--- title: Former CDC Director Susan Monarez Testifies About Clashes With RFK Jr. in Senate Hearing | TIME description: Susan Monarez, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), addressed the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Wednesday to testify on the recent turmoil at the public health agency. Monarez told Senators that before she was fired last month, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demanded two things of her that she said were "inconsistent with [her] oath of office." canonical: https://time.com/video/3r7EL3fd/ og:title: Former CDC Director Susan Monarez Testifies About Clashes With RFK Jr. in Senate Hearing og:description: Susan Monarez, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), addressed the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Wednesday to testify on the recent turmoil at the public health agency. Monarez told Senators that before she was fired last month, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demanded two things of her that she said were "inconsistent with [her] oath of office." og:url: https://time.com/video/3r7EL3fd/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/3r7EL3fd/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Former CDC Director Susan Monarez Testifies About Clashes With RFK Jr. in Senate Hearing twitter:description: Susan Monarez, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), addressed the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Wednesday to testify on the recent turmoil at the public health agency. Monarez told Senators that before she was fired last month, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demanded two things of her that she said were "inconsistent with [her] oath of office." twitter:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/3r7EL3fd/poster.jpg?width=720 --- * Health # Former CDC Director Susan Monarez Testifies About Clashes With RFK Jr. in Senate Hearing ## Video: Former CDC Director Susan Monarez Testifies About Clashes With RFK Jr. in Senate Hearing [Watch (HLS stream): Former CDC Director Susan Monarez Testifies About Clashes With RFK Jr. in Senate Hearing](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/3r7EL3fd.m3u8) (5:43)  _Published 2025-09-17. Susan Monarez, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), addressed the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Wednesday to testify on the recent turmoil at the public health agency. Monarez told Senators that before she was fired last month, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demanded two things of her that she said were "inconsistent with her oath of office."_ --- Sep 17, 2025 8:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [RFK Jr. Doubles Down on Vaccine Skepticism In Contentious Senate Hearing](/video/takCRocG/) ### RFK Jr. Doubles Down on Vaccine Skepticism In Contentious Senate Hearing [Amid Chaos at CDC, White House Stands With RFK Jr.’s Decision to Fire Director](/video/xCivGdIt/) ### Amid Chaos at CDC, White House Stands With RFK Jr.’s Decision to Fire Director [RFK Jr. Grilled on Vaccines in Contentious Senate Hearing](/video/2fqRpYmV/) ### RFK Jr. Grilled on Vaccines in Contentious Senate Hearing --- ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Former CDC Director Susan Monarez Testifies About Clashes With RFK Jr. in Senate Hearing","description":"Susan Monarez, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), addressed the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Wednesday to testify on the recent turmoil at the public health agency. Monarez told Senators that before she was fired last month, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demanded two things of her that she said were \"inconsistent with [her] oath of office.\"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/3r7EL3fd/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2025-09-17T19:21:48.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/3r7EL3fd.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/3r7EL3fd/","duration":"PT5M43S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/3r7EL3fd/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```