Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, says the departures of several high-level officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including CDC Director Susan Monarez, “will require oversight.”

Cassidy, who cast a pivotal vote to confirm Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., in February, supported Kennedy’s controversial nomination after receiving his assurance that he would not dismantle the nation’s vaccine safety systems.

The Louisiana Republican posted his statement pledging oversight of the shakeup at CDC on social platform X.

Now, Monarez and several other senior officials at CDC are set to leave their posts after a battle with Kennedy over the administration’s vaccine policie

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