Kennedy has been confirmed by 52 votes 48, with Mitch McConnell who joined democrats, all 47, whoever promised to protect existing vaccination programs in an attempt to ensure votes of indecisive legislators.
The certificate in the Senate prepares his way to pass the oath in a position under which several major medical authorities will monitor, including the food and medicine administration and the center for disease control and prevention and prevention.
After Kennedy laid the oath on Thursday, Trump will sign the Commission of Maha, called Kennedy’s movement “Make America Healthy), and the new Minister will order that” to investigate this chronic crisis that seas. The country, “said the spokeswoman of the White House Karolina Leavitt for Fox News on Thursday.
71-year-old Kennedy, a lawyer specializing in environmental protection, a long suspects of security and efficiency of the vaccine that helps restrain diseases for decades and prevented the deaths of millions of people.
The Ministry will now run with more than three trillion dollars intended for health care.
The ministry’s competence are Medicare and Medicaid programs, which provide health insurance for over 140 million Americans, and national health institutes (NIH).
Kennedy said he wanted to work on ending chronic diseases, interrupting the links between employees of the American drug regulator for medicines and pharmaceutical industries and emptying fluors from American water supply.
Opponents claim that it is not suitable for health minister due to their prominent role in the movement against vaccines.
Kennedy’s path to confirmation in the Senate was full of difficulties and did not always seem to have the necessary voices between Republicans.
He should have overcome his own democratic past, his earlier attitudes on the protection of the right to abortion as well as his attitude towards vaccines.
Some prominent members of his family, including Coroline Kennedy, also called on the Senate not confirmed.
The Republicans in the Senate are in the end ranks as so far they have done for each Trump chosen.
Kennedy said he wanted to get rid of many FDA and NIH employees.
(Vijesti.ba)
