Political Quotes

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

The Public Record

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Trump administration; environmental lawyer and 2024 independent presidential candidate.

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May 30, 2026

We’ve seen the same thing with other diseases in the past. They just weren’t recognized by the medical establishment.

mainemorningstar.com
May 29, 2026

For years, Lyme disease patients fought hard to be heard while much of the health care system failed them.

newhampshirebulletin.com
May 29, 2026

I share your concern, Senator. I probably have amplified concern. We’re going to exercise FDA’s oversight of them. They’re going to have to show us, they’re going to have to get through a lot of skepticism to show that they’re safe.

rounds.senate.gov
May 29, 2026

New Hampshire has one of the highest rates in the country, and it may have the highest rate of Lyme disease per tick per capita.

newhampshirebulletin.com
May 27, 2026

You do, Senator, and my staff is already working with the governor's office to make sure that happens as expeditiously as possible.

schatz.senate.gov
May 27, 2026

I was very clear with the president about my own displeasure with the executive order.

schatz.senate.gov
May 27, 2026

I share your concern, Senator. I probably have amplified concern. We’re going to exercise FDA’s oversight of them. They’re going to have to show us, they’re going to have to get through a lot of skepticism to show that they’re safe.

rounds.senate.gov
May 21, 2026

Iowa is leading the nation by taking decisive action to protect children’s health, including limiting excessive classroom screen time.

arkansasadvocate.com
May 21, 2026

This was not a paperwork error; it was not a technical violation. This was organized theft that exploited the most vulnerable children in America, deceived families, stole taxpayer dollars meant to help children with autism access…

northdakotamonitor.com
May 21, 2026

We’re going to protect these programs and protect vulnerable children and restore integrity to the American health care system.

northdakotamonitor.com
May 21, 2026

Iowa is showing the country what bold public health leadership looks like by focusing on prevention, nutrition, physical fitness, and healthier lifestyles for the next generation.

arkansasadvocate.com
May 21, 2026

Our message to children is simple: life exists beyond the screen.

arkansasadvocate.com
Jan 10, 2026

Loopholes and fraud diverted that money to bad actors instead.

cnn.com
Jan 10, 2026

The best way to help poor families is to end the fraud so that the money that is available for them.

cbsnews.com
Jan 10, 2026

if you won't show us a plan, a workable plan, we're gonna cut it off until you do.

cbsnews.com
Dec 8, 2025

Vaccines must be a potential culprit, because they became ubiquitous along that timeline.

nytimes.com
Nov 24, 2025

It said the resentments against me had elevated ‘above the threshold of lethality,’

theatlantic.com
Nov 24, 2025

The whole medical establishment has huge stakes and equities that I’m now threatening.

theatlantic.com
Nov 24, 2025

I’ve invited Bill Cassidy and others to sit down with me and go through the studies and let’s figure out which ones are right.

theatlantic.com
Nov 24, 2025

That has to happen through real debate and conversation, and there’s no real place to have that in the current political milieu.

theatlantic.com
Nov 24, 2025

You have to do something disruptive at the beginning.

theatlantic.com
Nov 24, 2025

The default setting in medicine is ‘Do no harm,’.

theatlantic.com

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