A Senate committee postponed a vote to forward the nomination of Erica Schwartz for CDC director to consideration by the full body because there were not enough Republicans present to support the move. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo
July 23 (UPI) -- A Senate committee delayed a vote on the Trump administration's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director nominee, Erica Schwartz, because enough members were not present.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, was absent from the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions meeting on Thursday because of a family emergency, which led committee chair Bill Cassidy, R-La., to postpone the vote, Politico reported.
Cassidy also said Thursday that he decided to vote for Schwartz because of a "good faith action" the CDC reportedly made to its website earlier in the day.
The action included changing language on its website about the lack of an association between vaccines and autism, which had been ordered changed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last year.
