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

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

. >> we've agreed senator warnock will speak and proceed to the boat and anyone else who wants to make 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 for geor

. >> 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

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. >> 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

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