Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) is the chairman of the Senate health committee.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Daniel Payne reports on how the health industry and Washington influence and impact each other. He joined STAT in 2025 after covering health care at POLITICO. You can reach Daniel on Signal at danielp.100.

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate health committee, Bill Cassidy (R-La.), on Thursday invited health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to testify before the panel, part of a series of oversight hearings to make sense of the recent upheaval at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

A date has not been set for the meeting. 

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Kennedy has faced allegations that he has emphasized politics and secrecy over scientific evidence in public health decisions. Cassidy has argued that learning more information about the upheaval at the CDC is critical to President Trump’s — and Kennedy’s — promise for “radical transparency” across health agencies.

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