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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on April 22, 2026 in testimony to the Senate Finance Committee:

"There's two ways of calculating percentage" decreases. “If you have a $600 drug and you reduce it to $10, that's a 600% reduction."

By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2026

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on January 7, 2026 in a press briefing:

Says “90% of health care spending treats chronic disease.”

By Grace Abels • February 19, 2026

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on November 17, 2025 in remarks at George Washington University:

“We’re not cutting science. We’re not cutting research.”

By Madison Czopek • November 20, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on September 4, 2025 in a Senate hearing:

“It's going to be the biggest infusion of federal dollars into rural health care in American history.”

By Arielle Zionts • October 13, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on September 4, 2025 in a Senate Finance Committee hearing:

“Everybody can get” the COVID-19 vaccine.

By Grace Abels, Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 4, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on May 14, 2025 in Senate testimony:

It’s “all true” that the measles vaccine wanes quickly, was never fully safety tested and contains fetal debris.

By Madison Czopek • May 16, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on April 29, 2025 in a town hall event:

DARPA is spraying the skies with chemicals that are in jet fuel.

By Madison Czopek • May 5, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on March 4, 2025 in a Fox Nation interview:

“A lot of studies” show that getting measles "boosts your immune system later in life against cancers, atopic diseases, cardiac disease."

By Jeff Cercone • March 19, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on June 27, 2024 in an X livestream:

Border Patrol agents take migrants "to the Yuma airport, put them on a plane to any destination they want. ... And they pay their ticket. And then they get reimbursement from FEMA."

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • July 3, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on June 12, 2024 in a post on Facebook:

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals “just ruled Covid vax mandates unconstitutional.”

By Madison Czopek • June 18, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on March 31, 2024 in a post on X:

"The much-trumpeted job growth in the last year was ENTIRELY part-time jobs."

By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on April 21, 2024 in a post on X:

“Congress prohibits the NIH from researching the cause of mass shootings.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on April 5, 2024 in a statement on his website:

On Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol “protestors carried no weapons.”

By Amy Sherman • April 5, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on April 1, 2024 in an interview on CNN:

“President Biden is the first candidate in history, the first president in history, that has used the federal agencies to censor political speech ... to censor his opponent."

By Amy Sherman • April 5, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on July 11, 2023 in a video:

“COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.”

By Samantha Putterman • July 19, 2023

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on June 5, 2023 in a podcast:

Atrazine in the water supply is contributing to "sexual dysphoria" in kids.

By Grace Abels, Jill Terreri Ramos, Luiz Romero • June 28, 2023

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on December 6, 2021 in a meeting with Louisiana lawmakers:

The COVID-19 vaccine is the “deadliest vaccine ever made.”

By Samantha Putterman • December 10, 2021

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