On Thursday, the US Senate confirmed two President Donald Trump nominees for government positions. Robert F. Kennedy will become the new Minister of Health and Social Care of the United States and Brooke Rollins will occupy the post of Minister of Agriculture. According to reports Reuters and AP, TASR writes about it.
The vote in the Senate about Kennedy ended in a ratio of 52:48. Senator Mitch McConnell (Kentucky state) was the only Republican to join all 47 Democrats in the Senate voting against Trump’s candidate.
The new Minister of Health Kennedy will manage health expenses of more than three billion dollars (about 2.8 billion euros), writes Reuters. According to AP There will also be vaccination, food safety and health insurance programs, which is used by approximately half of Americans.
Kennedy (71) has long been known for controversial views on vaccine, food safety or chemicals. Also, they do not conceal the support and spread of various conspiracy theories, recalls AP.
Rollins (52) worked as director of the US internal policy council in the first Trump government. Unlike Kennedy’s on Thursday The Senate supported 72:28 in a ratio. The director of the non -profit organization America First Policy Institute will decide not only the rules for agricultural procedures and livestock breeding, but also about federal subsidies in agriculture and nutritional standards for schools.
