“Dave Weldon is anti-vaccine, anti-woman, and anti-science. He was not qualified to serve as CDC director,” said Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette, the top Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee in the House.

The White House withdrew President Donald Trump's nomination of former Republican congressman and vaccine critic Dave Weldon to serve as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

A White House official confirmed that the administration is pulling Dave Weldon's nomination to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Senators told the Trump administration that Dr. Dave Weldon didn’t have the votes to be confirmed, though he had believed his confirmation hearing Thursday would proceed before it was canceled.