(The Center Square) – Protesters interrupted a U.S. Senate hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services budget Wednesday while Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was testifying.
While discussing cuts that need to be made to the department's budget, several protesters entered the hearing room with signs, yelling at Kennedy before being escorted out by Capitol Police.
Among other things, the protesters shouted, "RFK kills people with AIDS."
Watch the disruption below:
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US Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Hearing on Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Human Services Budget 5/14/25
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