The Senate’s health committee on Thursday pushed back a vote to advance two top health care nominations to the Senate floor, but indicated that one, the pick to lead the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), would win the necessary votes after some assurances by the Trump administration.
CDC Website Change
A change to the CDC’s website on autism and vaccines was made as a sign of good faith. The website now reads, “Scientists have not identified the root causes of autism. HHS continues to support rigorous scientific research and will update this page as reliable new evidence becomes available.”
Sen. Bill Cassidy, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said he is confident that CDC nominee Dr. Erica Schwartz “knows what she is doing and will stand against those who don’t” after speaking with her again and reviewing the transcript of her hearing.
Cassidy had previously voted to confirm HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after the nominee assured him that “CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
The committee is expected to reconvene for votes on the health care nominees and the nomination of Keith Sonderling to be secretary of the Department of Labor next week.
Original reporting: KRDO (Colorado Springs metro) — read the source article.
