Senator Tammy Baldwin on Trump Cabinet Disaster Hearings

The MeidasTouch Podcast

MeidasTouch Network

Politics, News

4.8 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Trump witnesses getting crushed at congressional hearings and Meiselas interviews Democratic Senator from Wisconsin Tammy Baldwin about her cross-examination and how these hearings have unfolded. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.7	Some more powerful cross-examination by Democratic senators at the various hearings. I want to talk
0:36.7	about a particularly powerful moment where
0:39.1	Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin was questioning RFK Jr. who leads Donald Trump's health and
0:45.5	human services. But as you remember from last week, he said, don't take my advice on anything
0:50.7	medical related. I shouldn't be asked questions about this. Anyway, here's what he said under questioning by Democratic Senator Baldwin. Let's play it.
0:58.4	Any life saving research? Is it Doge reviewing NIH funding opportunity announcements?
1:06.6	Is it Doge reviewing NIH grant award?
1:10.4	We've got administrators.
1:11.9	We're cutting waste.
1:12.9	We're cutting duplicative programs.
1:14.5	And you're funding $3 billion less in medical, biomedical research than you did a year prior.
1:23.1	We're spending less on administration of those programs.
1:26.4	3,200 fewer grants. We're spending, on administration of those programs. Three thousand, two hundred fewer grants.
1:29.3	We're spending, well, many of the grants were terminated because they were grants that were not advancing.
1:35.3	These are grants terminated.
1:37.3	These are grants not awarded because the panels weren't convened.
1:42.3	We spend 70% of the world's biomedical research out of NIH, 70%, and we're the sickest country in the world.
1:51.0	With cutting $18 billion or 40% from the NIH budget slow the development of new treatments and here?
1:57.0	And we are the sickest country in the world.
2:00.0	So that money has not been well spent. We've
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