US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the House Appropriations Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on May 14, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Maybe some men are just too emotional to be in politics.

On Tuesday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F Kennedy Jr. got so enraged during a Senate hearing that a fellow Republican had to intervene like an adult trying to quell a toddler’s big feelings.

The moment occurred after Sen. Patty Murray (Democrat, Washington) slammed Kennedy for drastic staffing and funding cuts at his department as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to reduce the size of the federal government. After describing some of these cuts as “illegal,” she proceeded to call out Kennedy’s incompetence by saying his previous committee testimony left her “pretty confused and concerned” about what is actually happening at HHS.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Tuesday for his department’s proposed 2026 fiscal year budget.

“You repeatedly claimed staffing and funding cuts that have been reported on publicly — and even confirmed by your department staff — are not happening,” Murray said. “So either you are lying or you’re not the one making the decisions.”

She then asked him a pretty straightforward question on child care subsidies for low-income working families:

“Secretary Kennedy, whose decision was it to withhold child care and development block grant funding?”

In response to Murray’s question, Kennedy — who is best known for

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