--- title: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is Confirmed as Trump's Health Secretary After a Close Senate Vote | TIME description: The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for roughly half the country. canonical: https://time.com/video/3Y7Dh8xV/ og:title: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is Confirmed as Trump's Health Secretary After a Close Senate Vote og:description: The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for roughly half the country. og:url: https://time.com/video/3Y7Dh8xV/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/3Y7Dh8xV/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is Confirmed as Trump's Health Secretary After a Close Senate Vote twitter:description: The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for roughly half the country. twitter:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/3Y7Dh8xV/poster.jpg?width=720 --- * Politics # Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is Confirmed as Trump's Health Secretary After a Close Senate Vote ## Video: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is Confirmed as Trump's Health Secretary After a Close Senate Vote [Watch (HLS stream): Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is Confirmed as Trump's Health Secretary After a Close Senate Vote](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/3Y7Dh8xV.m3u8) (1:40)  _Published 2025-02-13. The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for roughly half the country._ --- Feb 13, 2025 7:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [RFK Jr. Doubles Down on Vaccine Skepticism In Contentious Senate Hearing](/video/takCRocG/) ### RFK Jr. Doubles Down on Vaccine Skepticism In Contentious Senate Hearing [RFK Jr. is Sworn In as Trump's Health Secretary](/video/XHngTg5N/) ### RFK Jr. is Sworn In as Trump's Health Secretary [Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Suspends Presidential Campaign](/video/SJeBMXDR/) ### Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Suspends Presidential Campaign --- ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is Confirmed as Trump's Health Secretary After a Close Senate Vote","description":"The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for roughly half the country.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/3Y7Dh8xV/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2025-02-13T18:24:17.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/3Y7Dh8xV.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/3Y7Dh8xV/","duration":"PT1M40S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/3Y7Dh8xV/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```