Dem lawmaker seethes RFK Jr's 'legitimacy' as HHS secretary has 'expired' in heated exchange

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman got into a heated exchange with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday, which culminated in the New Jersey Democrat declaring Kennedy's "legitimacy" as a health official has "expired."

"The impact of reorganization is something that I shall continually ask you to show me," Watson Coleman said as she grilled Kennedy about overhauls at the agency that have affected programs related to minority and low-income health. "So please let me warn you now. And I don't want rhetoric, I want numbers."

"I welcome those inquiries," Kennedy responded. 

"The other thing that really troubles me, sir, is LIHEAP [Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program]," she continued. "It is a program specifically to address the needs of low-inc...