RFK Jr. advances, China’s tariff reaction, egg surcharge & more
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🗓️ 4 February 2025
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| 0:32.9 | I'm Krista Bow with the five things you need to know for Tuesday, February 4th. |
| 0:42.3 | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. survived a Senate Finance Committee vote this morning, along party lines, meaning he's one step closer to becoming the Health and Human Services Secretary. |
| 0:47.3 | Mr. Kennedy, if confirmed, will have the opportunity to deliver much-needed change to our nation's health care system. |
| 0:53.3 | He has spent his career fighting to our nation's health care system. He has spent his career |
| 0:55.0 | fighting to end America's chronic illness epidemic and has been a leading advocate for health care |
| 1:00.7 | transparency, both for patients and for taxpayers. That was committee chair Mike Crapo on |
| 1:06.9 | RFK before he voted yes. Here's ranking member Senator Ron Wyden with why he voted no. |
| 1:12.7 | Mr. Kennedy has given us no reason to believe there will be anything other than a rubber stamp |
| 1:16.6 | for plans to gut Medicaid and rip health care away from the American people |
| 1:20.6 | and be a yes man if ordered by Musk or Trump to take an illegal action. |
| 1:26.6 | Republican Senator Bill Cassidy was a wildcard, |
| 1:29.3 | because as a doctor, he expressed concerns about RFK Jr.'s views on vaccines. |
| 1:34.5 | But he ended up voting yes, saying in a post on X that he had intense conversations with the nominee in the White House, |
| 1:40.5 | where serious commitments were made. |
| 1:42.5 | RFK's nomination now advances to the Senate floor, and if all Democrats oppose him, he can |
| 1:47.5 | only afford to lose three Republican votes to be confirmed. |
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