Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has called on the U.S. Senate, specifically Senator Bill Cassidy, to support Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy will be at the center of the first hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s controversial Health and Human Services Secretary nomination.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has urged the U.S. Senate — including specifically Sen. Bill Cassidy, a fellow Republican from Louisiana — to support Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

"He put baby chickens and mice in the blender," she says of her cousin, chosen by President Trump to head HHS.

Kennedy is the country's most well-known anti-vaccine activist, and could soon lead be Trump's top health official.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, has a Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday — and Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy,

Here's when and where Robert F. Kennedy will get his first hearing as President Trump's nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services.

Caroline Kennedy urged senators to reject Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination as health secretary, questioning his ethics and views on vaccines.

In a harsh letter to lawmakers considering Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for health secretary, Ms. Kennedy called her cousin unfit for the job and a “predator” who led family members to addiction.

If confirmed by the Senate to be the nation’s health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would have vast powers over immunization policies for children and adults.

On abortion, Kennedy wrote last May that he trusted women to make their own decisions and that the procedure should be unrestricted until the baby could be viable outside the womb.

Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy said the paperwork to schedule a hearing for Trump nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could arrive as soon as Tuesday.