WASHINGTON \u2014 Both Democratic and Republican senators who oversee federal spending seemed skeptical of proposed cuts to health research and public health in the White House\u2019s budget, potentially teeing up a congressional package that ignores many of the administration\u2019s most dramatic proposals for a second year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During a Senate appropriations health subcommittee hearing Tuesday, lawmakers questioned health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on how his department could tackle chronic disease, smoking cessation, and cancer research with a proposed 2027 fiscal budget that would cut the department by 12%.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n