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Senate Finance Committee @handle.invalid · 25/03/2025

WYDEN: I would like it in writing that you will lock DOGE out of the Social Security databases. BISIGNANO: I don't know what lock DOGE out means. WYDEN: Stop them. It's a simple concept. When you lock someone out you stop them.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 12/02/2025

NEW: I'm heading to the Senate floor where I'm going to lead Democrats in holding the floor ahead of RFK Jr.'s confirmation vote. This is the most dangerous and unqualified nominee for HHS I've seen in my lifetime and I'm not giving up without a fight.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 04/02/2025

I just voted NO on RFK Jr. to lead HHS. None of his empty promises could undo the harm his past statements have already had on people’s health. He’s a flip-flopper, a conspiracy peddler, and a danger to our country. He’s driven by self-interest, not by protecting Americans.

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Senate Finance Committee @handle.invalid · 04/02/2025

@wyden.senate.gov: Making Robert Kennedy Secretary of Health and Human Services would be a grave threat to the health of the American people. I urge my colleagues to vote no.

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Senate Finance Committee @handle.invalid · 04/02/2025

@wyden.senate.gov: Mr. Kennedy has given us no reason to believe he'll be anything other than a rubber stamp for plans to gut Medicaid and rip health care away from the American people, and a yes-man if ordered by Trump or Musk to take an illegal action.

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Senate Finance Committee @handle.invalid · 04/02/2025

@wyden.senate.gov: On abortion, Mr. Kennedy’s answers once again only raise more questions. He refused to tell us whether he would blindly follow a directive from Donald Trump to break the law and end access to mifepristone.

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Senate Finance Committee @handle.invalid · 04/02/2025

@wyden.senate.gov: Last week, Mr. Kennedy was given ample opportunity on a bipartisan basis to recant his decades-long career peddling anti-vaccine conspiracies. He gave no indication that that he would stand by the long-settled science surrounding routine vaccinations.

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Senate Finance Committee @handle.invalid · 04/02/2025

@wyden.senate.gov: A recent analysis showed that Mr. Kennedy has made 114 separate appearances in the last four years where he espoused anti-vaccine views or spread misinformation about vaccines. In 36 of those instances, Mr. Kennedy directly linked vaccines to autism.

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Senate Finance Committee @handle.invalid · 04/02/2025

@wyden.senate.gov: Now more than ever, the American people need leaders that will stand up to Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

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Senate Finance Committee @handle.invalid · 04/02/2025

@wyden.senate.gov: The last several days we’ve witnessed an authoritarian takeover of our federal government by Donald Trump and Elon Musk. They’ve set their sights on a full purge of anyone in government that doesn’t bend the knee and follow their orders.

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Senate Finance Committee @handle.invalid · 31/01/2025

Senator Tommy Tuberville: We have an attention deficit problem in this country. Attention deficit — when you or I were growing up — our parents didn’t use a drug they used a belt.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 29/01/2025

Medicare and Medicaid aren’t the same thing - I’d think someone who wants to run our country’s health system should know that.

Tweet by Julie Rovner stating “RFKjr keeps talking about Medicaid premiums. Medicaid, with few exceptions, doesn't HAVE premiums. (He's thinking of Medicare)”

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 29/01/2025

Mifepristone HAS been studied over and over again and deemed safe and effective — that’s why it’s been approved for over two decades!

Tweet from Sam Stein that reads “RFK signals he would declare Mifepristone unsafe or at least open it up to studies that could result it in being declared unsafe.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/01/2025

WARREN: Will you commit that you won't take any compensation from any lawsuits against drug companies? RFK Jr: I'll certainly commit to that while I'm secretary, but ...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/01/2025

CORTEZ MASTRO: A pregnant woman with a life-threatening bleed goes to the ER and her doctor determines she needs an emergency abortion. She's in a state where abortion is banned. You would agree that federal law protects her right to that emergency care, correct RFK Jr: Uh, I don't know

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/01/2025

Hassan: "You have clearly stated in the past that bodily autonomy is one of your core values ... when was it that you decided to sell out the values you've had your whole life in order to be given power by President Trump?"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/01/2025

WARNER: In a fundraising email, your presidential campaign celebrated the funding freeze. Did you put that out? RFK Jr: I don't think my campaign exists anymore WARNER: Listen, I gotta tell you this -- somebody is out there soliciting money for it

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/01/2025

BENNET: Did you say Lyme disease is a highly likely militarily engineered bioweapon? RFK Jr: I probably did say that BENNET: Did you say that exposure to pesticides causes children to become transgender RFK Jr: No BENNET: I have the record

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/01/2025

Bennet: "What's disturbing to me is that out of 330m Americans, we're being asked to put somebody in this job who has spent 50 years of his life peddling in half-truths, peddling in false statements, peddling in theories that create doubt about whether or not things we know are safe are unsafe."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/01/2025

I am going to put together a thread covering RFK Jr's confirmation hearing for the HHS secretary job. Follow along for clips and commentary.

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Senate Finance Committee @handle.invalid · 29/01/2025

WATCH: @bennet.senate.gov presses RFK Jr. on where he stands on abortion. The guy Trump nominated to serve as HHS Secretary can't give a straight answer.

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Senate Finance Committee @handle.invalid · 29/01/2025

WATCH: Republican Senator Bill Cassidy says the quiet part out loud: Republicans are gearing up to rip health care away from millions of Americans to pay for Trump's tax handout to Elon Musk.

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