There is one Alabamian who is working hard as a part of the Trump administration to Make America Healthy Again.
Admiral Brian Christine serves as the 18th Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In this role, he provides leadership on the nation’s public health priorities, including chronic disease prevention and efforts to strengthen the nation’s overall health.
Christine discussed his work with HHS Secretary RFK Jr. during a sit-down interview with “Rightside Radio” hosts Allison Sinclair and Amie Beth Shaver.
“So my agenda is, of course, Secretary Kennedy’s agenda and the President’s agenda,” Christine said.
“We all work for the president. He is Commander in Chief. I work with Secretary Kennedy as we both serve the president and serve the people. And so the things that are really important to us at the Department of Health and Human Services, we know that, affordability of health care, affordability of drugs, making sure we have good health care delivered to everybody, whether it be in a city or in these rural environments. That is something incredibly important to the President and the Secretary and myself also.”
Christine said the difference in this administration versus the previous one is they are guided the fact, no partisan politics.
“So affordability, these values, issues, and doing everything so different from the last administration and the last Department of Health and Human Services, we absolutely are guided by science,” he explained. “That’s something that Secretary Kennedy has said again and again. We are guided by gold standard science, and we use that science to form policy and to do things that are going to make America healthier, healthier than she’s ever been.”
Christine also discussed his impressions of RFK Jr. as a leader from the administration.
“He is, this is gonna sound like I’m slinging a line, but he’s amazing…He’s a very kind man,” Christine said. “He’s an incredibly thoughtful man. I’m going to say he’s a humble man in that he’s not afraid to say, in my life, I’ve made mistakes, I’ve had substance abuse issues. He’s not afraid to admit mistakes. He’s not afraid to admit wrongs, but he’s not afraid to stand for what he believes. He’s a very he’s a really kind man. He’s a really thoughtful man. So that, again, I believe he’s like to me, and when I when I’ve seen him with his wife, when I’ve seen him interacting with us, it’s amazing.”
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