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John Thune: “The secretary has a responsibility and obligation to restore…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Published | Video Starts at 09:52

And I think he's scheduled to come before, or maybe the CDC director, Dr. Oz, is scheduled to come before the help committee, the health, Education, labor and Pensions Committee as well to talk about some of these issues. But again, The secretary has a responsibility and obligation to restore and return the trust of the American people and the decision making process there. And I think the way to do that is to make sure the decisions are grounded in science. But yes, there needs to be oversight, there needs to be accountability, and there needs to be transparency into this decision making process. (09:52–10:00)

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Asserts that the secretary must restore public trust in the decision-making process.

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