Bennet quizzed Kennedy about prior statements relating to COVID-19, Lyme disease, abortion and the idea that exposure to insecticides causes gender dysphoria.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he "probably" agrees that Lyme Disease was originally a bioweapons engineered by the military during a confirmation hearing Wednesday with the Senate Finance Committee. Colorado Democratic Sen.

During Robert F. Kennedy Jr's confirmation hearing for health secretary on Jan. 29, Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) slammed the nominee for some of his former remarks. “Unlike other jobs that we’re confirming around this place,

It isn’t often that Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) raises his voice, but he sure did Wednesday while taking Robert Kennedy Jr. to task for some of the more outlandish conspiracy theories he’s spent a career breathing life into.

"All of a sudden, boom, he emerges and just unleashes on somebody. He went off on Republican Senator Ted Cruz a couple of years ago. Remember that?”

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. conceded Wednesday he “probably did” once say that Lyme disease is a “military-engineered bioweapon.” Kennedy’s answer came in response to a fiery line of questioning by Sen. Michael Bennet at his confirmation hearing to become Donald Trump’s health secretary.

During the confirmation hearing for health secretary, Senator Michael Bennet asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about statements he supposedly made, including COVID-19 targets certain races, lime disease is highly likely a militarily engineered bioweapon,

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet joined fellow Democrats on Wednesday morning in hammering Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on his changing position on abortion and his history of platforming conspiracy theories and

RFK Jr. claimed he is not “anti-vaccine” and appeared unfamiliar with key aspects of healthcare insurance programs in his confirmation hearing.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified in a sometimes-contentious hearing before the Senate’s Finance Committee on Wednesday, and will appear Thursday before the health committee.

Mr. Kennedy appears to have most Republicans behind him as he seeks the job of health secretary, though he couldn’t escape his past stances on vaccines and abortion.