WASHINGTON, D. C. - U.S. Sen. Jon Husted delivered sharp criticism of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during a Senate hearing Wednesday, arguing that the agency’s pandemic guidance was driven by politics rather than science and has caused lasting harm to America’s children.

The hearing featured testimony from former CDC Director Susan Monarez, who was fired after 29 days in office following disputes with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policy changes. Monarez told senators that Kennedy had demanded that she pre-approve changes to childhood vaccination schedules without reviewing scientific evidence first.

Husted’s Critique of Pandemic Response

Speaking to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Husted drew on

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