You are implementing changes right now that are ripping away hope and life saving cures from American families. If you aren't already. I think this administration is heading down the road of illegally impounding funding across HHS. Mr. Secretary, your budget request also cuts funding for CDC in half. Today you will allude to consolidating programs into a new Administration for Healthy America. But you can't just slash funding, fire everyone, slap a slogan on a new agency and say that work will continue. (04:33–04:41)
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Asserts that the budget request proposes a 50% cut to CDC funding.
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