Senator Wyden comes up against RFK JR on infant health policies at hearing

The secretary of health and social services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., had a heated debate with Senator Ron Wyden, D-O., During a hearing on Thursday.

The exchange came while Kennedy testified before the Senate of Finance Committee. Wyden accused Kennedy of having put the children like “Starf’s Way” with his policies and argued that Kennedy has shown no regrets to do so.

“It is a question that children are endangered by reckless and repeated decisions to remove scientists and doctors and allow conspiracy theories to dictate the health policy of this country,” Wyden said at the end of his interrogation.

“I do not see any evidence that you have regrets about everything you have done or plans to change it. And my last comment is, I hope you tell the American people how many deaths for avoidable children are an acceptable sacrifice for the promulgation of an agenda which, I think, is fundamentally cruel and defies common sense. Thank you, Mr. President,” said Wyden.

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The Secretary of Health and Social Services, Robert Kennedy Jr., arrives to testify to the Senate finance committee at the Dirksen Senate Board on September 4, 2025 in Washington, DC (Andrew Harnik)

“Do I receive an answer?” Kennedy said. “Senator, you sat on this chair how long? 20-25 years while our children’s chronic disease went to 76%. And you haven’t said anything.”

“You have never asked the question of why it happens. Why does this happen? Today, for the first time in 20 years, we learned that infant mortality has increased in our country. It is not because I came here. It is because of what happened during the Biden administration that we are going to finish,” he continued.

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The chairman of the Mike Crapo committee, R-Assaho, then intervened, granting Wyden another chance to speak briefly, although his microphone remains deactivated.

Senator Ron Wyden, D-Or., Fled to RFK Jr. for his CDC policies and through HHS. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images)

“We are going to continue,” says Crapo. “I gave Senator Wyden as a classification member a certain latitude there, but we will stick to the five minutes.”

Kennedy’s testimony occurred one day after more than 1,000 current and former HHS employees signed a letter calling for his resignation on Wednesday. Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Pour., Also called for his resignation.

Critics of Kennedy underline his dismissal from the former director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Susan Monarez.

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“We believe that health policy should be based on solid principles and based on evidence rather than partisan policy. But under the leaders of Kennedy, by under-secretary Kennedy, HHS policies put the health of all Americans in danger, whatever their policy,” said the Wednesday letter.