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US Senator Cassidy calls on Kennedy to appear before Senate panel over health agency cuts

HELP Committee confirmation hearing on nomination for FDA commissioner in Washington, D.C.
April 01, 2025
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee will on April 10 hold a hearing on the reorganization of the Department of Health and Human Services, its chairman Senator Bill Cassidy said in a statement.

"We write to invite you to testify on April 10, 2025, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions at a hearing," Cassidy and committee ranking member Senator Bernie Sanders wrote to Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a letter.

"The hearing will discuss your proposed reorganization of the Department of Health and Human Services."

US Senator Cassidy calls on Kennedy to appear before Senate panel over health agency cuts
FILE PHOTO: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Trump's nominee to be secretary of Health and Human Services, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill

(Reporting by Ahmed Aboulenein)

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