参议员桑德斯称不排除弹劾卫生部长小罗伯特·肯尼迪
佛蒙特州消息：独立党籍联邦参议员伯尼·桑德斯11月8日表示，他不排除弹劾美国卫生与公众服务部部长小罗伯特·肯尼迪。
桑德斯当天在美国有线电视新闻网《国情咨文》节目中接受主持人达娜·巴什采访。巴什问他是否赞同南卡罗来纳州当选联邦参议员安妮·安德鲁斯的说法，安德鲁斯是一名儿科医生，此前最先提出肯尼迪应当被免去全国最高卫生官员职务。桑德斯在节目中说：「我对此绝对持开放态度。」
桑德斯将出任参议院卫生、教育、劳工与养老金委员会主席，他表示将传唤肯尼迪到委员会作证接受质询。卫生与公众服务部发言人 Grace Jamison 此后代表肯尼迪作出回应。肯尼迪的卫生政策自上任以来争议不断，包括疫苗政策与公共卫生机构人事调整，多次引发国会与医学界批评。
桑德斯的表态正值中期选举后民主党在国会两院翻转多数席位，新一届国会将于明年1月就职，卫生委员会的人事与议程走向备受关注。
（来源：今日美国）
Sen. Sanders Says He Is Open to Impeaching Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
VERMONT — Independent U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders said on November 8 that he does not rule out impeaching Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Sanders made the remarks on CNN's State of the Union with host Dana Bash. Bash asked whether he agreed with South Carolina Senator-elect Annie Andrews, a pediatrician who first argued that Kennedy should be removed as the nation's top health official. "I am absolutely open to that," Sanders said on the program.
Sanders is set to chair the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and said he will summon Kennedy to testify before the committee. HHS spokesperson Grace Jamison later responded on Kennedy's behalf. Kennedy's health policies, including vaccine policy and personnel changes at public health agencies, have drawn repeated criticism from Congress and the medical community since he took office.
The remarks come after Democrats flipped majorities in both chambers in the midterm elections, with the new Congress to be seated in January and the health committee's leadership and agenda closely watched.
(Source: USA Today)
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