Top Republican Calls Out GOP Colleague For Wild Claim: Show Us Docs Or ‘Retract’ Questions

Alex Griffing Sep 17th, 2025, 2:55 pm

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), the chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, called out his Republican colleague, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), for claiming during a Wednesday hearing that he had a recording to prove fired CDC Director Susan Monarez was lying.

Mullin made the bombshell claim during Monarez’s testimony before the committee about her firing, just a month after the Senate confirmed her to the post, which President Donald Trump appointed her.

Monarez tore into Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in her opening statement and said he fired her for refusing to fire key staffers and rubber-stamp his vaccine recommenda

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