Articles Tagged with ''Robert F. Kennedy Jr.''

Today is a critical day for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and hopes for the Make America Healthy Again movement. The Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to vote on Kennedy’s nomination Tuesday. But a key Republican committee member, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, wouldn’t tell reporters Monday how he was planning to vote, saying only that he and Kennedy had a “cordial” conversation over the weekend.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., told senators Thursday he would support the development and distribution of avian flu vaccines for people if confirmed as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. But he later qualified that commitment by saying he would not back a specific vaccine before examining the science. 

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he wants to work closely with prospective Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to help farmers transition to regenerative agricultural techniques, including the use of less chemical-intensive practices that he said are destroying the soil and making people sick.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has his first public appearance before the Senate today to discuss his nomination as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. 

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services set off alarms in the agriculture and food sectors as well as health care, appears before two Senate committees back to back this week. In addition, farmers and industry leaders gather in San Antonio, Texas for the American Farm Bureau Federation's annual meeting and the International Dairy Foods Association's Dairy Forum.

Anti-hunger and food industry groups are readying to push back on efforts to restrict certain foods in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program given the rise of Make America Healthy Again rhetoric in Congress and the Trump administration. 

The Food and Drug Administration has proposed its long-awaited front-of-pack labeling rule, featuring a black-and-white nutrition box that lists information on saturated fat, sodium and added sugars. 

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears to be gaining ground in the Senate as he continued to meet with senators from both sides of the aisle this week to discuss his nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. 

Tax and spending cuts are at the top of the to-do list for congressional Republicans and President-elect Donald Trump. But there are a broad array of other issues in play that are critical to food and agriculture, from farm bill and the next dietary guidelines to regulations for pesticides and gene-edited crops, and the future of the Biden administration's climate policies.

Farm groups have a lot to cheer in the massive year-end funding bill that congressional leaders finally released Tuesday evening. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson wants to take up a new farm bill early in 2025, and he says he's encouraging farm groups to "relax" about RFK Jr.