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

The hearing, which began at 10 a.m., examined the worthiness of RFK Jr. to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. (This story may be updated.) Start the day smarter. Get all t

What to know from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s hearings before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Thursday.

If approved, Kennedy will control a $1.7 trillion agency that oversees food and hospital inspections, hundreds of health clinics, vaccine recommendations and health insurance for roughly half the country.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s confirmation hearings began Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee. He appears before the Health, Education, Labor and Pension committee on Thursday. Anti-vaccine advocates are celebrating Kennedy’s committee appearance as a ‘historic’ event The anti-vaccine nonprofit group Kennedy used to lead,

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the US Department of Health and Human Services, will tell a Senate Committee Wednesday that he wasn’t anti-vaccine, he was “pro-safety.”