The parliamentary quized in the Senate Financial Financial Financial Financial Financial Financial Financial Financial Financial Financial Relationships on Wednesday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday.
The ethical record published prior to the hearing stated that Kennedy plans to receive a fee for the case with the Human Injury Law Office Wiss Baum.
Kennedy introduced the client to the company when claiming the injury of Gardasil vaccine, a Merck product to prevent cervical cancer, which could be caused by human papillomavirus or HPV.
According to the ethical documents submitted before the confirmation hearing, Kennedy took an unusual step in continuing to bet on pending litigation. Kennedy said in his ethical application that he would end his referral agreement with a law firm, but will collect fees related to the continuous incident.
Financial agreements have caused a sharp criticism of Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democratic member of Massachusetts. She noted that Kennedy's history suggested that pharmaceutical companies and federal officials were motivated by economic interests.
She blamed Kennedy to benefit from vaccine skepticism. She pointed out the financial interests of the vaccine maker's litigation against Merck, and his intentions to retain it, even if he gained the company as a health secretary.
“The child may die,” said Warren. “But Robert Kennedy can maintain cash.”
According to public records, Kennedy has earned about $ 2.5 million from Wiss Baum since 2022. Kennedy has obtained a commission related to the work with the company, in an incident that claims harm from the weed killer round -up. He also earned a fee when it was related to the California mountain fire.
“All of these incidents have claimed fraudulent acts of companies that have caused the victims to change their lives,” said R. Brent Whistner, a manager of Wiss Baum, on Wednesday.
Wisser Baum's company is currently representing the plaintiffs in California, a plaintiff for Merck, and other litigation is pending in North Carolina.
California's trials were involved in the plaintiffs that claimed to have developed posture olstick tachycardia or pots after receiving a shot. Merck's spokesman states that this claim has no benefits.
Kennedy receives a potentially large amount if Merck has resolved the case or in one of the most expected JU trials.
Ethics experts said that if Kennedy was confirmed that he was a national health secretary, business agreement would be a problem. He supervised the Food and Pharmaceutical Bureau and other institutions that make important decisions for pharmaceutical companies, including Merck. Some include the approval of pharmaceuticals, safety measures, medical and medical funds.
The first arrangement reported by the Times has attracted a wide range of attention. Caroline Kennedy, who released a painful letter on Tuesday in detail about her cousin, said, “He has accessed almost all cervical cancer and has accessed the vaccine that has been securely administered. Millions of boys and girls say that they will reject themselves. “
He also ends an introduction agreement with Morgan & Morgan, a large -scale personal injury company that claims to be harmful to people with highly addictive super -processed foods. I pledged that.
