Harris responded by juxtaposing her mother’s work as a scientist to “uplift the human condition” with how she characterized the current state of the HHS under Trump and RFK Jr.

“When I see what these people are doing right now to end the war on cancer, to deny science and fire scientists, Kara, it’s personal for me,” Harris said.

“I can’t laugh at it, because, like so many of you who have known people who suffer because of unknown diseases or cancers for which there are no cures, or there is the beginning of but more work that needs to be done for the cure…” Harris said. “What they are doing to push misinformation and lies at the highest level of government. It’s criminal, and people will die because of what they’re doing.”