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Peter Welch: “No experience with science, and none of the prior…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Published | Video Starts at 01:20

The competence question. This is all on a wing and a prayer and a hope. There's no record of Mr. Kennedy having experience in managing a large organization in medicine, No experience with science, and none of the prior experiences required not only to run a major organization, Health and Human Services, but also the CDC, the NIH and all the other organizations that are under the umbrella of health care. And by the way, on the competence issue, let's be candid. This was a deal where Mr. Kennedy was running for president as a Democrat. (01:20–01:39)

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Asserts that Mr. Kennedy lacks experience with science and necessary prior experiences to run Health and Human Services, CDC, NIH, and other health organizations.

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