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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “There's a lot of cuts at the agency that nobody wants. We…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Published | Video Starts at 03:53

Why does your budget propose to eliminate the CDC office that focuses on monitoring this deadly infectious disease that's especially a risk to rural communities. Why are you proposing to eliminate the office? There's a lot of cuts at the agency that nobody wants. We have a $39 trillion debt we've been asked to cut across the agency 12%. I assure you that the 600,000 hunters in Georgia would want this office. They would want the protection. (03:53–04:05)

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Asserts that the agency is facing a 12% budget cut due to a $39 trillion national debt.

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