WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, spoke on the Senate Floor late last night to reiterate his opposition to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick to serve as the next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Senator Welch detailed his concerns about Kennedy’s character, competence, and priorities. The Senator has previously expressed reservations about Kennedy’s nomination in the Senate Finance Committee.
“The bottom line here for me, on the question of any nominee, is character, competence, and priorities. And on all three of these, I come up short with respect to Mr. Kennedy. Aside from the fact that we could better, it’s hard, in many ways, to see how we could do worse. So, I would urge all of my colleagues to consider the consequences of their vote. A vote that would put a person of questionable character, a person of questionable competence, and a person of—in my view—bad priorities at the head of our health care system,” said Senator Welch.
Watch Senator Welch’s speech below:
Senator Welch’s Committee and Subcommittee Assignments for the 119th Congress include:
- Senate Committee on Finance
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on the Constitution
- Senate Committee on Rules & Administration
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