02.11.2025
Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
“Nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to be Secretary of Health and Human Services”
Thursday, February 11, 2025
The next issue up for consideration by the Senate is cloture on the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. [nomination] to be Secretary of Health and Human Services.
This cabinet position is responsible for implementing the administration’s health agenda.
As Secretary, Mr. Kennedy must spend his time focused on improving the health of all Americans, ensuring HHS is transparent and accountable to congressional oversight and respecting whistleblowers.
I think Kennedy has made it very clear in his life as a citizen talking about improving the health of all Americans.
I would like to outline some of the priorities that Mr. Kennedy should focus on at Health and Human Services.
Obviously, I’m asking him to focus on issues that are very dear to my heart, and take up a lot of my time, as a Senator from Iowa and as a person very concerned about the quality of health care in rural America.
Our country spends more than $4.5 trillion annually on health care. Growing health care costs don’t just strain Americans’ pocketbooks – health care is also a major driver of widening budget deficits and the federal government’s...
On February 26, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a significant False Claims Act (FCA) ruling in United States of America ex rel. Cheryl Taylor v. Healthcare ...