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Ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez testifies on Capitol Hill
Former CDC chief, dismissed after refusing to endorse HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine directives, testifies before Senate.
Susan Monarez, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images/TNS)
Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez, ousted just weeks into her tenure by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is testifying Wednesday before the Senate Health Committee.
She was ousted from her job last month after Kennedy pressured her to preapprove vaccine recommendations from a newly restructured advisory panel aligned with Kennedy’s views. Earlier this month, Kennedy testified before the Senate Finance Committee that he removed Monarez because she told him she wasn’t “trustworthy.”
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