section_path: Secretary of Health and Human Services (2025–present)/Nomination and confirmation/Senate nomination hearings
section_name: Senate nomination hearings
paragraph_text: Senate nomination hearings
  
  In January 2025, the Senate Committee on Finance and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP) held hearings on Kennedy's nomination. Senator Bernie Sanders, the committee's ranking member, was critical of Kennedy during the hearing.
  
  In January 2025, the Senate Committee on Finance and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP) held hearings on Kennedy's nomination. Senator Bernie Sanders, the committee's ranking member, was critical of Kennedy during the hearing.