HHS Secretary Blames Senator for Decades of Inaction as Childhood Chronic Disease Rates Climb

A heated exchange erupted on Thursday during a Senate Finance Committee hearing, pitting Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. against Democratic Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden over the nation’s childhood health crisis.

The confrontation centered on who bears responsibility for the significant increase in chronic diseases among American children.

Accusations and Counter-Accusations

Sen. Wyden initiated the sharp critique, accusing Secretary Kennedy of jeopardizing children’s health by allowing “conspiracy theories to dictate this country’s health policy.”

He questioned Kennedy’s lack of regret and demanded to know how many “preventable child deaths are an acceptable sacrifice

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