Incoming Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo voiced support for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination for HHS Secretary despite concerns about Kennedy's views on vaccines. Meanwhile, Sen. Roger Wicker announced that Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defense will take place on January 14th.
Incoming Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo wouldn't comment on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine skepticism, but said Wednesday he supports President-elect Donald Trump ’s pick to lead the Health and Human Services Department. Asked by CNN if he has any concerns about Kennedy’s views on vaccines, Crapo — who met with Kennedy on Tuesday and whose committee will have primary jurisdiction over the nomination, responded — “I don’t discuss private conversations.
”that vaccines could be linked to childhood autism, Crapo again dodged, saying he wouldn’t “respond to quotes that other people have said” until he can verify them. Crapo, who will lead the panel central to confirming Kennedy, said he supports him for the position and thinks “he’s going to be a very good leader to help us move to developing healthy lifestyles and helping the American people get control over an out-of-control bureaucracy.” He wouldn’t weigh in on when the panel will schedule a hearing on Kennedy, saying “that depends on all kinds of factors that I don’t know the answer to yet.”GOP Sen. Roger Wicker, the incoming chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told CNN that his panel will hold its confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth on January 14.“We write to express deep concerns about whether Pete Hegseth’s attitudes toward women, including allegations of sexual assault and harassment, disqualify him to be the next Secretary of Defense,” the Democrats, led by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, In this photo illustration, the TikTok app is seen in the app store on a phone on March 13 in New York City.on Wednesday agreed to decide whether a controversial ban on the social media app TikTok violates the First Amendment, adding a major case to its docket this term just before President-elect Donald Trump takes offic
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