Washington Senator Maria Cantwell raked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over the coals when the controversial Health and Human Services secretary appeared on Capitol Hill to defend his policies.

Kennedy was before a congressional committee Thursday, where he faces questions about the turmoil at federal health agencies. The U.S. Senate Finance Committee called Kennedy to a hearing about his plans to “Make America Healthy Again.” But the health secretary is being grilled over layoffs and planned budget cuts that detractors say are wrecking the nation’s ability to prevent disease.

Cantwell used the hearing to challenge Kennedy over cutting funding for mRNA vaccine research.

“The mRNA technology is about continuing the research to be ready for the next flu, influenza, the next pandemic,” Cantwell s

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