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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “We have programs at HHS that are funding substance abuse…”

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

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Rep. Moore Questions HHS Secretary RFK, Jr. During HHS Budget Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 02:54

Yeah, I will absolutely commit to work with you on that. As you probably know, the first lady has been driving this effort to keep children with their families. We have programs at HHS that are funding substance abuse, which is one of the primary reasons families are losing their children. And partially as a result of the programs that we have in place, the number of foster children has dropped from 425,000 to 325,000. (02:54–03:05)

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Asserts that HHS funds programs addressing substance abuse to prevent family separation.

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