Mr. Kennedy is beginning his meetings with Republican senators to build support for his confirmation, which could be imperiled by his anti-vaccine advocacy.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be Health and Human Services Secretary, will hold his first meetings with Republican senators this week.

Speaker 2 No. I want him to come back with a report as to what he thinks. We're going to find out a lot. We're doing two things. We're going to have tremendous cost savings will come out of this. That's a minimum.

Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for health secretary, is set on Monday to begin a series of meetings with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill to make his case for a spot in Mr.