The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s former chief medical officer told lawmakers Wednesday that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should resign.

Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., asked Dr. Debra Houry during a hearing about upheaval at the agency if she believed that Kennedy is “incompetent and dangerous to the American people’s health.”

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“I always believe in optimism and hope, and I would say that was my hope when he started,” Houry said, adding that she read some of Kennedy’s books in preparation to welcoming Kennedy as he took on the role

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