SPOKANE, Wash. — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced hours of intense questioning from lawmakers on Capitol Hill, including sharp criticism from Washington Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray over his vaccine policies and recent leadership changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The hearing, originally scheduled to focus on the Trump administration's 2026 health care agenda, instead became a contentious examination of Kennedy's approach to vaccines and his decision to fire the former CDC director just one week prior.

Several Democratic lawmakers called for Kennedy's removal from his position during the heated session.

Senator Cantwell delivered harsh criticism of Kennedy and what she characterized as efforts to dismantle the American h

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