January 31, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) questioned Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during yesterday’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing. Alsobrooks’ questioning received 12 million views (and counting) on social media and was covered by a variety of news outlets, see below for the highlights: Print Highlights: NPR: Senator calls RFK Jr.’s position on race and vaccines dangerous It was one of the more tense exchanges in an already heated confirmation hearing as senators put Robert F Kennedy Jr.’s record on vaccines — and his shifting stances on their safety and efficacy — under the microscope. Senator Angela Alsobrooks, a Democrat from Maryland, pointed

WASHINGTON, DC –Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) has been named the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, a subcommittee under the Committee on Environment and Public Works. She released the following statement: “I’m honored to be named Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure. In this role, I look forward to shaping legislation that will improve our roads, bridges, tunnels, and waterways. “In Maryland, that includes everything from rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge to helping stand up the Mid-Atlanic Regional Commission to further drive economic development across our communities. “By investing in critical transportation infrastructure, we’re generating good-paying jobs. Experts estimate the

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, as a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) questioned Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the President’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.  In a now viral moment, Alsobrooks confronted RFK Jr. on his position that “We should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule that’s given to Whites, because their immune system is better than ours.” Alsobrooks responded with, “What different vaccine schedule should I have received?” Senator Alsobrooks also pushed RFK Jr. on his intentions to clean house of the scientists and federal career staff at