RFK Jr. bid to ‘fix’ CDC sparks scrutiny, warnings

The Hill ^ | 08/29/25 6:54 AM ET | by Kristina Karisch and Alexis Simendinger

[RandFan]

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to face pointed questions when he travels to Capitol Hill next week.

Kennedy’s push to remove the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), less than a month after she won Senate confirmation, is sparking broad scrutiny in Washington.

The exit of several other high-level CDC officials, along with questions over vaccine policy, are raising concerns among Democrats and many in the health community, even as the GOP cheers a number of the administration’s moves.

Kennedy is scheduled to appear before the Senate Finance Committee on Sept. 4, the panel announced Thursday. The hearing is focused on the president’s health agenda for the coming year, and the Cabinet member is expected to be pressed by Democrats over the upheaval at the CDC.

Finance Committee Chair Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) said Kennedy “has placed addressing the underlying causes of chronic diseases at the forefront of this Administration’s health care agenda.”

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: hhs; rfkjr

[logi_cal869]

According to some FReepers and others, not implementing sweeping changes/directives/firings on Day 2 was supposed to bypass such.

Natch. /s

smh

[Savage Beast]

Those who need fixing the most do not want to be fixed.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

Clutch your pearls and quit your careers girls: this isn’t science, just a big pharma circlejerk and has to be cleared.

[cgbg]

I want CDC to be so small we need a microscope to find it.

Lol.

(Leftism is the communicable disease we should be worried about...)

[RideForever]

I do believe that initial Covid vaccination is generally indicated. Vaccination can be good for a lifetime.

I noticed you do not mention the genetic therapy of inserting a protein spike into the victim's DNA that turns out to be a bioweapon. Don't you think that's important?