Today’s notice: RFK Jr. vs. Big Ag. Heritage vs. getting the credit Heritage wants to get. Everyone vs. Mike Johnson.
Republicans Shrug at RFK Jr.’s Food Takes
As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. circles the Capitol this week, meeting with senators and trying to secure confirmation votes, some of his statements from throughout his long life in the public eye have cropped back up. It turns out he has strongly held positions on agriculture — on seed oils, corn syrup, hog farms, GMOs. RFK Jr. has suggested he will have significant influence over agriculture as health and human services secretary, which oversees the Food and Drug Administration.
Maybe not surprisingly, some farm-friendly Republicans disagree with his positions on basically all of that. But that might not stop them from confirming him after all. Why? They essentially don’t think he will be as effective as he says he will be on ag issues, senators told us.