Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

doing what they can do to protect what they were hired to do, which is to protect the health of our country and restore us once again to the healthiest country in the world.

Secretary Kennedy responding.

First, I want to thank this committee for its civility and its congeniality.

It is way different than going in front of any other committee, and I'm happy to come back here anytime.

Second of all, we're not cutting Medicaid.

The CBO report came out.

Medicaid increased by 47% over the next 10 years, so there is no cut to Medicaid.

And number three, it's easy to demonize OMB and RussVote, but RussVote is looking out for our country.

We are the $39 trillion debt.

Each child born in this country is paying $6,600 before they pay a single health bill, $25,000 for a family of four.

Russ is trying to make sure that these

programs are alive for future generations.

And that's what the president wants.

Kennedy listed his agency's accomplishments on issues like drug price negotiations and new dietary guidelines.

Meanwhile, Democrats grilled him on the $16 billion in proposed cuts and the agency's efforts to weaken the vaccine schedule.

In one exchange, Representative Linda Sanchez asked him about the death of an unvaccinated child in Texas from measles.

Do you agree with the majority of doctors that the measles vaccine could have saved that child's life in Texas?

It's possible, certainly.

News broke during the hearing when President Trump announced he was naming Dr. Erica Schwartz to head the CDC.

Schwartz served as chief medical officer of the U.S.