HHS Secretary testifies on FY 2027 HHS budget before House, Senate subcommittees

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. April 21 testified in two hearings on the proposed fiscal year 2027 HHS budget, which requests $111.1 billion. In the morning, Kennedy testified before the Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee, and in the afternoon, he appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. He testified last week in a pair of meetings, one at the House Ways and Means Committee and another at the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies.

While the budget request is not binding, it serves as a preliminary framework for Congress and the administration as they determine federal funding levels and the scope of health care policy this year.