参议院52比48确认小罗伯特·肯尼迪出任卫生与公众服务部长
美国参议院2025年2月13日在华盛顿以52票对48票确认小罗伯特·肯尼迪（Robert F. Kennedy Jr.）出任卫生与公众服务部长。肯尼迪当天下午在白宫椭圆形办公室宣誓就职，由美国最高法院大法官 Neil Gorsuch 监誓，成为美国第26任卫生与公众服务部长。
表决基本按党派划线：共和党人中仅参议员 Mitch McConnell 投下反对票，民主党参议员则全数反对。McConnell 幼年曾患脊髓灰质炎。此前的2月4日，参议院财政委员会以14票对13票、同样按党派线表决，把肯尼迪的提名送交参议院全院审议。
特朗普于2024年11月提名肯尼迪出任这一职位。肯尼迪长期就疫苗发表的言论是其提名听证期间的争议焦点，他先后出席参议院财政委员会与卫生、教育、劳工和养老金委员会的听证，接受两党参议员质询。
卫生与公众服务部是美国联邦政府规模最大的部门之一，统辖疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）、食品药品监督管理局（FDA）、国家卫生研究院（NIH）与医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心（CMS）等13个机构，掌管约1.7万亿美元的联邦支出，其医疗保险与医疗补助项目覆盖约半数美国人口。
就职当天，特朗普要求肯尼迪牵头一个委员会，研究美国慢性病发病率上升的问题。肯尼迪现年71岁，是已故参议员罗伯特·肯尼迪之子、前总统约翰·肯尼迪的侄子，早年以环境律师身份活跃，后成为美国公共卫生议题中最具争议的人物之一。
（来源：美国卫生与公众服务部）
Senate Confirms Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services Secretary, 52-48
The U.S. Senate on February 13, 2025, confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services by a vote of 52 to 48 in Washington. Kennedy was sworn in that afternoon in the Oval Office of the White House by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, becoming the 26th Secretary of Health and Human Services.
The vote fell largely along party lines: Senator Mitch McConnell was the only Republican to vote no, while every Democratic senator opposed the nomination. McConnell contracted polio as a child. Earlier, on February 4, the Senate Finance Committee had voted 14 to 13, also along party lines, to send Kennedy's nomination to the full Senate.
President Donald J. Trump nominated Kennedy in November 2024. Kennedy's long-running statements on vaccines were the central point of contention during his confirmation process; he testified before both the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, facing questions from senators of both parties.
The Department of Health and Human Services is one of the largest departments of the federal government, overseeing 13 agencies including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). It accounts for roughly $1.7 trillion in federal spending, and its Medicare and Medicaid programs cover about half of the U.S. population.
On the day of the swearing-in, Trump directed Kennedy to lead a commission studying the rise of chronic disease in the United States. Kennedy, 71, is the son of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy and a nephew of President John F. Kennedy. He built his career as an environmental lawyer before becoming one of the most controversial figures in American public health debates.
(Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
来源：美国卫生与公众服务部
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图片来源：图：小罗伯特·肯尼迪（Robert F. Kennedy Jr.）官方肖像。（美国卫生与公众服务部，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons） / Photo: Official portrait of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
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