Mass., grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his plans to profit off of drug companies or lawsuits after being Health and Human Services secretary, but she was given nearly $5 million by them.

The Wall Street Journal editorial board praised Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren for grilling Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on making money from drug company lawsuits during his confirmation hearing.

The View panel isn’t exactly crossing its fingers that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be confirmed as President Donald Trump‘s health and human services secretary, but their guest this morning was perhaps even more adamant that RFK Jr.

Health and Human Services (HHS) nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got into a heated exchange with Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth

Warren pointed out that the government financial disclosures Kennedy filed as part of the confirmation process said he had made $2.5 million from a law firm that has sued vaccine manufacturers.

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to commit to not taking money from lawsuits aimed at vaccine makers if he is confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services.

The exchange erupted when Warren asked Kennedy about his previous anti-vaccine statements, which he appeared to walk back during the hearing.

If he's put in charge of Health and Human Services, he has a whole tool box of ways that he very quietly can undermine vaccines and vaccine manufacturers—and he can get rich doing it.”