Weldon was told Wednesday night that his nomination was being withdrawn, another Trump administration official said. The White House decided to pull Weldon’s nomination when it became clear that he would not have the votes to be favorably reported out of committee because of his past controversial comments about vaccines, the official said.

A Senate committee on Thursday morning cancelled a nomination hearing for Dave Weldon, the former congressman with a history of vaccine skepticism who President Trump had named to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The White House withdrew Dave Weldon's nomination to be the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director just minutes before a Senate Committee was set to consider him as a nominee. Axios first reported that the White House was pulling the nomination as concerns about the nominee's anti-vaccinee views were growing.