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HHS Nominees Receive Icy Senate Reception

The Senate health committee scrutinizes picks to lead the CDC and HHS pandemic response agency.
Surgeon general nominee Dr. Erica Schwartz (left) and Sean Kaufman, nominee for assistant secretary of the Health and Human Services Department. (Photos by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

When two senior nominees for Health and Human Services leadership positions appeared Wednesday before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Sen. Bill Cassidy opened the confirmation hearing by saying the safety and vital importance of vaccines and immunization recommendations should be a settled issue.

Grayson Logue is a staff writer for The Dispatch and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the company in 2023, he worked in political risk consulting, helping advise Fortune 50 companies. He was also an assistant editor at Providence Magazine and is a graduate student at the University of Edinburgh, pursuing a Master’s degree in history. When Grayson is not writing pieces for the website, he is probably working hard to reduce the number of balls he loses on the golf course.

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