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the former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is set to testify in a closely watched hearing of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions weeks after she was fired.
The hearing begins at 10 a.m. and will kick off with a statement from Chairman Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., who is a physician.Monarez is expected to face questions about her ouster, including disputes with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on vaccines.Debra Houry, the CDC’s former chief medical officer, is also expected to testify. Houry was one of several CDC officials to abruptly resign after Monarez's departure.posted “My friend and ally @SecKennedy will be under attack from the establishment of both parties at the Senate HELP hearing tomorrow. I will defend him. Ask you Senator and Senate GOP HELPS members to do the same.” Though Kennedy will not be at the hearing, senators will have the opportunity to ask Monarez about her firing and conditions at the CDC. The Health Secretary came under fire from Democrats for Monarez’s firing andAccording to her prepared remarks obtained by NBC News, Houry will tell the Senate committee that Kennedy’s actions have “led to a cascade of decisions which have significantly weakened and undermined CDC’s ability to do its job protecting the health of Americans.” Houry will tell lawmakers she resigned because Kennedy "repeatedly censored CDC science, politicized our processes, and stripped agency leaders of the ability to protect the health of the American people."She will say that Monarez and other top CDC officials"were no longer permitted to rely on their expertise — they were expected to serve as rubber stamps for the Secretary’s decisions. I could not, in good conscience, remain under those conditions." She also plans to warn that the U.S. is on track to see significant increases in preventable diseases and declines in health if nothing changes soon. Houry will also warn how Kennedy's removal and replacement of the 17 voting members of the CDC's vaccine advisory panel will threaten Americans' lives.Access to childhood vaccines faces a “real risk” in the United States, Susan Monarez is expected to tell a Senate health committee today.by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in August, comes just a day before the agency’s influential vaccine panel plans to vote on whether to delay or restrict access to shots that protect children against potentially serious contagious diseases.obtained by NBC News. “We have already seen the largest measles outbreak in more than 30 years, which claimed the lives of two children. If vaccine protections are weakened, preventable diseases will return.”
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