Heidi Overton Faces Senate Grilling on 2 FDA Flashpoints at Commissioner Hearing
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Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 24
Heidi Overton Faces Senate Grilling on 2 FDA Flashpoints at Commissioner Hearing
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 24
Summary
Thursday’s confirmation hearing will put Heidi Overton under pointed Senate questioning on vaccines and a widely used abortion pill as she seeks to lead the FDA.
Bill Cassidy and other skeptical senators are expected to drive that scrutiny, according to two congressional aides familiar with internal planning.
Those two issues rank among the FDA’s most politically charged decisions, making Overton’s answers an early test of how she would steer the agency as commissioner.