{"id":3818,"date":"2025-05-14T23:02:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T23:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/14\/rfk-jr-hhs-layoffs-funding-cuts-house-senate-hearings-nih-scientists\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T23:02:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T23:02:37","slug":"rfk-jr-hhs-layoffs-funding-cuts-house-senate-hearings-nih-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/14\/rfk-jr-hhs-layoffs-funding-cuts-house-senate-hearings-nih-scientists\/","title":{"rendered":"STAT+: In combative hearings, Kennedy defends HHS cuts, backtracks \u2014\u00a0and lashes out"},"content":{"rendered":"

STAT+: In combative hearings, Kennedy defends HHS cuts, backtracks \u2014\u00a0and lashes out
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WASHINGTON \u2014 In hours of combative congressional hearings Wednesday, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. swung between defending sweeping changes at his agency and backtracking on aspects of a reorganization he nevertheless said would be \u201cpainful.\u201d<\/p>\n

He repeatedly cast doubts on reports about negative impacts of the changes, often calling them a \u201ccanard.\u201d For instance, he claimed that amid sweeping cuts to his agency, \u201cwe did not fire any working scientists.\u201d<\/p>\n

His statement before the Senate HELP Committee seems to contradict news reports and former agency staff, who say deep funding cuts have halted scientific research and clinical trials across the country.<\/p>\n

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