NBC – White House withdraws CDC director nomination just before his Senate confirmation hearing – Former Rep. Dave Weldon, R-Fla., was set to face questions at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday morning. March 13, 2025, 9:16 AM EDT / Updated March 13, 2025, 12:18 PM EDT By Garrett Haake, Rebecca Shabad, Berkeley Lovelace Jr. and Erika Edwards The White House decided to pull Weldon’s nomination when it became clear that he would not have the votes to be favorably reported out of committee because of his past controversial comments about vaccines, the official said. The Senate committee chairman, Bill Cassidy, R-La., had been looking forward to the hearing, but Weldon didn’t have the votes from the panel to get the nomination onto the Senate floor, a source on Capitol Hill close to the chairman said.
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I want vaccines. I want research on effective vaccines funded, I want covid vaccines, I want vaccines covered by all insurance, and I want free vaccination available to the uninsured. I want you to make sure I’m able to get vaccinated and that we have effective vaccination campaigns.