‘JUST ONE PERSON? Sen Warnock VS RFK Jr BIG Fight In HEATED Senate Showdown Over CDC Cuts

Have you ever been briefed by CDC's career immunization officials to discuss your concerns? I've been, by the way. Every member of this panel has criticized President Trump and demonized him. Have you ever been briefed? Are you complicit in the assassination attempts on President Trump? Sir, I'm asking the questions. You are the witness. It's a simple yes or no question. Have you ever been briefed by CDC's career immunization officials to discuss their concerns? Yes, I have. Thank you, Brother Chair. Secretary Kennedy, you're here today to defend the President's budget request. In September, you said that the CDC, quote, will again become the world authority on infectious disease policy. Do you still stand by that statement, yes or no? We already are. Secretary Kennedy, do you know what rabies is? Rabies? Yeah. Do you know what it is? Okay. Okay, so rabies, people contract rabies. As we know, through bites from infected animals like skunks, foxes, like raccoons. Yeah. And it can devastate a family. It can kill you. When a pet is infected, it is very serious. It's 100% fatal in humans. Yes. If left untreated. And generally, it's a horrific experience. Staff at the CDC Rabies Division in Atlanta, Georgia. have historically been able to field emergency calls 24-7 from providers about complex rabies cases using CDC expertise to determine appropriate care. Secretary Kennedy, since you and President Trump took office, do you know how many people are left to staff this 24-7 line? I do not know, Senator. Okay, so the answer is one. So I want you to know that there's one person left to staff a 24-7 line. To respond to rabies, a disease which left untreated. You know how many rabies cases there are every year in the United States? So I'm asking the question. The CDC's infectious disease work has been so decimated under your leadership that there's only one person left to staff the line and respond to families about this very deadly and terrifying infectious disease. Let me ask about another one. Secretary Kennedy, do you know what prion diseases are? Yes, I do. Okay, thanks. And when you think of prion diseases, one of them would be mad cow disease. Mad cow disease. And diseases like mad cow disease can be transmitted from animal meat to humans, and it can cause a rapid onset of dementia, challenges with walking, Personality changes and severe... Insomnia is also 100% fatal and there is no cure with people's brain tissue essentially turning into a sponge before death. Do you know which office at CDC monitors prion disease? I do not know. It's the prion and public health office. Do you know what population is most at risk of contracting the disease? I would say it's people who eat meat from CAFOs. So hunters, hunters. Pre-on and public health office is critical in a state like Georgia. In Georgia, we have a lot of hunters. There are more than 600,000 hunters in my state. But your budget proposes to eliminate this office. Respectfully, you seem distracted, Brother Secretary. Why does your budget propose to eliminate the CDC office? That focuses on monitoring this deadly infectious disease that's especially a risk to rural communities. Why are you proposing to eliminate the office? You know, there's a lot of cuts at the agency that nobody wants. We have a $39 trillion debt. We've been asked to cut across the agency 12%. I assure you that the 600,000 hunters in Georgia would want this office. They would want the protection. I assure you that families that are dealing with rabies or the prospects of that would want to know that somebody's going to answer the phone when they call. You've come to Congress and justified destroying the CDC by saying you want to just restore the CDC's mission. To focusing on infectious diseases, yet you're also gutting the very offices that keep American families safe from disturbing. Senator, there's one to three rabies cases a year in the United States. I think one person manning that office full-time probably can handle that traffic. In terms of prion disease, it's very, very rare. I beg to differ. Here is the issue, and we see this across the board with CDC. The incredible folks at the CDC. In Atlanta, Georgia, they protect us every day from the threats that we don't see. And they don't get much credit for it because of the stuff that does not happen. And it's okay for the general public not to wake up thinking about that. But we expect you to keep Americans alive. And the cutting that we're seeing, these draconian cuts. For an agency that you said you wanted to restore to be the leader in infectious disease, yet you're cutting the coverage of infectious disease. Personally, sir, even as you seem distracted while I talk to you about deadly diseases, I think you're dangerous to the American public, and you ought to be fired. And if you're not fired, you ought to have the decency to resign. You're way above, way in over your head. Have you ever been briefed by CDC's career immunization officials to discuss your concerns? I've been, by the way. Every member of this panel has criticized President Trump and demonized him. Have you ever been briefed? Are you complicit in the assassination attempts on President Trump? Sir, I'm asking the questions. You are the witness. It's a simple yes or no question. Have you ever been briefed by CDC's career immunization officials to discuss their concerns? Yes, I have. What was the answer? Yes. You have been briefed by CDC officials. The career immunization officials. The senior vaccine safety scientist. Have you ever been to the CDC as secretary before the shooting on August 8th? Have I ever been there as secretary? Have you been there as secretary before the shooting? Okay. Let's return to the shooting in the aftermath. Secretary Kennedy, I'm about to ask you a series of yes or no questions about the events of the past month. And I would appreciate just a yes or no response. You called Dr. Menares to your office on August 25th for a meeting. Is that correct? Yes or no? It could be. I just don't know the date. I'd have to check my calendar. Was Jim O'Neill, the man you just appointed as acting director of CDC, in the room on whatever date you met with him, since you can't recall? Was he in the room when you met with Dr. Monarez? In that meeting, did you criticize Dr. Monarez for her statements to CDC following the shooting where she said, quote, misinformation can be dangerous? I don't believe so. I have no recollection of that. You don't believe you criticized her? Oh, I criticized her. Did you criticize her? Not for that. Did you criticize her? I don't even... Did you criticize her for her statements to CDC workers following the shooting? Did I? Why? Did you demand that she fire career scientists or public experts at the CDC? Yes. Did you demand that she accept the recommendations of your hand-picked vaccine advisory panel without further review by a career CDC scientist? No, I did not. You didn't ask for her commitment ahead of time that she would accept the recommendations from the advisory panel? No, what I asked her about is she had made a statement that she was going to not sign on. And I wanted clarification about that. Did you tell her to accept the advisory panel's recommendations? I told her I didn't want her to have a rule that she's not going to sign on to it. Did you say that the CDC was, quote, the most corrupt federal agency in the history of the world? Not the history of the world, but definitely within HHS. Did you say that? I did not say that, but I did say it's the most corrupt agency in HHS, and maybe the government. So you called the CDC corrupt. Did you say that CDC staff are, quote, horrible people? Horrible people. Did you say that they're killing children and they don't care? No. Okay, I think that we all have a history of listening to you and these answers, but you're on the record for a number of these statements. Despite your lack of credentials and expertise, clearly you have an agenda. It is a threat. To the public health of the American people, it's clear that you are carrying out your extremist beliefs, which is why you attempted to fire Dr. Menard. Senator, we're the sickest people on the world. Sir, I'm not— We're the sickest people on Earth. I'm speaking. How am I a threat? Secretary Kennedy, for the first time, we're seeing deaths from children from measles. We haven't seen that in two decades. We're seeing that under your watch. You are a hazard. To the health of the American people. Can I respond to that, Senator? you already has it to the health of the American people. I think that you ought to resign. And if you don't resign, the President of the United States, who put forward Operation Warp Speed, which worked, Should fire you. Thank you so much. Subscribe to One India and never miss an update. Download the OneIndia app now.