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Senate committee questions FDA commissioner nominee

Senators asked Heidi Overton, MD, about some critical issues in medicine during her hearing to become FDA commissioner. If confirmed, Overton would replace Martin Makary, MD, MPH, who resigned as FDA commissioner in May.

Senate committee questions FDA commissioner nominee

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Senators asked Heidi Overton, MD, about some critical issues in medicine during her hearing to become FDA commissioner.

If confirmed, Overton would replace Martin Makary, MD, MPH, who resigned as FDA commissioner in May.

Overton is currently deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy.

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Senators asked Heidi Overton, MD, about some critical issues in medicine during her hearing to become FDA commissioner. If confirmed, Overton would replace Martin Makary, MD, MPH, who resigned as FDA commissioner in May. Overton is currently deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy.

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  • She previously served as a White House fellow in Trump's first term and chief policy officer and vice chair of the Center for a Healthy America at the America First Policy Institute, a conservative thinktank.

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At the beginning of the hearing, Committee Chairman Sen.

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