During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Murray accused Kennedy of unlawfully stripping funding for HHS initiatives. After sitting quietly while the senator lambasted him, he snapped, accusing her of overseeing a massive decline in the country’s health outcomes.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. verbally sparred with Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) at a Senate committee hearing Tuesday, repeatedly interrupting her until the senator appealed to a Republican colleague to intervene.