Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s heavy breathing was so loud, labored, and distracting at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Thursday that an aide had to tell him to mute his mic when he wasn’t speaking to the committee.

The contentious hearing was originally scheduled for senators to learn more about Kennedy’s plans to “Make America Healthy Again,” but devolved into shouting matches and fiery back-and-forths over the secretary’s changes to COVID-19 vaccine protocols and his firing of the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week.

But during the raucous three-hour hearing, Kennedy’s breathing became more and more obvious and distracting even while senators were speaking.

His wobbly voice is caused by a neurological condition calle

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