Posted on 02/03/2025 7:58:18 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Several Democrat lawmakers said on Feb. 2 that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should commit to avoiding all decisions related to vaccines if he becomes the next U.S. health secretary.
“Given the breadth of your involvement in vaccine litigation, such a recusal would help ensure that you and your family do not benefit financially from official government actions that you will oversee and control,” Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), wrote in a letter to Kennedy.
President Donald Trump has selected Kennedy, a lawyer, to take over the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The department includes the Food and Drug Administration, which clears vaccines, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which issues vaccine guidance that is widely adopted by states.
The Senate Finance Committee is scheduled this week to vote on Kennedy’s nomination. If a majority approves, the nomination will be sent to the full Senate.
Kennedy said in an ethics agreement that, if he is confirmed, he would resign from a consulting arrangement with the Wisner Baum law firm that involves referring cases to the firm.
“Pursuant to the referral agreement, I am entitled to receive 10% of fees awarded in contingency fee cases referred to the firm. I am not trying these cases, I am not an attorney of record for the cases, and I will not provide representational services in connection with the cases during my appointment to the position of Secretary,” Kennedy wrote.
The Finance Committee identified at least five cases related to litigation over the Gardasil human papillomavirus vaccine in which Kennedy is still listed as the attorney of record.
“When questioned by the Committee, you did not directly acknowledge this omission or provide clarity about any financial compensation you might receive related to these cases,” Wyden and Warren said.
While Kennedy agreed to divest from those cases, Kennedy declined to recuse himself from decisions related to Gardasil in written communication with the panel, the senators said. He also disclosed that he was divesting his interest in cases referred to Wisner Baum to his adult son, which would let an immediate family member benefit from Kennedy’s secretary role if Kennedy is confirmed, they added.
Recusing from vaccine-related decisions and communications will “ensure vaccine-related policymaking and communications are not inappropriately skewed by your personal views at the expense of scientific evidence,” they wrote.
A spokesperson for Kennedy did not answer the phone or return a voicemail.
Which means he has the votes. Congratulations!
They can go suck on a doorknob.
Recuse, shmecuse. They’re scared of being found out.
Maybe if all the ‘Rats returned all of their career pharma grift/graft with interest....
They jedi mind tricked the weasel Jeff Sessions so I guess it’s worth a shot on Kennedy. Idiots.
Senate VM crashed today and calls were coming in at a rate of 600/min.
The AG Sessions recusal was what hurt Trump 1.0.
Don’t play the Dem game.
“Senate VM crashed today and calls were coming in at a rate of 600/min.”
Interesting.
Jeff Sessions, Bobby Kennedy, Jr. isn’t.
““Given the breadth of your involvement in vaccine litigation, such a recusal would help ensure that you and your family do not benefit financially from official government actions that you will oversee and control,” Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)”
Sure Liz.... when you swear off and return all pharma donations.
We lost a lot of youths under 25 to heart problems and I believe that 100% were due to the jab.
Are the companies who donated to these Dhims also producing vaccines, by any chance?
He doesn’t need their votes.
Pound sand
Test all new “vaccines” on Elizabeth Warren.
Ya Think ?
It's called a 'kick back' from the Pharma
Bernie was not the only one who got political funding from Big Pharma
Pig Pharma is now the Dims piggy bank for future elections (Not a typo)
Self neuter?
No thanks, I wont be doing that.
And dems will recuse from all votes in which republicans vote.
Ram’s Dung!
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