Former CDC Director Susan Monarez Claims She Was Fired for Upholding Scientific Integrity

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00:00We Republicans supported making the CDC director Senate confirmed.

00:11It's such an important position that we demanded a role in her or his choosing.

00:18And so part of our responsibility today is to ask ourselves if someone is fired 29 days

00:25after every Republican votes for her, the Senate confirms her, the Secretary said in her swearing

00:33in that she has, quote, unimpeachable scientific credentials, and the President called her an

00:39incredible mother and dedicated public servant, like what happened?

00:45Did we fail?

00:47Was there something we should have done differently?

00:49On the morning of August 25th, Secretary Kennedy demanded two things of me that were inconsistent

01:01with my oath of office and the ethics required of a public official.

01:08He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation, regardless of the

01:16scientific evidence.

01:20He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause.

01:28He said if I was unwilling to do both, I should resign.

01:33I responded that I could not pre-approve recommendations without reviewing the evidence, and I had no

01:39basis to fire scientific experts.

01:44He told me he had already spoken with the White House several times about having me removed.

01:50Secretary Kennedy told me he could not trust me.

01:53I had refused to commit to approving vaccine recommendations without evidence, fire career

01:58officials without cause, or resign, and I had shared my concerns with this committee.

02:04I told the Secretary that if he believed he could not trust me, he could fire me.

02:10The next day I was told I still had my job, but the Secretary's expectations remained approval

02:15of ACIP recommendations and dismissal of career scientists.

02:20I would not commit to that, and I believe it is the true reason I was fired.

02:24The stakes are not theoretical.

02:26We already have seen the largest measles outbreak in more than 30 years, which claimed the lives

02:31of two children.

02:32If vaccine protections are weakened, preventable diseases will return.

02:37I was fired for holding the line on scientific integrity, but that line does not disappear

02:42with me.

02:43It now runs through every parent deciding whether to vaccinate a child, every physician counseling

02:47a patient, and every American who demands accountability.

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