Chair Cassidy Commits to Deliver President Trump’s Mission of Radical Transparency, Invites Secretary Kennedy to Speak with Committee to Respond

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, highlighted the importance of delivering President Trump and Secretary Kennedy's mission to restore radical transparency at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to protect children's health.

This comes after the HELP Committee held a hearing with former CDC officials Susan Monarez, PhD, and Debra Houry, M.D., about the recent high-profile departures from the agency. To deliver on the President's mission of radical transparency, the Committee is inviting U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and HHS officials to respond by speaking with Committee members.

"I want President Trump to have the best CDC in our nation's history. I want to work with the President to fulfill his campaign promise to reform the CDC and Make America Healthy Again," said Dr. Cassidy. "Fortunately, we have a President who has called for radical transparency in government. And it's with this mandate from President Trump that the HELP Committee is conducting this oversight."

"Because President Trump has called for radical transparency, I am inviting Secretary Kennedy to speak with the Committee to share his side of the story," continued Dr. Cassidy. "This is how we fulfill the President's mandate - giving Americans the full picture so they can judge for themselves."

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