HHS Secretary testifies in additional Senate hearings on FY 2027 HHS budget request

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified in additional Senate hearings April 22 on the fiscal year 2027 HHS budget proposal, which requests $111.1 billion. He appeared before the Senate Finance Committee in the morning, before testifying later in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Kennedy also testified in a pair of House and Senate hearings April 21 and April 16 on the budget, which serves as a preliminary framework for Congress and the administration as they determine federal funding levels and the scope of health care policy this year.