At a Senate hearing on the HHS budget request, Sen. Reverend Raphael Warnock asks RFK Jr. why his budget would eliminate the CDC office that monitors a deadly infectious disease that is especially a risk to rural communities. RFK Jr. points to a $39 trillion debt and a 12 percent cut across the agency. Warnock answers that Georgia's 600,000 hunters, and families facing the prospect of rabies, would want someone to answer the phone when they call.
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- Who
- Sen. Reverend Raphael Warnock
- Where
- hearing - Senate hearing on the HHS budget request
- Original footage
- Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 45 seconds, unedited within the cut
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rather, Secretary. Why does your budget propose to eliminate the CDC office that focuses on monitoring this deadly infectious disease that's especially a risk to rural communities? Why are you proposing to eliminate the office? You know, there's a lot of cuts at the agency that nobody wants. We have a $39 trillion dollar debt, who even has to cut across the agency 12 percent. I assure you that the 600 ,000 hunters in Georgia would want this office, they would want the protection. I assure you that families that are dealing with rabies or the prospects of that would want to know that somebody is going to answer the phone when they call.
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