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Americans' dissatisfaction with the state of the nation and low trust in the government and government leaders likely contribute to the public holding neutral or negative opinions of prominent politicians in Washington. The generally positive ratings these politicians receive from their own party's supporters are not enough to offset the poor ratings they get from Americans aligned with the opposite party, as well as mixed or mostly negative ratings from political independents."
Jeffrey M. Jones, senior editor for Gallup, wrote in his analysis of the poll results
He will be the secretary, but I believe he will also be a partner,
Cassidy said
I appreciate Tulsi Gabbard’s engagement with me on a variety of issues to ensure that our intelligence professionals will be supported and policymakers will receive unbiased information under her leadership,
Indiana Senator Todd Young saidThe deaths of American children ... [from] preventable diseases are on them,
he said in a videoWhen RFK Jr follows anti-vax conspiracies instead of science, when he greenlights Trump’s anti-abortion agenda, when he cuts healthcare for seniors, remember who voted yes,
she saidMr Kennedy and the administration reached out seeking to reassure me regarding their commitment to protecting the public health benefit of vaccination,
Cassidy said
To this end, Mr. Kennedy and the administration committed that he and I will have an unprecedentedly close collaborative working relationship if he is confirmed. We will meet or speak multiple times a month. This collaboration will allow us to work well together and therefore to be more effective,
Cassidy said
He and I would have an unprecedentedly close relationship if he is confirmed,
Cassidy said
Oversight hearings and oversight activities are pretty much after the fact,
Tom Frieden, who led the CDC during the Obama administration, saidThe science is good. The science is credible. Vaccines save lives. They do not cause autism. There are multiple studies that show this,
he said
I want a disrupter in the healthcare system and the one leading it. I don’t want a destroyer,
Senator Peter Welch, a Democrat of Vermont and member of the finance committee, said on Tuesday
He has spent his career fighting to end America’s chronic illness epidemic and has been a leading advocate for healthcare transparency, both for patients and for taxpayers,
Crapo said
Mr Kennedy has given us no reason to believe he’ll be anything other than a rubber stamp for plans to gut Medicaid and rip healthcare away from the American people, and be a yes man if ordered by [Elon Musk] or [Donald Trump] to take an illegal action,
Wyden saidSomething’s really wrong. We need BOBBY!!!
In a social media post shared before the committee vote, Trump expressed concern about the rise in autism diagnoses and saidI’ve had very intense conversations with Bobby and the White House over the weekend and even this morning,
Cassidy, a medical doctor, said
I will make it my personal mission that you lose your seats in the Senate if you vote against the future health of America’s children,
she said in the video20 years ago, Autism in children was 1 in 10,000. NOW IT'S 1 in 34. WOW! Something's really wrong. We need BOBBY!!!
Trump posted on his website, Truth Social, ahead of the vote
Our country is not going to be destroyed because we get the marginal tax rate wrong. It is going to be destroyed if we get this issue wrong,
Kenendy said Thursday as he pointed to chronic diseases
With the serious commitments I’ve received from the administration and the opportunity to make progress on the issues we agree on like healthy foods and a pro-American agenda, I will vote yes,
Cassidy said
I can say that I’ve approached it using the preponderance of evidence to reassure and you’ve approached using selected evidence to cast doubt,
Cassidy said last week