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Fired CDC director who clashed with RFK Jr. set to testify in Senate
The hearing would give Susan Monarez a high-profile opportunity to respond to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims about her ethics and their conversations about vaccines.
Fired CDC director who clashed with RFK Jr. set to testify in Senate
— Jersey Craig (@jerseycraig.bsky.social) 2025-09-09T22:59:32.439Z
The hearing would give Susan Monarez a high-profile opportunity to respond to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims about her ethics and their conversations about vaccines. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/09/09/susan-monarez-cdc-senate-testimony/
Susan Monarez is set to testify to Congress next week about her experiences before she was fired as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including her clash with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccines.
The Senate’s health committee announced that it will hold a hearing with Monarez on Sept. 17, which would give her a high-profile platform to publicly address the tumult that prompted other top CDC officials to resign and accusations from Kennedy that she lied. Kennedy has been facing questions from Senate Republicans over his decision to push out Monarez just four weeks after they voted to confirm her, one of the more notable intra-party disputes of the Trump administration.
The committee is chaired by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), a vocal proponent of vaccines who voted to confirm Kennedy after publicly wrestling with the decision and who has vowed to conduct “oversight” on the CDC’s leadership turmoil.
Debra Houry, who served as the CDC’s chief medical officer and was among the three officials who resigned in protest of Monarez’s ouster, is also set to testify. The hearing has been titled “Restoring Trust Through Radical Transparency: Reviewing Recent Events at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Implications for Children’s Health.” The committee also said that Trump administration officials will be invited to respond by testifying at a future hearing.
The Senate’s health committee announced that it will hold a hearing with Monarez on Sept. 17, which would give her a high-profile platform to publicly address the tumult that prompted other top CDC officials to resign and accusations from Kennedy that she lied. Kennedy has been facing questions from Senate Republicans over his decision to push out Monarez just four weeks after they voted to confirm her, one of the more notable intra-party disputes of the Trump administration.
The committee is chaired by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), a vocal proponent of vaccines who voted to confirm Kennedy after publicly wrestling with the decision and who has vowed to conduct “oversight” on the CDC’s leadership turmoil.
Debra Houry, who served as the CDC’s chief medical officer and was among the three officials who resigned in protest of Monarez’s ouster, is also set to testify. The hearing has been titled “Restoring Trust Through Radical Transparency: Reviewing Recent Events at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Implications for Children’s Health.” The committee also said that Trump administration officials will be invited to respond by testifying at a future hearing.