Schumer: HHS’ Azar Should Resign Amid Reports on Agency’s Coronavirus ‘Chaos’
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is calling for U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar to resign. His call for Azar to resign comes amid the coronavirus pandemic, which the senator says…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is calling for U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar to resign.
His call for Azar to resign comes amid the coronavirus pandemic, which the senator says the HHS has had a chaotic response to.
Schumer said on the Senate floor on Tuesday, “It has become abundantly clear that the leadership of the Department of Health and Human Services has allowed perhaps the most important federal agency right now to become subservient to the president’s daily whims.”
“So today, I am calling on Secretary Azar to resign immediately,” he continued. “We need a Secretary of Health and Human Services who will look out for the American people, not President Trump’s political interests.”
See Schumer’s remarks below:
Schumer added that Azar “has not only failed to push back against these outrageous moves by President Trump, he’s been almost entirely silent about the chaos and mismanagement in his own agency.”
His remarks come after reports of controversies at HHS, including the New York Times report on HHS assistant secretary of public affairs Michael Caputo accusing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of harboring a “resistance unit” to Trump. Caputo also suggested Trump supporters buy ammunition ahead of the upcoming election.