WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Department Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will testify next week before the Senate Finance Committee, according to the committee’s website .

The committee began scheduling the hearing weeks before the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was ousted and senior leaders of the agency resigned , according to a source familiar with the planning. Politico reported on the hearing earlier. Related Story

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Next Thursday’s hearing is supposed to be about the president’s health agenda, according to the official notice.

“Secretary Kennedy has placed addressing the underlying causes of chronic diseases at the forefront of th

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