The White House pulls Dave Weldon’s nomination for the disease control and prevention centers (CDC), Fox News Digital has learned. Weldon was expected to have a certificate hearing on Thursday.
The Committee on Health, Education, Work and Pensions of Senate (HOMS) has announced that he has canceled a hearing in a statement on Thursday morning. However, it confirmed that the legislators would continue to vote on Dr. Jay Bhattacharye nominations for the director of the National Health Institutes (NiH) and Dr. Marty Makary for the Commissioner of the US Food and Medication Administration.
“It became clear that the voices were not there in Senate to confirm him. This would be a futile effort,” said a source that was familiar with the Fox News Digital nomination.
Weldon, a doctor and former Congressman in Florida, has made statements against the vaccine in the past, which was expected to be raised during hearing. In a 2007 statement, Weldon said there was a “legitimate questions” about potential connections between vaccines and disorders of neurou -development childhood, such as autism.
In addition, during his stay in Congress, he introduced legislation with former Ambassador Carolyn Maloney, Dn.y., who would ban Mercury with vaccines.
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