Ousted Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Susan Monarez and the agency’s former chief medical officer (CMO) plan to blast Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, multiple outlets reported.
In prepared remarks before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), Monarez will testify that she was fired for “holding the line on scientific integrity,” according to The Hill.
Debra Houry, the ex-CMO, will tell lawmakers she resigned because the CDC had become too politicized under Kennedy, Politico reported.
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