Senators Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) had a tense exchange on Capitol Hill Wednesday during the testimony of the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, whom Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired last month.
Dr. Susan Monarez, whom the Trump administration fired last month, testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee that Kennedy dismissed her after she refused to commit to approving in advance any recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and to dismiss career officials in charge of vaccine policy without cause.
