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Jessie Hellmann

Kennedy to testify before Congress next week amid CDC tumult - Roll Call

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to testify before the Senate Finance Committee next week, giving members a chance to press him on the abrupt firing of the nation’s top public health official.

Kennedy is scheduled to appear Sept. 4 for a hearing on the president’s 2026 health care agenda, according to the committee’s website, where he’ll likely face questions about the departure of Susan Monarez from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as the departures of other top officials. Monarez was ousted from the agency just shy of a month on the job.

Kennedy declined to answer questions about the ouster on Fox News Thursday, saying that it is a “personnel issue.”

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