WASHINGTON – The White Home has withdrawn the nomination of Dr. David Weldon, a former Florida congressman, to steer the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention.
The Senate well being committee introduced Thursday morning that it was canceling a deliberate listening to on Weldon’s nomination due to the withdrawal.
An individual conversant in the matter, who spoke on the situation of anonymity to debate inside deliberations, stated the White Home pulled the nomination as a result of it grew to become clear Weldon didn’t have the votes for affirmation.
Weldon was thought-about to be intently aligned with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. well being secretary who for years has been one of many nation’s leading anti-vaccine activists.
A former Florida congressman, Weldon additionally has been a prominent critic of vaccines and the CDC, which promotes vaccines and displays their security.
Weldon turns into the third Trump administration nominee who didn’t make it to a affirmation listening to. Beforehand, former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration for lawyer common and Chad Chronister for the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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Stobbe reported from New York.
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