Robert F. Kennedy Jr. insisted Wednesday that—despite his own reservations with the items—he will not seek to ban or limit American’s access to things like McDonald’s or Diet Coke if he becomes health secretary.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discussed the relationship of food and people's health during his Senate confirmation hearing. Kennedy assured he would not ban foods from consumers, joking about President Trump's affinity for Diet Coke and McDonald's cheeseburgers.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he is ready to curtail the amount of processed foods that children eat through school meals and that can be purchased through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,

Actor and wife Cheryl Hines and journalist and commentator Megyn Kelly sat behind RFK Jr as he faced the grilling of the Senate hearing Wednesday. A protest amid the hearing as a woman shouted at RFK Jr calling him an anti-vaxxer while Kennedy Jr in his opening statement reiterated that he is not against vaccines.