Senator Alsobrooks Questions Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Capacity to Lead HHS

On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, Senator Alsobrooks introduced a resolution declaring the Senate has no confidence in Kennedy to “faithfully carry out the duties of his office.”

The 15-page resolution summarizes Kennedy’s actions so far, arguing that, by slashing health programs and discrediting vaccines, he’s diminished his own mission.

At a Senate Health Committee hearing on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) questioned Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., continuing her campaign against the controversial cabinet head.

“Sir, you are the wrong person for this job,” Alsobrooks flatly told Kennedy. “I’ve been sitting through this hearing all day today, and noted you have been unable in most cases to answer specific questions related to your agency.”

Senator Alsobrooks was the last senator to question Kennedy during a budget hearing in the Senate’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions — following colleagues from both parties who spent more than two hours pressing the secretary on issues including job cuts at health agencies, his doubt about the measles vaccine, his controversial comments about autism, whether research into sickle-cell anemia is sufficiently funded and even how much sugar should be in orange juice.

Senator Alsobrooks held a “sick of it” rally over the weekend outside the National Institutes of Health, demanding that Kennedy resign from his position, according to the Baltimore Banner.