The Senate Democrats have claimed RFK Jr.. Address ‘serious concern’ with conflict of interest

Before a vote on Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee Democrats said that recent financial manifestations of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had given them “serious concerns” about whether they should be confirmed as the leader of their Health and Human Services Department (HHS).

Cens in a letter from Kennedy on Sunday.

Senators wrote, “These conflicts, doubt about the protection and effectiveness of life -saving vaccines with your decade long career, give your fitness to serve as a secretary,” Senators wrote that he mentioned that he cases against the case against the case. HHS-controlled companies will stand in favor of profit.

“What is clear is that you are involved in the Vaccine case and the financial interests are widespread and broad. They wrote that you could get a significant financial compensation for your family, which would be empowered to create and influence you as a secretary-different types of vaccine-related decisions and communications.

The Finance Committee will vote on Kennedy’s confirmation floor on Tuesday. The majority is needed to advance Kennedy, but if all the Democrats oppose, he will not lose any Republican vote.

The physician sitting on the finance committee has emerged as a central personality in the confirmation fighting Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La).

Kennedy said in the written answer to the follow-up questions of the Senators last week that he would remove his financial part in the case against the pharmaceutical giant mark on his vaccine, which protects from human papilomavirus by paying his son.

Democrats are raising concerns over Kennedy’s intention of maintaining financial interest against vaccine makers. In his initial ethics statement, Kennedy said that he would keep 10 percent of the fee he paid in the case of personal injury company Wisner Bum.

However, Warren and Widene said that his new system was “clearly inadequate”, and any “HHS vaccine for intervention in the program” sought specific promises to resolve direct or indirect financial enthusiasm. “

They said that if he was guaranteed to lead HHS, Kennedy must recover themselves from all vaccines related contacts and decisions, that he or his family has interest in all HHS subjects involving a case or litigation, And the cases promise not to sue and promise not to sue, the vaccine is involved, represented the parties in the vaccine case, or has financial interest in such cases for at least four years after leaving office.

Senators wrote, “You cannot act as a Secretary crediblely and credibly solved these conflicts.”