A flood of outside groups are loudly trying to influence senators on the high-pressure confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Donald Trump’s health secretary, with ads, press conferences and private meetings.
But an inside group is moving much more quietly: the swing senators on the committees running this week’s hearings.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, chair of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, referred any questions to Kennedy to his press team, saying, “I’d rather not talk about it.” His press secretaries declined to comment.