Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. responded forcefully Wednesday to Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, following her harsh criticism of his leadership.
In her opening remarks to a House Appropriations Committee hearing, Democrat ranking member DeLauro asserted that under Kennedy’s budget proposal, which calls for less spending than under the Biden administration, “Americans would die from needless and preventable deaths.”
The congresswoman then got more personal, saying to Kennedy, “By promoting quackery, we are endangering the health of the American people with pseudo-science, fearmongering, and misinformation.”
During his testimony, RFK Jr. reminded DeLauro that she’s been talking for years about the dangers of artificial food dyes, but he actually took action regarding it.
“You say that you’ve worked for 20 years on getting food dye out. Give me credit. I got it out in 100 days,” he said.
“I’ll give you that credit,” DeLauro responded.
“All right, so let’s work together and do something that we all believe in, which is have healthy kids in our country, for God’s sake,” Kennedy replied. “There’s no such thing as Republican children or Democratic children. There’s just kids, and we should all be concerned with them.”
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