Sen. John Cornyn on Thursday met with Robert F. Kennedy and said he would support Kennedy's confirmation as HHS secretary.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ads by a progressive nonprofit will target senators the group believes could cast the deciding vote in confirming Kennedy to lead HHS.

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – President-elect Donald Trump chose the famously anti-health establishment Robert F. Kennedy Jr to lead the nation’s Department of Health and Human Services. On Thursday, Kennedy met with Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas.) on Capitol Hill.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears to be gaining ground in the Senate as he continued to meet with senators from both sides of the aisle this week to discuss his nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead HHS has a long history of discounting and peddling misinformation about the HPV vaccine.

RFK Jr. begins meeting with Senate Democrats this week as his coalition for getting confirmed to HHS secretary remains uncertain.

A Trump transition savant is helping to guide Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial pick to lead HHS — through the Senate confirmation process.

Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has kept an open mind about Gabbard, who was a big booster of his 2016 and 2020 campaigns, and holds at least some foreign policies views closer to hers than the Democratic party line.

Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s picks have stirred controversy for past comments and allegations of malfeasance.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of Health and Human Services, speaks during a meeting with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, at the Capitol in Washington,

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, during a closed-door lunch last week, told Democrats to hold nominees “feet to the fire” and hold them accountable for delivering on Trump’s sweeping campaign promises to lower prices and improve life for the working class and families.

Live updates on the Trump transition ahead of next week's inauguration. Follow the latest as Senate confirmation hearing continue for the incoming administration.