Fox News: RFK Jr. vows he won't take cheeseburgers away, just highlight health issues: 'My boss loves' them

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RFK Jr. vows he won't take cheeseburgers away, just highlight health issues: 'My boss loves' them

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in his Senate hearing to be confirmed as the next HHS secretary that he will not take cheeseburgers or Diet Coke from the American people.......                    ...                        ...President You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said in his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday that his objective to making "America Healthy Again" will not include taking food such as cheeseburgers or Twinkies off of the shelves – quipping his boss has a soft spot for fast food. ......"Most importantly, we need to use, deploy, NIH and FDA to doing the research to understand the relationship between these different food additives and chronic diseases so that Americans understand it," Kennedy explained before the committee on Wednesday. ......"But I don't want to take food away from anybody. If you like a cheeseburger, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, or a Diet Coke, which my boss loves, you should be able to get them," he said, which sparked laughter from the audience. ......"If you want a Hostess Twinkies, you should be able to do that. But you should know what the impacts are on your You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login," he explained. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Trump has long been a well-known fan of Diet Coke and McDonald's fast food, including re-installing a Diet Coke button on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office to swiftly deliver him the soft drink, and campaigned at a Pennsylvania McDonald's ahead of the Nov. 5 election. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Kennedy's hearing on Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee is just the first, with the nominee scheduled to again join lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Thursday to appear before the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Kennedy has been at the forefront of "MAHA," or Make America Health Again, movement within Trump's orbit. ......Kennedy's hearing was expected to be fiery, as the son of former U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy has come under fire for his critical stance on vaccines and food additives. Kennedy said in his hearing that he is not "anti-vaccine."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"I worked for years to raise awareness about the mercury and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in fish. And nobody called me anti-fish. And I believe that... that vaccines play a critical role in healthcare. All of my kids are vaccinated. I've read many books on vaccines. My first book in 2014, a first line of it is 'I am not anti-vaccine' and last line is 'I am not anti-vaccine.' Nor am I the enemy of food producers. American farms are the bedrock of our culture, of our politics, of our national security," he said on Wednesday.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"In my advocacy, I've often You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. I am asking uncomfortable questions. Well, I'm not going to apologize for that. We have massive health problems in this country that we must face," he added. ...

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