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It's time for a very special high wire, sponsored by ICANN legislate, which allows me to have a little bit more freedom to talk about what's happening here in Washington, D.C., and especially the Kennedy hearings, the HHS Secretary hearings, both the Finance Committee and today, the Health Committee,

these last two days. I'm here inside of the Heritage Foundation's headquarters. I want to thank Heritage Foundation for giving us this beautiful podcasting studio. We've been working on some

workarounds trying to get their studio with our studio to all meld together, which is why we're

a little bit late today. But I want to thank my team for, as always, making miracles happen.

And we're here for this very special moment in time, really, moment in history.

I've got Jeffrey Tucker coming up in just a little while from Brownstone Institute to talk

about what he's seen in these hearings.

It's going to be very exciting and interesting to get his perspective.

But first, you know, lots of fireworks, a lot of interesting things happened yesterday in the Finance Committee.

And this is what that looked like.

Music I thank my colleagues and Mr. Kennedy for being here today.

Mr. Kennedy, congratulations on your nomination.

Your commitment to combating chronic conditions that drive health care costs will be critical to our success.

Prioritizing disease prevention will save lives, reduce costs, and build a healthier, stronger country.

I'm humble to be sitting here today as President Trump's nominee, oversee the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

I want to thank President Trump for entrusting me to deliver on his promise to make America

healthy again.

In recent years, particularly during the COVID pandemic, there's been a lot of skepticism

about our public health institutions.

If confirmed, Mr. Kennedy, how will you work to regain the public's trust?

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