Confirmation of RFK as HHS Secretary

February 12, 2025

Working people rely on HHS to enforce the regulations that keep workplaces safe from deadly, yet preventable diseases. This agency is responsible for protecting workers, patients, and families through evidence-based health policy. 

Mr. Kennedy’s long record of promoting misinformation around vaccines and public health interventions threatens trust in agencies like the CDC, FDA, and NIH—institutions frontline healthcare workers rely on to keep themselves and their patients safe. Healthcare workers and unions need an HHS Secretary who trusts science, respects workers, and strengthens public health institutions. Mr. Kennedy is facially unqualified to serve as Secretary, and his record raises serious concerns that his leadership will threaten the safety of working people and the accessibility of affordable healthcare for millions of Americans. 
 

This is Bad for working people.

Vote result:
Passed

YEAs: 53 | NAYs: 47
Legislator State Party Vote
Sen. Angela D. Alsobrooks MD Democrat No
Sen. Tammy Baldwin WI Democrat No
Sen. Jim Banks IN Republican Yes
Sen. John Barrasso WY Republican Yes
Sen. Michael Bennet CO Democrat No
Sen. Marsha Blackburn TN Republican Yes
Sen. Richard Blumenthal CT Democrat No
Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester DE Democrat No
Sen. Cory Booker NJ Democrat No
Sen. John Boozman AR Republican Yes
Sen. Katie Britt AL Republican Yes
Sen. Ted Budd NC Republican Yes
Sen. Maria Cantwell WA Democrat No
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito WV Republican Yes
Sen. Bill Cassidy LA Republican Yes
Sen. Susan Collins ME Republican Yes
Sen. Christopher A. Coons DE Democrat No
Sen. John Cornyn TX Republican Yes
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto NV Democrat No
Sen. Tom Cotton AR Republican Yes
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  15. Expanding Access to Capital Act
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  37. John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
  38. CHIPS and Science Act
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