In sharply worded questions, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) tangled with health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about mRNA vaccines and conflicts of interest among Kennedy's handpicked panel of vaccine advisors.

Cassidy, a physician, was reluctant to support Kennedy's confirmation but ultimately cast the deciding vote for his nomination to advance out of committee after receiving assurances about vaccine policy.

The at times fiery exchange, during a Thursday Senate Finance Committee hearing, marks the strongest pushback and most contentious public exchange between the two since Kennedy’s term began.

Cassidy first asked Kennedy if he thought President Trump deserved the Nobel Prize for Operation Warp Speed, the project that accelerated the development of COVID vaccines and treatment during Tr

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