Robert F. Kennedy Jr. yelled, argued, interrupted, and denied his own words during a heated exchange with a congresswoman who confronted him over inflammatory statements he’d made about Black children.

In 2024, the then-presidential candidate appeared on High Lvl Conversations, a YouTube show hosted by wellness and productivity influencer 19Keys, to discuss the mental health challenges facing Black men.

At one point during the conversation, Kennedy, 72, said that if elected, he would create “Wellness Farm” rehabilitation facilities in rural areas all around the country.

“Every Black kid is now just standard put on Adderall, SSRI, benzos, which are known to induce violence. And those children are going to have a chance to go somewhere to get reparented,” said Kennedy, who now serves as President Donald Trump’s health secretary.

During a congressional hearing Thursday about his department’s budget, Democratic Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama read Kennedy’s comment back to him and asked if he had ever parented or “re-parented a Black child.”

“I don’t even know what that phrase means, and I doubt that I said that,” he replied.

“I’m not going to answer something that I didn’t say,” Kennedy said. “I’d like to hear the recording, as it doesn’t make any sense. I don’t even know what it means.”

“I don’t either. That’s why I’m asking,” Sewell replied.

During the 19Keys interview, Kennedy explained that his “wellness farms” would be free, and anyone who is dependent on legal or illegal drugs, including psychiatric drugs, could live in a community with no cell phones or screens, eat organic food, and earn a trade such as baking or furniture making.

The people who come out of the program would be “extraordinarily productive” and have a “second chance at life” after being “reparented,” Kennedy said.