Earlier this month, Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin confronted RFK, Jr, about the lead abatement program in Milwaukee and the work they were supposed to be doing for Milwaukee Public Schools, but the entire staff had been fired. RFK, Jr, lied to her face and denied that they had been fired and that he was working with them himself.
Baldwin sat down with Matt Smith of WISN-TV’s UpFront program to discuss the confrontation:
SMITH: You’ve had some recent interactions back and forth with the HHS Secretary. First off, was that your goal to have some exchanges that receive some attention?
BALDWIN: You know, I wanted to raise issues very relevant to Wisconsin because we are sort of experiencing a lack of responsiveness because of decisions he made or happened under his watch. The one that has been so troubling to me is the displacement of about 1800 school children in Milwaukee Public Schools, because six schools have lead and needed to close. And when Milwaukee called the Center for Disease Control and the branch that is focused on lead remediation, all the employees, all the experts there had been fired. And I wanted to hold RFK accountable. He’s the secretary of the agency and allowed these massive layoffs and firings to happen under his watch.
SMITH: What did you make when he came back and said, well, we have a team on the ground in Milwaukee, Senator?
