As Thursday’s confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came to a close, Senate Heath Committee Chair Bill Cassidy, R-La., said he is “struggling” with the decision to confirm the Health and Human Services secretary nominee.

The Hill reported that Cassidy, who is a doctor, entreated Kennedy several times to publicly state that vaccines do not cause autism, saying that “would have an incredible impact.”

But Kennedy, an environmental lawyer turned vaccine skeptic, would not renounce his views, saying instead that “if the data is there, I will absolutely do that.”

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