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Senators raise alarms over CDC program eliminations and staff firings, including childhood lead and tobacco efforts
Summary
Lawmakers pressed Secretary Kennedy over reported elimination or firing of staff for CDC programs including the childhood lead poisoning prevention program and the Office on Smoking and Health, and sought timelines for restoring capacity.
Senator Patty Murray and other committee members pressed Secretary Kennedy about the status of several Centers for Disease Control and Prevention programs they said have been dismantled or had staff fired during the HHS reorganization.
Senator Murray noted conflicting accounts about the CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program and said Congress had appropriated funding tied to the program. "You told Senator Baldwin last week that lead…
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