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Tammy Baldwin: “RFK Jr. said he would get rid of about 600 scientists at…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

Sen. Tammy Baldwin warns of PUBLIC HEALTH RISK posed by RFK Jr. and the Trump Administration

Published February 21, 2025 | Video Starts at 04:07

Here's what Senator Baldwin has to say about that. One of the things he had RFK Jr. said he would get rid of about 600 scientists at NIH. Well, that was lowballing. It apparently, according to what we've seen in the first weekend that he was actually serving as Secretary of Health and Human Services, we had heard … (04:07–04:08)

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Asserts that RFK Jr. planned to dismiss 600 NIH scientists.

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“The budget process and the reconciliation process appears to be going right after Medicaid, perhaps as the biggest area for cuts.”
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