Key Senate Democrats and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. closely align on how they view the processed food industry and on the belief that the federal government has failed to regulate it to protect Americans’ health for years.
That doesn’t mean those Democrats are lining up to vote for him to be the next health secretary — but some are at least not ruling it out.
“The food industry is producing food which is very unhealthy for our kids, resulting in obesity and diabetes, and some of their food is addictive,” Sen. Bernie Sanders told NOTUS. “Do I think the U.S. government should deal with it? Of course I do.”