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Gerard Klomp

127:41 - 127:54

“A clear definition, a commitment to publish transparency on the website, and then a proper policy discussion or a policy response. In this case, promoting vaccination for measles so that we achieve or maintain our elimination status.”
Speaker
Gerard Klomp
Timestamp
127:41 – 127:54
Transcript
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Murkowski): Hearings to examine the nominations of Gerard Klomp, of Utah, to be Deputy Secretary, Timothy Westlake, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, and Nicole Saphier, of New Jersey, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Alaska News
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September 16, 2026

From the transcript

I do not believe, for what it's worth, that it is being politicized right now, but that does not mean there are not those who don't believe that. So what does that mean? Number 2, we must address these operational shortcomings. A clear definition, a commitment to publish transparency on the website, and then a proper policy discussion or a policy response. In this case, promoting vaccination for measles so that we achieve or maintain our elimination status.

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