By Editor,Victoria Churchill

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Senate Republicans are undoubtedly unhappy that they went through the process of confirming a top healthcare leader in the Trump administration, only to have her last less than a month in her position before she was fired by the President.

Former Centers for Disease Control (CDC) director Susan Monarez has been called to appear before senators again on Wednesday to share her side of the story about the series of events that led to her termination.

Monarez will claim that she was fired ‘for holding the line on scientific integrity,’ according to copies of her written testimony reviewed by several media outlets.

Monarez is also expected to contradict statements made about her by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this month.

Kennedy told members of the Senate Finance Committee that Monarez was dismissed because Kennedy Jr. decided that she was not trustworthy.

‘Regarding trustworthiness — I cannot define that word for Secretary Kennedy … Secretary Kennedy told me he could not trust me,’ Monarez revealed in her prepared remarks.

‘I had refused to commit to approving vaccine recommendations without evidence, fire career officials without cause, or resign — and I had shared my concerns with this Committee. I told the Secretary that if he believed he could not trust me, he could fire me,’ Monarez added.

During a White House briefing last month, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that Monarez had been fired by President Trump, noting he holds the authority to get rid of personnel ‘who are not aligned with his mission.’

Secretary Kennedy told senators earlier this month that changes at the CDC were ‘absolutely necessary adjustments to restore the agency to its role as the world’s gold standard public health agency with the central mission of protecting Americans from infectious disease,’ while doubling down on what he saw as failures from the agency during the course of the coronavirus pandemic.

Health and Human Services Andrew G. Nixon noted in a statement to media outlets Tuesday that Dr. Monarez’s version of events was inaccurate.

‘Susan Monarez was tasked with returning the C.D.C. to its core mission after decades of bureaucratic inertia, politicized science and mission creep corroded its purpose and squandered public trust,’ Nixon said.

‘Instead, she acted maliciously to undermine the president’s agenda and was fired as a result,’ he added.

Kennedy and Trump had both urged Monarez’s initial Senate confirmation due to her ‘impeccable scientific credentials, ‘ which were paired with decades of public service experience.