Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is going to be a "great disrupter" whose nomination "we'll get across the finish line," Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., told Newsmax Wednesday.
RFK Jr., President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, on Tuesday cleared the Senate Finance Committee.
The fight over his confirmation will now move to the Senate floor, where his approval isn't guaranteed.
"This may be down partisan lines, but I just want to thank all the people that reached out to their senators in support of Bobby Kennedy Jr.," Marshall said Wednesday during an appearance on "National Report."
"Look, he's going to be a great disrupter. He's going to focus on chronic health and trying to make people healthy again by preventing these diseases, by focusing on proper nutrition, by decreasing the toxins we're exposed to. I think he's going to be a game changer."
"So yeah, the Democrats are going to bring out all the tools that they've got. They're just really hung up on a couple issues. It feels like a barroom brawl here in D.C. right now. But we'll get him across the finish line," he added.
Republicans can afford to lose just three votes to confirm Kennedy Jr. without support from Democrats.
Marshall during his appearance also lauded Trump's plan to sign an executive order Wednesday designed to prevent people who were biologically assigned male at birth from participating in women's or girls sporting events.
"I just appreciate the president's leadership once again, that he's doing what he said he was going to do," Marshall said.
"Promises made, promises kept. Look, I am yet to meet a person that thinks it's OK for boys to compete against girls, let alone boys be in the girls locker rooms. It's not safe for boys to compete in girls sports, and it's not fair," he added.
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