Sightful Invest
  • Business
  • Investing
  • Politics
  • Stock
Top Posts
Top 5 moments from Charlie Kirk’s memorial service...
Trump set to approve TikTok deal ensuring majority-American...
Harris is speaking. This time, she isn’t bending...
Hamas letter to Trump asks for 60-day ceasefire...
Trump must make UN funding conditional on real...
Democrats skip Charlie Kirk Arizona memorial after 58...
‘Due to overhelming support:’ Turning Point USA says...
Thune slams Democrats’ ‘cold-blooded partisan’ tactics as funding...
Macron stakes anti-Trump global role with Gaza initiative...
Trump assassination attempt suspect Ryan Routh questions first...
  • Business
  • Investing
  • Politics
  • Stock

Sightful Invest

Politics

Physician governor urges Capitol Hill to block RFK Jr.’s confirmation: ‘Our children’s lives depend on it’

by admin January 8, 2025
January 8, 2025
Physician governor urges Capitol Hill to block RFK Jr.’s confirmation: ‘Our children’s lives depend on it’

Hawaii’s Democratic Governor and practicing physician, Josh Green, is visiting Capitol Hill this week to lobby lawmakers against the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary. In a Tuesday op-ed for The New York Times, he argued that ‘our children’s lives depend’ on preventing Kennedy from leading the agency.

Green, who worked as a physician before entering politics, has continued practicing emergency room medicine throughout his legislative career. In 2019, as Hawaii’s lieutenant governor, Green helped spearhead efforts to increase vaccination rates in Samoa amid a measles outbreak in the region. Green arrived in the nation’s capital on Sunday evening to begin his meetings that will go until he returns to Hawaii on Thursday. 

‘As the only physician governor, I need to explain what are good picks and what maybe aren’t so good picks for the cabinet,’ Green said in a video ahead of his planned trip to Washington, noting that his lobbying against Kennedy is not anything personal or politically motivated. ‘[RFK Jr’s] appointment to be the head of Health and Human Services is not consistent with safety for our children,’ he said. 

During his trip to Washington, Green said that he would be discussing with lawmakers and other leaders to explore ‘a better place for [RFK Jr.] to be’ rather than HHS, calling his potential confirmation ‘a bad idea.’

Questions over the likelihood of Kennedy’s confirmation took a turn this week after Sen. Bill Cassidy, R–La., the incoming chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, called out the potential future HHS Secretary for being ‘wrong’ on the issue of vaccines. The criticism follows concerns that Kennedy may seek to get rid of the polio vaccine, after news broke that one of his previous colleagues at Childrens Health Defense, a health-focused nonprofit Kennedy previously chaired, petitioned the government in 2019 to revoke its approval.

Green’s criticism of Kennedy has largely revolved around his anti-vaccine views as well, in particular Kennedy’s response to a measles outbreak in Samoa, during which the potential future HHS Secretary promoted doubts around vaccine efficacy, according to Green and others, such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. Those efforts included a letter Kennedy sent to the country’s prime minister, as chairman of Children’s Health Defense, suggesting that the measles vaccine could have potentially exacerbated the outbreak.

 

The Democratic governor penned an op-ed published in The New York Times on Tuesday, continuing to drill at Kennedy’s anti-vaccine efforts in 2019 amid Samoa’s measles outbreak. According to Greene, Kennedy ‘used misinformation to scare all the people of Samoa away from being vaccinated’ and served to ‘torpedo’ the country’s vaccination efforts.

‘Too much depends on our commitment to truth and the lifesaving power of vaccines to entrust Mr. Kennedy with the direction of these programs. Our children’s lives depend on it,’ Green wrote.

 

Kennedy’s team has not responded to repeated efforts by Fox News Digital to get in touch, but in 2023, Kennedy said during an appearance in a short film that he ‘never told anybody not to vaccinate’ and that he ‘didn’t go [to Samoa] with any reason to do with that.’ Furthermore, amid concerns about how Kennedy might approach the polio vaccine, he told reporters on Capitol Hill last month that he is ‘all for the polio vaccine.’

Proponents of Kennedy’s nomination have suggested his proposed plans, if confirmed, will be rooted in logic and science.

‘I think that Kennedy has aimed to stand for evidence-based changes to policy,’ said Nina Teicholz, a nutrition expert and founder of The Nutrition Coalition, a New York-based nonprofit organization. 

‘Right now, the media is covering RFK Jr. poorly and unfairly, giving him no credit for ideas that are well within the bounds of discussion,’ added Dr. Vinay Prasad, in an article published by The Free Press. ‘Many of RFK Jr.’s ideas have a logic.’

Fox News Digital reached out to Green’s office for comment but did not hear back by publication time.  

Related Topics

  • Health
  • Trump Transition
  • Vaccine
  • Politics
This post appeared first on FOX NEWS

previous post
Outgoing WH official calls for US to bolster cybersecurity workforce by hiring non-degree holders
next post
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang is ‘dead wrong’ about quantum computers, D-Wave CEO says

You may also like

Trump stands by RFK Jr. after heated Senate...

September 5, 2025

TSA tells Americans their Costco cards won’t fly...

June 7, 2025

China launches intercontinental ballistic missile into Pacific hours...

September 25, 2024

Senate GOP eyes Medicaid sweetener to save Trump’s...

June 26, 2025

After Trump threat, Hamas refuses to release more...

March 6, 2025

Fox News Power Rankings: Voters’ appetite for ticket-splitting...

August 12, 2024

Trump watches strike on Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen...

March 16, 2025

Kash Patel celebrates major FBI achievements and record...

August 10, 2025

Trump turns to Supreme Court in fight to...

July 3, 2025

Inside NASA’s fast-track plans for lunar nuclear power...

August 8, 2025

Recent Posts

  • Top 5 moments from Charlie Kirk’s memorial service in Arizona
  • Trump set to approve TikTok deal ensuring majority-American investor control: White House
  • Harris is speaking. This time, she isn’t bending to Biden’s bullies
  • Hamas letter to Trump asks for 60-day ceasefire deal to release half of hostages, sources say
  • Trump must make UN funding conditional on real reforms, ex-diplomat urges

    Sign up for our newsletter to receive the latest insights, updates, and exclusive content straight to your inbox! Whether it's industry news, expert advice, or inspiring stories, we bring you valuable information that you won't find anywhere else. Stay connected with us!


    By opting in you agree to receive emails from us and our affiliates. Your information is secure and your privacy is protected.

    Categories

    • Business (927)
    • Investing (3,032)
    • Politics (3,709)
    • Stock (4)
    • About us
    • Contact us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms & Conditions

    Disclaimer: sightfulinvest.com, its managers, its employees, and assigns (collectively “The Company”) do not make any guarantee or warranty about what is advertised above. Information provided by this website is for research purposes only and should not be considered as personalized financial advice. The Company is not affiliated with, nor does it receive compensation from, any specific security. The Company is not registered or licensed by any governing body in any jurisdiction to give investing advice or provide investment recommendation. Any investments recommended here should be taken into consideration only after consulting with your investment advisor and after reviewing the prospectus or financial statements of the company.

    Copyright © 2025 Sightful Invest. All Rights Reserved.