RFK Jr. Asked to Testify on HHS Overhaul by Senate Committee Leaders

The chair and ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Tuesday have invited Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to testify before the panel next week about the dramatic agency overhaul taking place under his leadership.

The Tuesday invitation from Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) comes after HHS fired 10,000 of the department’s 80,000 workers late Monday as part of a massive reduction in force, affecting offices like the Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Institutes of Health.

Read more at Politico.