President-elect Donald Trump announced late this week that he has tapped former Rep. Dave Weldon (R-FL) to be the next Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“In addition to being a Medical Doctor for 40 years, and an Army Veteran, Dave has been a respected conservative leader on fiscal and social issues, and served on the Labor/HHS Appropriations Subcommittee, working for Accountability on HHS and CDC Policy and Budgeting,” Trump said.
“Dave also served in a leading role in Government Oversight and Reform Committee Hearings, addressing issues within HHS and CDC,” Trump continued. “Dave has successfully worked with the CDC to enact a ban on patents for human embryos.”
The president-elect said that it was important for Americans to regain their trust in federal health agencies after years of “censorship, data manipulation, and misinformation.”
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