Dem Sen. Luján to RFK Jr.: I Was Going to Give You This Starfish Pin Today, But You Don’t Deserve It!

Kennedy JR.: “It’s published with the study.”
LUJAN: “Mr. Chairman, what I’d like to ask is for your commitment here. I’ll send a letter to the secretary. I’ll ask for support from the leadership of this committee to ask for those protocols. If those protocols are not given to this committee —”
Kennedy JR.: “Anybody can get the protocols.”
LUJAN: “Mr. Secretary, I’m not talking to you. Mr. Chairman, what I’m asking —”
CRAPO: “If the — if the protocols are public, we can work with you to get —”
LUJAN: “What I’m asking, Mr. Chairman, is that if those protocols are not given to this committee, I’m asking for your agreement that we follow through with the subpoena to get them.”
CRAPO: “No, I will not agree to a subpoena or anything. Let’s see what happens.”
LUJAN: “But, Mr. Chairman, you’ll help me get them if they’re available publicly?”
CRAPO: “Yes.”
LUJAN: “I appreciate that, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Kennedy, with all the questions here today, people just want to know the truth. When —”
Kennedy JR.: “I don’t think so.”
LUJAN: “Mr. Secretary, you don’t think so. Thank you.”
Kennedy JR.: “I don’t think so. “
LUJAN: “I hope — I hope everyone recording now got that, because they’re explaining the secretary’s tenure here. Look, two young ladies in Las Cruces, New Mexico, at a town hall recently gave me this starfish pin. I was going to give it to you today, but after your questioning today, I don’t think you deserve it because what this represents is to remember that every one of us can make a difference, sir, to something as small as a starfish on a beach that maybe got washed up, you throw it back in the ocean. You might not save them all, but you can save one. I’m sorry that you’re not worthy of this nice little pin, sir, it is a nice reminder. I’m going to pray for you, Secretary Kennedy. I hope we do better. I want you to do better. But today was a failure for you, man.”