Happening Now: Senate votes on RFK Jr. to lead HHS
February 13, 2025
40,408
785
35
2.03%
Search the Record
IndexedEvery word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
The Hill Episodes Around February 13, 2025
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
59:44Now PlayingHappening Now: Senate votes on RFK Jr. to lead HHS
YouTube Description
as posted by the channelSenators will take to the floor Thursday morning to vote on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Kennedy’s confirmation would put the longtime anti-vaccine activist in charge of the sprawling bureaucracy that oversees the nation’s health agencies. HHS oversees 13 separate agencies, and its $1.7 trillion budget accounted for more than 20 percent of the nation’s spending.
The environmental lawyer, who was tapped by President Trump to lead the agency last month, has faced an uphill battle over his vaccine and abortion views. His nomination was advanced by the Senate Finance Committee last week, after facing two fiery confirmation hearings.
The vote is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. EST.
Watch the live video above.
Guests & Subjects Covered
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.