(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — During today’s Senate Committee on Finance hearing for Robert F. Kennedy’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Senators pressed him on him taking millions of dollars from anti-vaccine lawsuits and settlement payments while he is the HHS Secretary—an unprecedented and unethical decision he made to continue to accept profits from anti-vaccine settlements if confirmed.
“Not surprising, RFK Jr. was unable to answer any questions regarding his sketchy finances,” said 314 Action Executive Director Joshua Morrow. “There’s no world in which it’s acceptable for the head of HHS to rake in millions from anti-vaccine settlements—and RFK Jr.’s rambling nonanswers prove just that. But it doesn’t matter to him; he’s all too happy to gamble with children’s lives as long as he is getting a fat paycheck. He has proven that his number one priority is lining his own pockets—even at the expense of American lives.”