Posted on 01/28/2025 5:49:44 AM PST by MtnClimber
President Trump’s nominees for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and Director of the FBI will be facing confirmation hearings in the U.S. Senate this week.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to face sharp questioning over his nomination to head the Dept. of Health & Human Services because of his skepticism toward the effectiveness of the federal food and medicine regulatory apparatus.
In particular, large numbers of employees of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have been preparing their letters of resignation for the past two months and say they will quit if RFK Jr. is confirmed as HHS Secretary.
Jessica Malaty Rivera is an advisor with the Debeaumont Foundation, she says she’s aware of “multiple employees” with agencies like the CDC who she says, “They refuse to work for this administration,” she says. “I understand it, but it’s terrifying. Because we don’t want to be in the position where everyone working at these agencies is anti-medicine, anti-science.”
As Secretary of HHS, Kennedy would have broad authority to oversee the operations of the CDC, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration.
Kennedy has faced criticism over his concerns regarding vaccine safety and for his book “The Real Anthony Fauci” which tracks the career path of the man who became the public face of the federal Covid response.
However, Kennedy has also attracted support from former CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield who has recently partnered with him on evaluating the efficacy and safety of vaccines.
The threat of potentially hundreds of CDC employees quitting their jobs underscores the seriousness with which the Trump administration is going about correcting the mistakes of the previous administration.
As Bongino says, “This isn’t an airport. You don’t have to announce your departure.”
wonderful news!
Just shows they have not been the right people to have been hired in the first place.
Everyone in DC is scrambling to find available daycare right now they aren’t going to quit. I wish they would though.
Oh good. SCORE!
Excellent interview. The guys smart and great on his feet.
Yes, I hear this too. I’m sympathetic to a degree but these people need a taste of the private sector reality. It will put hair on the chest of these softies.
Cloth diapers are cheaper. Give them a dozen cloth diapers and some pins.
Good, a two-fer.
Promise? Otherwise they might be arrested.
Two months to write letters of resignation? You can tell they work for the government. Or did.
Those are probably the overachievers among their ranks.
Well… Bye…
Do it!
Sounds like a premium deal. The more the better. In actuality it will be more likely no more that two or three. It is like celebrities vowing to leave the country if Trump is elected. I have seen evidence that one has gone to England where he/she had a vacation house but it burned down before arrival.
Just go before canned....
How great is that!
This is just an excuse it is very difficult finding childcare in DMV with the feds going back to work The waitlist are months long even for existing families.
winning!
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