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At House hearing, Democrats clash with RFK Jr. over “radical obstruction of congressional oversight,” vaccine policies

Rep. Lori Trahan: “People are going to die”

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Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health to defend the HHS fiscal year 2026 budget proposal, and faced criticism from several Democratic lawmakers on what they described as a lack of transparency and scientific rigor in the agency’s recent decisions.

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