Full Elizabeth Warren x Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exchange

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00:00You've said that President Trump asked you to, quote,

00:03clean up corruption and conflicts.

00:06Sounds great.

00:07You've said that you will, quote,

00:09slam shut the revolving door between government agencies

00:14and the companies they regulate.

00:16That also sounds great.

00:18So here's an easy question.

00:20Will you commit that when you leave this job,

00:22you will not accept compensation from a drug company,

00:25a medical device company, a hospital system,

00:29or a health insurer for at least four years,

00:32including as a lobbyist or a board member?

00:35Can you just repeat the last part of the question?

00:38Can I commit to that?

00:38You're not gonna take money from drug companies

00:40in any way, shape, or form.

00:41Who, me?

00:43Yes, you.

00:44Oh, I'm happy to commit to that.

00:48That's what I figured.

00:49I said it's an easy question to start with.

00:52And I think you're right on this question.

00:54I don't think any of them wanna give me money, by the way.

00:57Let's keep going.

00:59You're right because, to say yes,

01:02because every American has the right to know

01:04that every decision you make

01:06as our number one health officer is to help them

01:10and not to make money for yourself in the future.

01:14So I wanna talk more about money.

01:16I'm looking at your paperwork right now.

01:19In the past two years,

01:20you've raked in two and a half million dollars

01:23from a law firm called Wisner Baum.

01:26You go online, you do commercials to encourage people

01:29to sign up with Wisner Baum

01:32to join lawsuits against vaccine makers.

01:35And for everyone who signs up, you personally get paid.

01:39And if they win their case, you get 10% of what they win.

01:44So if you bring in somebody who gets $10 million,

01:48you walk away with a million dollars.

01:51Now, you just said that you want the American people

01:53to know you can't be bought,

01:55your decisions won't depend on how much money

01:58you could make in the future,

01:59you won't go to work for a drug company

02:01after you leave HHS,

02:04but you and I both know there's another way to make money.

02:07So, Mr. Kennedy, will you also agree

02:11that you won't take any compensation

02:13from any lawsuits against drug companies

02:17while you are secretary and for four years afterwards?

02:23Well, I'll certainly commit to that while I'm secretary,

02:28but I do want to clarify something

02:30because you're making me sound like a shill.

02:34I put together that case.

02:37I did the Science Day presentation

02:40to the judge on that case to get it into court.

02:43Mr. Kennedy, it's just a really simple question.

02:47You've taken in two and a half million dollars.

02:50I want to know if you will commit right now

02:52that not only will you not go to work for drug companies,

02:55you won't go to work suing the drug companies

02:58and taking your rake out of that

03:01while you're a secretary and for four years after.

03:04It's just-

03:05I'll commit to not taking any fees from drug companies

03:08while I'm secretary.

03:11I'm asking about fees from suing drug companies.

03:15Will you agree not to do that?

03:17You're asking me to not sue drug companies

03:20and I'm not going to agree to that.

03:21No, you can sue drug companies as much as you want.

03:25I'm not going to agree to not sue drug companies or anybody.

03:29So let's do a quick count here

03:32of how as secretary of HHS, if you get confirmed,

03:36you could influence every one of those lawsuits.

03:40Well, let me start the list.

03:42You can publish your anti-vaccine conspiracies,

03:45but this time on US government letterheads,

03:48something a jury might be impressed by.

03:51You could appoint people to the CDC vaccine panel

03:54who share your anti-vax views

03:56and let them do your dirty work.

03:58You could tell the CDC vaccine panel

04:01to remove a particular vaccine from the vaccine schedule.

04:05You could remove vaccines

04:06from special compensation programs,

04:09which would open up manufacturers to mass torts.

04:12You could make more injuries eligible for compensation,

04:15even if there is no causal evidence.

04:18You could change vaccine court processes

04:20to make it easier to bring junk lawsuits.

04:23You could turn over FDA data

04:25to your friends at the law firm

04:27and they could use it however it benefited them.

04:29You could change vaccine labeling.

04:31You could change vaccine information rules.

04:34You can change which claims are compensated

04:37in the vaccine injury compensation program.

04:41There's a lot of ways that you can influence

04:44those future lawsuits and pending lawsuits

04:48while you are secretary of HHS.

04:50And I'm asking you to commit right now

04:53that you will not take a financial stake

04:57in every one of those lawsuits

04:59so that what you do as secretary

05:01will also benefit you financially down the line.

05:05I'll comply with all the ethical guidelines.

05:08That's not the question.

05:09You and I, you have said repeatedly.

05:12Senator, you're asking me not to sue vaccine companies.

05:15No, I am not.

05:17My country is stuck in war.

05:19That's exactly what you're doing.

05:21Look, no one should be fooled here.

05:24As secretary of HHS, Robert Kennedy will have the power

05:29to undercut vaccines and vaccine manufacturing

05:33across our country.

05:34And for all of his talk about follow the science

05:38and his promise that he won't interfere

05:40with those of us who want to vaccinate his kids,

05:43the bottom line is the same.

05:46Kennedy can kill off access to vaccines

05:49and make millions of dollars while he does it.

05:52Kids might die, but Robert Kennedy can keep cashing in.

05:57Senator, I support vaccines.

06:01I support the childhood schedule.

06:04I will do that.

06:06The only thing I want is good science, and that's it.

06:09How about then say you won't make money

06:11off what you do as secretary of HHS?

06:14Before we go to Senator Tillis,

06:17I think it would be important for me to make it very clear

06:20that Mr. Kennedy has gone through the same

06:22Office of Government Ethics process

06:25as every single other nominee in the Finance Committee

06:29this year and in previous administrations.

06:32In addition to listing his assets,

06:34including items that you've identified,

06:37he has signed an ethics letter that has been reviewed

06:39by the Office of Government Ethics

06:41concerning any possible conflict

06:44in light of its functions and the nominee's proposed duties,

06:48and we have a letter from the Office of Government Ethics

06:51that he hasn't complied completely

06:53with all applicable laws and regulations

06:57governing conflicts of interest.

06:59Mr. Chairman, point of information here.

07:03Have we had a single nominee come through

07:07who's made two and a half million dollars

07:09off suing one of the entities that it would be regulating

07:13and plans to keep getting a take

07:17of every lawsuit in the future?

07:18Have we had that before?

07:20I haven't reviewed the past documentation

07:22of every other nominee's financial interests, and so no.

07:26But I know that every single time we get a nominee,

07:28their financial interests are attacked.

07:31That's why we have the Office of Government Ethics.

07:34That's why they've reviewed everything

07:35that's in his record, and that's why he has even,

07:40I think, and I don't know that I wanna ask him

07:42to get into it, but he has listed his assets

07:45and has gone through a discussion of the responsibilities

07:49under our ethics laws and has complied

07:53with all of those requirements.

07:56Senator Tillis.

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