"I will not condone the re-litigation of proven cures," said McConnell, the lone Republican to oppose Kennedy's confirmation.
A survivor of childhood polio, Sen. Mitch McConnell was the only Republican in the Senate to vote No. Here's how he explained his vote.
The U.S. Senate has approved Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Donald Trump's new Health and Human Services secretary. Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell was the only Republican to vote against RFK's appointment.
Mitch McConnell notably voted 'No' for President Donald Trump's latest cabinet appointee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Kennedy will oversee some of the federal government’s largest public health agencies, including the NIH, FDA, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
The Senate last week confirmed anti-vaccine activist Robert F.. Kennedy Jr. to head the U.S. Health and Human Services Department on a party-line vote, with Mitch McConnell the only Republican voting against the controversial appointee opposed by every Democratic Senator.
McConnell cited what he called Kennedy’s “record of trafficking in dangerous conspiracy theories and eroding trust in public health institutions.”
The Senate Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary, putting a noted vaccine skeptic in charge of America's massive public health system. The 52-48 vote was mostly along party lines,
Longtime vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now the nation’s top health official, after the Senate on Thursday voted almost entirely on party lines to confirm him atop a department of nearly
Senator Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, released a Thursday statement that credited his decision to vote against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's pick for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, to Kennedy ...