Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) tried to trip up Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during his testimony on Wednesday, but instead exposed herself to be wildly unfamiliar with Kennedy’s department. While Kennedy was trying to respond to Alsobrooks’ confusing questions about his sprawling department, she suggested to the secretary that the …
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Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) tried to trip up Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during his testimony on Wednesday, but instead exposed herself to be wildly unfamiliar with Kennedy’s department.
While Kennedy was trying to respond to Alsobrooks’ confusing questions about his sprawling department, she suggested to the secretary that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is not part of his department, which, of course, is false, since HHS does oversee NIH.
“It’s assistive reproductive technology, it’s a division. Do you know what it does?” Alsobrooks asked Kennedy.