Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said the departure of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez and other senior agency officials “will require oversight” by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, which he chairs.

Cassidy, initially a holdout on Health and Human Services Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination, was persuaded to vote for the controversial nominee in February after receiving assurances that his skeptical views on vaccines would not influence his leadership of HHS.

The Louisiana Republican posted his pledge of Senate oversight of the CDC shake-up on X late Wednesday.

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