00:00Mayor Warnock.
00:03Thank you, Brother Chair.
00:06Less than a month ago, we received the heartbreaking news
00:10that a gunman opened fire at the CDC campus in Atlanta, Georgia.
00:16This obviously is my neck of the woods.
00:18This is heart-wrenching for all Americans,
00:21but for those of us especially who live in that area.
00:25A DeKalb County police officer, David Rose, was killed.
00:30The shots hit buildings on campus in at least 180 places,
00:34narrowly missing the CDC's daycare center.
00:38Law enforcement recovered nearly 500 shell casings.
00:44Clearly, he came to do a lot of damage.
00:46It's a miracle, and thanks to the quick action of Metro Atlanta
00:49and state law enforcement, more people were not killed.
00:52The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced that prior to the attack,
00:57the gunman expressed discontent with the COVID vaccine
01:04and, quote, wanted to make the public aware of his distrust of the vaccines.
01:13Secretary Kennedy, I assume you are aware of these disturbing reports
01:20of the gunman's motives?
01:22Yes.
01:24And, you know, I understand that some people may have concerns
01:28about new medical breakthroughs,
01:31but those people don't have the world's top medical experts working under them.
01:37You've been over HHS for seven months now.
01:41Have you ever been briefed by CDC's career immunization officials
01:46to discuss your concerns?
01:50And by the way,
01:52every member of this panel has criticized President Trump
01:56and demonized him.
01:57Have you ever been briefed?
01:59Are you complicit in the assassination attempts on President Trump?
02:02Sir, I'm asking the questions.
02:04You are the witness.
02:06It's a simple yes or no question.
02:07Have you ever been briefed by CDC's career immunization officials
02:11to discuss their concerns?
02:12Yes, I have.
02:14What was the answer?
02:15Yes.
02:16You have been briefed by CDC officials,
02:19the career immunization officials.
02:21The senior vaccine safety scientist, for example.
02:24Have you ever been to the CDC as secretary
02:27before the shooting on August 8th?
02:29Have I ever been there as secretary?
02:31Have you been there as secretary before the shooting?
02:34Okay.
02:35Let's return to the shooting in the aftermath.
02:37Secretary Kennedy, I'm about to ask you a series of yes or no questions
02:41about the events of the past month.
02:44And I would appreciate just a yes or no response.
02:47You called Dr. Monarez to your office on August 25th for a meeting.
02:52Is that correct?
02:53Yes or no?
02:54It could be.
02:56I just don't know the date.
02:58I'd have to check my calendar.
02:59Was Jim O'Neill the man you just appointed as acting director of CDC
03:03in the room on whatever date you met with him, since you can't recall.
03:07Was he in the room when you met with Dr. Monarez?
03:10In that meeting, did you criticize Dr. Monarez for her statements
03:15to CDC following the shooting where she said, quote,
03:19misinformation can be dangerous?
03:23I don't believe so.
03:25I have no recollection of that.
03:26You don't believe you criticized her?
03:29Oh, I criticized her.
03:31Did you criticize her for her statements to CDC workers following the shooting?
03:40Did you demand that she fire career scientists or public experts at the CDC?
03:47Yes.
03:48Did you demand that she accept the recommendations of your hand-picked
03:52vaccine advisory panel without further review by career CDC scientists?
03:59No, I did not.
04:01You didn't ask for her commitment ahead of time that she would accept the recommendations
04:06from the advisory panel.
04:09You're denying that?
04:10No, what I asked her about is she had made a statement that she was going to not sign on,
04:16and I wanted clarification about that.
04:20Did you tell her to accept the advisory panel's recommendations?
04:25I told her I didn't want her to have a rule that she's not going to sign on to it.
04:31Did you say that the CDC was, quote, the most corrupt federal agency in the history of the world?
04:37Not the history of the world, but definitely within HHS.
04:40Did you say that?
04:41I did not say that, but I did say it's the most corrupt agency in HHS, and maybe the government.
04:47So you called the CDC corrupt.
04:48Did you say that CDC staff are, quote, horrible people?
04:53Horrible people?
04:54Did you say that they're killing children and they don't care?
04:57No.
04:58Okay, I think that we all have a history of listening to you and these answers,
05:05but you're on the record for a number of these statements.
05:10Despite your lack of credentials and expertise, clearly you have an agenda.
05:15It is a threat to the public health of the American people.
05:20It's clear that you are carrying out your extremist beliefs,
05:24which is why you attempted to fire Dr. Manon.
05:27You are the sickest people in the world.
05:28Sir, sir, I'm not, I'm.
05:29You are the sickest people on earth.
05:31I'm speaking.
05:32How am I a threat?
05:33Secretary Kennedy, for the first time, we're seeing deaths from children from measles.
05:38We haven't seen that in two decades.
05:40We're seeing that under your watch.
05:41You are a hazard to the health of the American people.
05:45Can I respond to that, Senator?
05:46No, I'm, I'm, I, I, I, I, we need to wrap up.
05:51You are a hazard to the health of the American people.
05:53I think that you ought to resign.
05:55And if you don't resign, the President of the United States,
05:58who put forward Operation Warp Speed, which worked,
06:03should fire you.
06:05Thank you so much.
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