{"id":2082618,"date":"2025-09-04T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=2082618"},"modified":"2025-09-05T05:09:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T09:09:18","slug":"rfk-jr-kennedy-hhs-senate-finance-committee-hearing-recap-live-discussion-sept-4","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/rfk-jr-kennedy-hhs-senate-finance-committee-hearing-recap-live-discussion-sept-4\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. Faces Senate Finance Committee: A Live Discussion\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RFK Jr. Faces Senate Finance Committee: A Live Discussion\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LTxZBIh_fgY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&#8217;s testimony before the Senate Finance Committee follows the ouster last week of the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Susan Monarez. At least four other senior CDC officials resigned in protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are the biggest takeaways? What comes next? Tune in for a post-hearing discussion with KFF Health News correspondents Stephanie Armour, Julie Rovner, and Arthur Allen, and KFF\u2019s Josh Michaud, associate director for Global Health Policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-people block--people\">\n\t\t<div class=\"people-card-container twowide\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-people-card block--people-card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<img srcset=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Armour-Stephanie2024_1100sq.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Armour-Stephanie2024_1100sq.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Armour-Stephanie2024_1100sq.jpg?resize=500,500 500w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Armour-Stephanie2024_1100sq.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, 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class=\"author-name\">Stephanie Armour<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"author-affiliation\">Senior health policy correspondent<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-stories-link\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/author\/stephanie-armour\/\"> \n\t\t\t\tRead Stephanie&#039;s stories.\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"author-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-people-card block--people-card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<img srcset=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Rovner-Julie2021_1100sq.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Rovner-Julie2021_1100sq.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Rovner-Julie2021_1100sq.jpg?resize=500,500 500w, 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\/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"author-meta-container\">\n\t<div class=\"author-name\">Julie Rovner<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"author-affiliation\">Chief Washington correspondent<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-stories-link\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/author\/julie-rovner\"> \n\t\t\t\tRead Julie&#039;s stories.\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"author-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-people-card block--people-card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<img srcset=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Allen-Arthur.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Allen-Arthur.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Allen-Arthur.jpg?resize=500,500 500w, 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href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/author\/arthur-allen\/\"> \n\t\t\t\tRead Arthur&#039;s stories.\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"author-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-people-card block--people-card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<img srcset=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Michaud-Josh1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Michaud-Josh1.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Michaud-Josh1.jpg?resize=500,500 500w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Michaud-Josh1.jpg?resize=480,480 480w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Michaud-Josh1.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Michaud-Josh1.jpg?resize=120,120 120w, 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