Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is testifying Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee. Follow live updates here.
The HHS secretary released a video late Wednesday outlining his posture toward the CDC, saying it was 'once the world's most trusted guardian of public health,' with a 'simple and noble' mission to protect Americans from infectious disease.
'But over the years the agency drifted,' Kennedy said. 'Bureaucracy, politicized science and mission creep corroded that mission and squandered the public trust.'Citing the COVID-19 mandates under the Biden administration, among other things, Kennedy accused the agency of putting 'politics ahead of evidence-based medicine.''Trust has collapsed,' Kennedy said. 'President Trump has asked me to restore that trust and return the CDC to its core mission.'Kennedy said 'the path forward is clear — restore the CDC's focus on infectious disease, invest in innovation and rebuild trust through transparency, and by restoring confidence.''Most CDC staff are honest public servants who are trying hard to accomplish their jobs,' Kennedy said. 'With this renewed mission, they can do their jobs without politics or fear. Together we will rebuild CDC so that it will once again be the world's most trusted authority on infectious disease.'
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