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U.S. Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas appeared on Newsmax’s Wake Up America to discuss the ongoing budget negotiations, recent leadership changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and issues surrounding vaccine research.

During the interview, Marshall addressed concerns about a potential government shutdown. He said, “Look, Mark, we’ll keep the government open one way or the other. But this is all about the Schumer shutdown. Senate Republicans, we’ve done our job. Compliments to the Chairwoman, Senator Susan Collins, up there, running the appropriations committee. As Allison mentioned, there’s 12 buckets we have to get to fund the government. The Senate [Appropriations] Committee has eight of those completely done – supermajorities, but Chuck Schumer won’t let us bring those to the floor for a vote. He won’t get us any votes. This is all about Chuck Schumer’s obsession with President Trump.”

Marshall also commented on delays in confirming presidential nominees: “Absolutely. Our whip, Senator John Barrasso, is going to present that exact plan to us later this week. But right now, again, part of the Schumer delay tactics is to make us have a debate on two hours of the dog catcher, that’s about that being nominated by the President. Several 1000 nominations are being held up because of Chuck Schumer right now. So, look, we want to shorten that debate time whenever possible, for some of these, I hate to use the word lower levels, but not Secretary, cabinet levels, but the lower tier that we have to do.”

He discussed possible risks in changing how nominations are processed: “Yeah, I think there are benefits and risks of everything we do. As you know, I’m a physician. I have to make those types of decisions every day. I think the benefits far outweigh the risks. What the Democrats do to delay the game is… we’ve never done anything like what they’re doing right now with some of these nominations. By now, hundreds of these folks should have been confirmed through unanimous consent, a quick process, so we would never use it the way the Democrats have weaponized the process. And again, I think that 78 million people want us to get those nominations confirmed so President Trump can enact his agenda.”

Regarding recent changes at CDC leadership and its focus during public health crises such as COVID-19 and monkeypox outbreaks he said: “Well, number one, it’s not lost on me, the hypocrisy of the Democrat Party. Not one Senate Democrat voted for Dr. Monarez, the CDC Director who was recently fired. Not one of them. But now they’ve lost their mind again. Why? Because they have Trumpitis.

“And then you think about the rest of this crew, the crew that quit here are the folks that were standing right beside arm in arm with Anthony Fauci, delivering lie after lie about the Covid vaccine. You fast-forward to the monkeypox – this is the same group of so-called experts that told the entire country we should live in fear of monkeypox but failed to tell us that unless you’re a homosexual man you don’t have to worry about this at all. Monkeypox is a sexually transmitted disease. The group of people who quit here have made an entire career studying sexually transmitted viruses like hepatitis and HIV and Monkeypox. All they have is a hammer and they see every problem as a nail. That’s all they want to talk about is vaccines.

“It’s time to maybe flip the agenda and this is why President Trump chose Bobby Kennedy Jr. Bobby Kennedy Jr is a disruptor. We need to shift focus of CDC from immunizations to treating these chronic problems preventing chronic diseases that 60% Americans have.”

On vaccine transparency and its impact on vaccination rates Marshall stated: “Look everyone who’s over age six months can still get COVID-19 vaccine Look COVID-19 vaccine is drug like every vaccine All you have do work with your doctor get it as well It just doesn’t seem right me

“I have moms grandmas doctors ask me when newborn baby born day one give them hepatitis vaccine By time they’re six months old had at least 18 jabs By time able vote had 76 jabs People concerned about interaction between vaccinations what do maturing development child own immune system Does this something do with why high peaks peanut allergies high autoimmune problems Maybe has something our own ability fight cancers Maybe why cancers occurring earlier age So think common sense approach using good… FDA using right now”