Former CDC Director Susan Monarez Lights Up Ex-Boss RFK Jr. in Blistering Statement on Capitol Hill

Tom Durante Sep 17th, 2025, 11:46 am

Ousted CDC chief Dr. Susan Monarez ripped into her former boss, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , before a Senate panel on Wednesday, claiming he demanded that she pre-approve every recommendation of his vaccine board “regardless of scientific evidence.”

The statement by Monarez to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, came less than a month after she was fired from the CDC over a reported dispute with Kennedy over vaccines.

“My tenure as CDC director lasted 29 days,” Monarez said in her opening statement. “Since my removal, several explanations have been offered: that I told the secretary

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