Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. alleged that Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) changed his stance on vaccines after accepting millions from pharmaceutical companies. “15 years ago you and I met, and you were at that time a champion for people who had suffered injuries from vaccines,” RFK Jr. said. “Since then, you’ve accepted $2 million from pharmaceutical companies in contributions, more than any other member of this committee,” he continued. “Your enthusiasm for supporting the old ACIP committee, which was completely rife and pervasive with pharmaceutical conflicts, seems to be an outcome of those contributions,” he added. WATCH: Oh my God! RFK Jr. just called out Congressman Pallone to his face for being owned by Big Pharma. “15 years ago you and I met, and you were at that time a champion for people who had suffered injuries from vaccines.” “Since then, you've accepted $2 million from pharmaceutical… pic.twitter.com/1gqKD2gDYi — End Tribalism in Politics (@EndTribalism) June 24, 2025 The Hill reports: A House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing came to a brief halt Tuesday as the Republican chair asked Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to retract his accusations that a Democratic member’s stance on vaccines was influenced by campaign contributions from pharmaceutical companies. Kennedy appeared before the subcommittee to defend the Trump administration’s budget request, which includes steep cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, used his time to blast the firings at HHS and the apparent lack of transparency under Kennedy’s tenure so far. He and other Democrats said many of their letters to the HHS have gone unanswered, with Pallone counting 10 of his letters receiving no response. Pallone said this lack of transparency extended to Kennedy’s changes to the federal vaccine approval process. “You have made a number of major decisions about vaccines. And … there’s been no public comment process or public accountability on that either. What are you afraid of?” he asked Kennedy. “I mean, with regard to vaccines, are you just afraid of receiving public comments on proposals where you just think these are fringe views that are contrary to the views of most scientists?” “The bottom line is here, we have no transparency. We have no response. You feel no responsibility to Congress whatsoever, and you just continue this ideology that’s anti science, anti vaccine. That’s all I see. I see nothing else,” Pallone added. “RFK Jr. calls out Sen. Frank Pallone for taking over $2 million from Pharmaceutical Companies. He then acts like he has no idea what he is talking about but I pulled the numbers. See below,” writer and researcher Josh Walkos said. “This is directly from Open Secrets and as you can see little Frankie did indeed take $2,211,781 from Big Pharma since 1990. Have a look at who else is on the list so next time they come out and defend Big Pharma they can appropriately be called out,” he added. This is directly from Open Secrets and as you can see little Frankie did indeed take $2,211,781 from Big Pharma since 1990. Have a look at who else is on the list so next time they come out and defend Big Pharma they can appropriately be called out. Link:… pic.twitter.com/fnNcrW2gBd — Champagne Joshi (@JoshWalkos) June 24, 2025 A closer look: WATCH: