that i can think of i'd like to see a secretary of health and human services do, go wild is not on the list. reporter: also, the senate intelligence committee votes on tulsi gabbard to be director of national intelligence and todd young will support gabbard and senate votes to confirm pam bondi as attorney general later today. ashley. ashley: see how the math works. chad pergram, thank you so much. appreciate that. bring in caroline cavalerro and caroline, begin right there. what do you like about rfk jr.? >> yeah, thanks for having me, ashley. pretty simple. our children are very sick. our children are very sick and sicker than they've been before. parents in this millennial and now gen z generation coming up are demanding radical transparency. it's very clear to parents with sick children that if we could vaccinate and drug our way out of this problem, we would be, and our children wo

warnock: mr. president. mr. president, i rise today in strong opposition to the nomination of russell vought to be the head of the office of management and budget. his leadership will only continue the disruption that is hurting georgians in every corner of my state, even as i speak. over the past two and a half weeks, my state has been plagued by chaos, by confusion that has harmed georgia families and georgia workers and organizations serving their communities. we are witnessing right now a careless and heartless assault on federal investments and a freeze of government funding that has already, already been appropriated by congress. to help georgia seniors, veterans, students, and so many more. let's be clear, these are funds that have already been appro appropriated. we've already gone through the legislative process. somehow, the president has created this new process in which he says i don't care what congress has done, i don't care what laws have been passed, it has to come back by me, through the omb man

warnock. >> donald trump said he was going to allow mr. robert kennedy to, quote, go wild on health. go wild. of all the things that i can think of that i would like to see a secretary of health and human services do go wild is not on the list. >> we expect cassidy to explain his vote on the floor shortly. also the senate intelligence committee votes today on the nomination of tulsi gabbard to be director of national intelligence and gop indiana senator todd young says he will support gabbard. >> harris: chad, thank you. minute-by-minute. in "focus" new gianno caldwell. we are finally starting to see some movement even though we're probably a week away from that final floor vote for rfk, jr. big news today. >> quite big. i'm so excited. pam bondi, to see her sworn in as attorney general and heading to d.c. after the show. she is on the caldwell institute for public safety advisory board. there are so many good cabinet members. some of them are controversial, tulsi being a controversial person but she just supports her country. donald trump

warnock: mr. appears more obsessed in chasing conspiracy theories than chasing solutions to lower health care calls for working families in georgia and to make sure that we are protected. the last thing we need is a dilettante dabbling in conspiracy theories at hhs. lisa: now, this came down to a single republican senator, bill cassidy of louisiana, himself a physician. he had expressed real concerns about the vaccine views of kennedy. today, he voted yes, because kennedy agreed to certain things. cassidy said on the senate floor the kennedy agreed that he will make no changes to the vaccine recommendations from hhs and that he would seek congressional approval for any major policy changes by hhs, and get this, that kennedy and cassidy would meet regularly, multiple times a month. now, the thing here is whatever agreement kennedy has made, everybody knows, and kennedy himself has said, president trump calls the shots here. president trump put on true social in this regard about kennedy's nominatio

senator marshall, senator warnock, senator smith, senator young and senator welch. i indicated i would give another five minutes to senator wyden. i understand he has distributed that five minutes to a few other senators so we will have a few quick questions and then we will proceed. i would like to thank the audience. we had some outbursts earlier but i would like to thank the audience for being respectful and encourage the audience to continue being respectful as we conclude the hearing. sen. marshall: thank you, chairman. obesity, d is heart disease, obesity, diabetes, heart disease account for probably. 80% of of health challenges in america. you many times i heard my friends across the aisle mention any three of those. i don't know if we've lost the forest for the trees. your vaccine is a critical issue. i understand that. i don't see how mr. kennedy's position could be any more clear that he's going to support the vaccine and he's going to support the science and empowerment to parents and their doctors to make these choices. 60% of americans have a chronic di

warnock. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12 no debate is permitted during a vote. senator will suspend. the clerk: ms. warren. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12 no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. the presiding officer: no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. wicker. the presiding officer: no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. young. the presiding officer: the senator is not recorded. pursuant to rule 12 no debate is permitted during a vote. ma'am, the senator will suspend. the senator is not recorded. a senator: on behalf of of the taxpayers who have been insulted for too long, i vote aye. the presiding officer: remember, sir -- the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- barrasso, blackburn, boozman, budd, capito, collins, cornyn, cotton, cramer, crapo, cruz, curtis, daines, fischer, graham, grassley, husted, hyde-smith, johnson, justice, lummis, marshall, mccormick, moody, moreno, paul, ricketts, risch, r

but it is a time evoked by senator war no being that -- warnock that couldn't be more relevant to this moment in america's history. because we face a crisis in governance. it is a moral crisis, not just a political or legal crisis. it is a challenge to us, to our better angels, to our sense of mutual respect and caring, as he said so well quoting martin luther king, that web of mutuality that bidens us as a nation. ultimately it isn't our wealth, the number of dollars we have in bank accounts or the economic strength of our corporation oz. it isn't our might militarily, the strongest and best military in the world. it is our common values and our commitment to our faith and our family and to each other, respect for each other, even when we differ. when we come to this body, mr. president, we all take an oath. i've taken that oath a number of times in my life when i became a private in the united states marine corps reserve, when i became a united states attorney in connecticut, when i became a state legislator, and then when i became attorney general, and now as a senator. i raise my r

senator warnock. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. the importancecu of inflation reduction act and its clean energy investments in georgia. i enjoyed our conversation and congratulations to you and book him. >> thank you. >> we talked about these provisions and we have seen growth in her advanced manufacturing sector with both domestic companies and foreign companies making significant investments. due in large measure to the clean energy investments bringing a lot of doubts to georgia. one of the things that i'm very prou' of as a lifelong native of georgia is that georgia known as the capitol ofas the world if you're walking on the floor anywhere there's a good chance you are walking on something created but who would have imagined it would become such a leader in the manufacturing of solar panels? this is due to the manufacturing bringing thousands of jobs in the solar industry almost entirely free from chinese supply however it needs trade protections to compete against a heavily subsidized chinese industry. if confirmed as the na

warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the presiding officer: a quorum is present. the ske is is it the sense of the senate that the debate on the nomination of russell vought of virginia to be director. office of management and budget shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. ms. baldwin. mr. banks. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. >> thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member, members of the esteemed committee for the opportunity to appear before you today. let me begin by thanking my girls who are now returning to the congressional confirmation. their love and enthusiasm for me serving again is a major reason why i feel going back to own be as of right endeavor at the right moment. beyond my enthusiasm for being at president trump side. it is a profound honor to be nominated a second time by president trump to serve as the director of the office of management and budget. the president has promised the american people i federal govern