Dr. Nicole Saphier, Trump’s 3rd surgeon general pick, faces Senate grilling
Saphier is expected to face questions on vaccines and financial conflicts as senators weigh whether she would defend public health guidance.
- Nicole Saphier faces a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday for the surgeon general position, which carries limited policymaking power but serves as the nation's primary public health communicator.
- Saphier, a radiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth, follows previous nominees Janette Nesheiwat and Casey Means; Trump withdrew Nesheiwat over credential concerns while Means withdrew amid scrutiny over vaccine views.
- Questioning will focus on Saphier's vaccine stances, particularly hepatitis B recommendations, while she navigates Kennedy's policies that include scaling back guidance amid nationwide measles outbreaks.
- Saphier's ethics filings reveal holdings in processed food and healthcare firms including Coca-Cola and Philip Morris; she owns DropRx, a firm producing tinctures described by the FDA as potentially causing severe liver injury, but pledged to divest if confirmed.
- Alongside Saphier, the committee will hear from Chris Klomp, nominated as second-in-command for the Human Services Department, and Timothy Westlake, seeking confirmation as assistant secretary for the Mental Health Services Administration.
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LIVE VIDEO: Surgeon General Confirmation Hearing
The Washington Post reports: Senators are expected to quiz Nicole Saphier, President Donald Trump’s pick for surgeon general, and two other high-profile nominees on vaccines, grant cancellations and the nation’s opioid crisis at a hearing Wednesday morning,. In the spring, Trump selected Saphier — a former Fox News contributor and radiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering … The post LIVE VIDEO: Surgeon General Confirmation Hearing appeared first o…
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Dr. Nicole Saphier, Trump's 3rd surgeon general pick, faces Senate grilling
A radiologist who's a former Fox News contributor will be facing lawmakers as President Donald Trump’s third nominee for surgeon general. Dr.
Hearing Watch: Trump’s Surgeon General Pick Is A Vaccine Skeptic, Big Tobacco Investor & Snake Oil Saleswoman -- But Will Sen. Cassidy Care?
Washington D.C. – Ahead of today’s Senate confirmation hearing for Donald Trump’s nominee for Surgeon General, Protect Our Care president Brad Woodhouse spotlighted Dr. Nicole Saphier’s disqualifying record: “Dr. Saphier may be a perfect mouthpiece for Donald Trump’s science-denying, corporate-donor-first, public-health-last agenda, but that’s also what makes her so wrong for Surgeon General. Whether her vaccine skepticism, big tobacco investme…
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