Gop Sen Susan Colins (Men) said on Thursday that she was “worried” By firing Susan Monarez, director of the Disease Control and Prevention Center (CDC) as per the order by the Trump administration.
Monarez was originally asked to resign but was eventually chosen Grab firmly By the time the White House reported the removal of it.
Officials of various senior agency have reduced his removal, and four of them resigned and followed him.
“I am extremely concerned about the firing of the CDC Director,” Colins told reporters that after an appearance with the Main Sheriffs Association, according to, Spectrum news,
“I know him. I have met him many times and talked to him on the phone, and I have no basis for his firing.”
Their comments came as Senate Minority Leader Chak Shumar (DN.Y.), who were called for bipartisan examination in removing the CDC head.
Former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Javier Besera said on Wednesday that the departure would increase the toll of death from infectious disease.
“I worked with three prominent scientists at the CDC, which resigned tonight,” Bedera wrote, who worked in Biden administration. In a statement X on social platform.
“He was an essential public health leader who helped our country get out of the epidemic,” he continued. “Politicians do not do science well. It is dangerous to do politics on public health. People will die.”
Monarez lawyers made Lellow and Mark Zad Abe A statement issued After his termination.
His Wednesday’s statement said, “When CDC director Susan Monarez refused to protect the public to serve a political agenda, when CDC director Susan Monarez refused to serve a political agenda. For this, he has been targeted,” his Wednesday’s statement said.
It states that the eviction director is “a person of integrity and is dedicated to science.”
Despite criticism, current HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior, who was previously spoken against vaccines, said the firing would continue to mold the agency under President Trump’s agenda.
Kennedy said on Thursday, “To change the institutional culture, we need to get rid of some people,” Kennedy said on Thursday.
The hill has reached the office of Collins for additional comments.
