President Trump’s nominees for Health secretary, Commerce secretary, and Small Business Administration administrator are testifying before Senate committees, while Pam Bondi, Trump's choice for attorney general,

These are the updates for Wednesday, January 29, 2025, as Trump cabinet pick Robert F Kennedy Jr faced a Senate hearing.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has his first public appearance before the Senate today to discuss his nomination as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Several of Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, including Health and Human Services secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will face confirmation hearings today as the president continues to forge ahead with his agenda.

WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s famous name, populist stances and loyal following have earned him President Donald Trump’s support, but will that get him the votes he needs from the Republican-controlled Senate to become the nation’s top health official?

Alexandra Sifferlin, a health and science editor for Times Opinion, hosted an online conversation on Wednesday with the Opinion columnist Zeynep Tufekci and the Opinion writers David Wallace-Wells and Jessica Grose about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first of two confirmation hearings for secretary of health and human services.

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.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he wasn’t antivaccine as senators pressed on his past remarks, in the first of two days of hearings over his nomination for health secretary.

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Kennedy minimized and denied controversial things he had said in podcasts, conferences or TV interviews, even though the senators quoted him directly