President Trump exploited Monarez in March to replace his previous choice David Weldon, who was a Florida Congressman, who had nominations Withdrawn On concerns that he will not clean the Senate.
Monarez served as the CDC’s acting head till his nomination from January and was the first Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health. If confirmed, it will be the first Non -doctor To keep the situation in more than half a century.
As director, Monarez will hold heavy Power On the future of vaccines. He will be able to approve or reject the vaccine recommendations made by the agency’s advisory panel, Robert F., Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy Junior recently overhall.
During the hearing of confirmation, Monarez showed that he agreed with Scientific consent On issues such as vaccination and water fluoridation, subjects come under intensive investigation since the onset of Kennedy’s tenure. Former colleagues have described Monarez as a strong believer in science and data.
He reported that senators believe that vaccines “save lives” and fluoridated water is safe. At the same time, Monarez was not careful Direct contradiction Either Kennedy or Trump.
When he was asked by Sen Maggi Hasan (DN.H.) Disagree On anything with Kennedy, Monarez said, “If I have been confirmed as CDC Director, I look forward to supporting the Secretary with science and evidence and are making sure that I am giving them the best information to help support some of these important decisions.”
