MUST SEE: GOP Rep. Andy Harris obliterates head of CDC over reduction of vaccines due to sequester cuts

◼ GOP CONGRESSMAN MAKES CDC DIRECTOR SQUIRM AFTER CONFRONTING HIM ON CHILDREN’S VACCINE CUTS: ‘LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT…’ - The Blaze

"Did the CDC assist the White House in preparing that estimate?"

“I’d have to get back to you on that”

“And what did the president’s budget do to [program] 317, the president’s prospective budget?” Harris inquires. ”Does [a] $58 million cut sound familiar?”

Frieden says yes, before Harris proceeds: “And what [did] the sequester cut?…Does $30 million sound familiar?”

Receiving positive acknowledgement, Harris continues: “So actually, the president cut the program twice as much in his budget. Can I assume that the president’s proposed [cut] would have reduced funding to 4,400 children in Maryland?”

Astonishingly, the CDC head says that under president Obama’s proposed $58 million cut, they believe they could have run the program more efficiently and avoided the cuts.

“Let me get it straight…Is it your testimony that under the president’s proposed cut of $58 million in his budget to the 317 program, you could have avoided cuts to vaccines to children in Maryland?” Harris asks.

“We believe that we could have maintained vaccination levels, yes,” the CDC director responds.

Harris concludes with a knowing, “very interesting.”

◼ In short, the President’s budget would have cut the CDC 317 vaccination program by 58 million where they sequester only cuts it by 30 million. - The Right Scoop

The head of CDC testifies that they believe they could have maintained current vaccination levels with the president’s budget cuts, yet are saying with the lesser sequester cuts they would have to cut vaccinations to over 2,000 children in Maryland. Huh?

◼ Cynical president shapes cuts into a weapon - Thomas Sowell/Redding Searchlight

◼ Obama administration tells feds to make sure the sequester hurts as much as advertised - Doug Powers/Michelle Malkin

...In the internal email, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service official Charles Brown said he asked if he could try to spread out the sequester cuts in his region to minimize the impact, and he said he was told not to do anything that would lessen the dire impacts Congress had been warned of....

Leaked email adds fuel to claims White House playing politics over impact of cuts

◼ Leaked email adds fuel to claims White House playing politics over impact of cuts - FOX

UPDATED: ◼ Obama Proposed Vaccine Cuts, But White House Blamed Sequestration - Matt Cover/CNS