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Senate Poised to Dig Into CDC Chaos at Monarez Hearing

Susan Monarez during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington, DC, in June.Photographer: Eric Lee/Bloomberg

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By Jessica Nix

September 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM UTC

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Hi, it’s Jessica in New York. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ousted Susan Monarez just one month after she started as head of the CDC. Now she’ll get to tell her side of the story to congress. More on that in a moment …

A high-ranking Republican senator will break with the Trump administration and hold a hearing with the CDC director who was fired by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.