Senator Bill Cassidy / Committee Chair voice (likely Bill Cassidy)

Secretary Kennedy told the Finance Committee that he did not ask you to pre-approve, but that you're biased against the new ACIP and he just asked you to keep an open mind.

Did he cite any data or science as relates to the potential ACIP recommendations to persuade you to support them?

To be clear, he said there was not science or data, but that you still expected you to change the schedule.

Dr. Moneriz, at a September 4th hearing in the Finance Committee, Secretary Kennedy called you a liar for stating that you were fired because you refused to pre-approve vaccine recommendations.

Is that accurate?

Are you a liar?

Why did you believe it was so important for you to refuse to rubber stamp vaccine recommendations without seeing them or the evidence behind them?

What did you fear was the worst case scenario if you had agreed to doing that?

I understand Senator Mullen implied there's a recording of the meeting or meetings between Dr. Menares and Secretary Kennedy.

I will note that if materials have been provided to Senator Mullen and invoked an official committee business, their committee records and all other senators on the committee have the right to see those records.

I will also note

If HHS has a recording, I ask them to release the recording.

I'd also like to know why it was recorded.

But releasing the recording would be radical transparency.

And this is about fulfilling the president's vision of radical transparency.

This is allegiance to President Trump's values.

And so I'd ask that that recording be released.

I'll also note that we put in a request for any documents or communications that would bring transparency to the situation.

We have not yet received those documents.

If a recording does not exist, I ask Senator Mullen to retract his line of questions.