Dem lawmakers GRILL RFK Jr. on CDC director's firing

Medicaid will still pay for them.

Can you tell the head of the CDC that if she refused to sign off on your changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, that she had to resign?

No, I told her that she had to resign because I asked her, are you a trustworthy person? And she said no. Why?

If you had an employee who told you they weren't trustworthy, would you ask them to resign, Senator?

So, I'm sorry, but this is not what she has said publicly.

She has said she was telling the story of her husband.

Well, I'm not surprised about that.

So you're saying she's lying?

Yes.

Every conversation I had with her, there were witnesses.

And let me get this straight. This is the same person that less than a month earlier, you stood next to her and described her as unimpeachable, and you had full confidence in her, and that you had full confidence in her scientific credentials. And in a month, she became a liar?

Yeah, you should ask her what changed. And by the way, a month ago, you were. Oh, because you thought she was either incompetent, ineligible, or

unsuited to the task. I voted against her because I was afraid she was going to bend the knee to you and Donald Trump. And it looks like she didn't bend the knee, so you fired

her. Just want to pick up on Senator Warren's point. Are you telling us that the former head of CDC went to you, you asked her, are you a trustworthy person? And she said, no, I am not a trustworthy person? And she said, no, I am not a trustworthy person? She didn't say no, I'm not a trustworthy person. She said no.