President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has cleared a hurdle in the Senate<\/p>\n
NEW YORK –A Senate committee on Thursday advancedDr. Erica Schwartz\u2019s nominationto be director of the nation\u2019s top public health agency, setting aside concerns that she will not stand up to political meddling.<\/p>\n
If confirmed by the full Senate, the 54-year-old would become the 22nd director of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is charged with protecting Americans from preventable health threats. Her resume includes medical and law degrees, a stint as deputy surgeon general, and a leadership position at the U.S. Coast Guard.<\/p>\n
Schwartz appeared to be on shaky ground after a hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee this month. The chairman, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and others questioned whether she would be willing to stand up toRepublican President Donald Trump’shealth secretary,Robert F. Kennedy Jr., if he ordered CDC to do something that was unsupported by science and good public health practice.<\/p>\n
But when the committee met last week, Cassidy said he had spoken with Schwartz after that hearing and to others who knew her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m confident that she knows what she is doing and will stand against those who do not,\u201d said Cassidy, whose support was necessary for the nomination to go forward.<\/p>\n
The committee’s near party-line vote Thursday moved Schwartz\u2019s nomination ahead.<\/p>\n
Among those who opposed her was Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe issue at hand is not complicated,” Sanders said last week. “Will we have people in the Trump administration who have the guts to stand up to people who are anti-science and into conspiracy theories?\u201d<\/p>\n
The CDC has been in turmoil since Trump returned to office last year.<\/p>\n
Largely due to layoffs and resignations, the agency has lost 3,000-plus employees, more than one-quarter of its workforce.Morale has plummetedas a succession of mostly temporary leaders have come and gone. The front office has been staffed by political appointees with little or no training in medicine or public health.<\/p>\n
When Schwartz wasnominated in April, public health experts were cautiously optimistic, citing her background. They also noted she was the choice of Trump and not Kennedy, a leading voice in the anti-vaccine movement before he was tapped to oversee the CDC and other federal health agencies.<\/p>\n
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