Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., clashed with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., during a Wednesday Senate hearing. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"You won't fire the people who are saying we have to vaccinate our kids at six months of age. That's who you refused to fire," he pressed.
"That assertion is not commensurate with the experience that I had with the individuals who were identified to be fired," Monarez replied as Paul cut her off.
"Did any of the people you refused to fire," Paul began before Sanders then interjected himself: "She's about to answer the question."
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Paul then argued that "we should" remove recommendations that infants receive the COVID-19 vaccine and others that he said are not relevant for children.
Sanders interrupted Paul's questioning multiple times at a Wednesday Senate hearing. (Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Monarez again refused to answer the question directly, and Paul argued that "the burden should be on you" to prove that vaccines recommended for infants are actually helpful.
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"You want to make all kids take this? The burden is upon you," he said.
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