Tuberville looks forward to voting to confirm RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary

December 18, 2024 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – on Tuesday U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) met with Trump's nominee to lead the Health and Human Services Department – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. On Wednesday, Sen. Tuberville discussed his meeting with RFK Jr. with Alabama journalists.

"Yesterday I met with RFK Jr., President Trumps nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services," said Sen. Tuberville. "You know I admire the way that Bobby has shown a light on the needle to make our food healthier. Like I told him I have heard from young people and older people across the country who are inspired to make America health again. He has brought a whole new group of voters into our party - People who are passionate about living long and health lives."

RFK Jr. is an environmental attorney who has been very concerned with what he feels are issues with pesticides, processed foods, and other environmental factors that may contribute to an increase in chronic disease among Americans. Tuberville seemed to share some of those concerns.

"During our meeting Bobby and I discussed our game plan to make our food and healthcare system better," said Tuberville. "We both know that there is a lot of work to be done. Earlier this month in a Health Committee hearing FDA leadership admitted that we haven't evaluated the safety of red dye 40 in over a decade. We have already banned this chemical in our cosmetics, yet we allow it in our foods. It doesn't make any sense."

During the COVID-19 global pandemic, the CDC, NIH, FDA, and other healthcare agencies relied on mass injections of an experimental vaccine to protect the population from the previously unknown strain of coronavirus. RFK Jr. and other skeptics, including even some doctors, have been skeptical of the benefits of the new class of MRNA vaccines and claim that the side effects may have been worse than the pandemic. Kennedy has also been a proponent of the theory that the mass vaccinations doctors now force on infants are responsible for health issues, including the rise in autism.

"Additionally, Bobby and I discussed his stance on vaccines," Tuberville said. "The amount of vaccines required for newborns has skyrocketed over the last couple of decades and he wants to increase transparency about all of that. Bobby emphasized that he isn't wanting to ban vaccines; but he wants to put all the information out there – In other words follow the science."

Some social conservatives have raised concerns that RFK Jr. – a former Democrat – might not be strong enough on the life issue to serve in a Republican administration.

"Bobby and I also discussed the issue of life," said Tuberville. "He assured me that he is a big supporter of President Trump's pro-life policies, except in the case of rape, incest, or the health of the mom. Bobby and I share the belief that each state should make its own law regarding abortion and not the federal government."

Tuberville expressed his support for Kennedy's confirmation.

"I know that Bobby will make a great HHS Secretary, and I look forward for his confirmation," Tuberville told the Alabama reporters on his weekly phone interview.

Republicans will have a majority of the seats in the U.S. Senate starting next month, making it easier for President Trump to get his nominees confirmed.

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