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Watch live: RFK Jr. faces questioning by House over HHS policies, budget

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will face questioning before the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday morning on the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” policies and President Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget request. The hearing marks Kennedy’s first appearance on Capitol Hill since a highly contentious Senate Finance Committee hearing…

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