It wasn't only Democrats confronting President Trump's health secretary during a heated hearing in the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday.

Three Republican senators — Bill Cassidy (La.), Thom Tillis (N.C.) and John Barrasso (Wyo.) — also harshly questioned Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his opinion on Trump’s COVID-19 response, changes to vaccine oversight and approval, and the upheaval at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Here are highlights from the sometimes-heated exchanges:

Cassidy asks if Trump should get Nobel Prize

Cassidy, a physician, reluctantly supported Kennedy’s confirmation, raising concerns about his past comments expressing vaccine skepticism. During Thursday's hearing, Cassidy interrogated Kennedy again about his beliefs on vaccines, specifically about his opposition to mRNA vaccine technology.

At first, Cassidy asked Kennedy if he believed Trump should be awarded a Nobel Prize for Operation Warp Speed, the project launched during his first term that sped up the development of the COVID-19 vaccine and treatment.

Kennedy replied that he did believe the president deserved the award. Cassidy then questioned how the secretary could support........

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