‘It’s Not a Complicated Question’: Bernie Sanders Loses Cool on Trump’s FDA Pick Heidi Overton

‘It’s not a complicated question’: Bernie Sanders loses cool on Trump’s FDA pick Heidi Overton

Bernie Sanders presses Trump’s FDA pick Heidi Overton on healthcare, vaccines and the role of the FDA at her Senate confirmation hearing. Overton also faced questions on mifepristone, vaccine policy and whether she would stand up to President Trump on FDA decisions. Watch the fiery Senate hearing as Sanders challenges Overton over healthcare access, FDA policy and Trump’s health agenda.

Trump nominee floors senator at FDA hearing: 'Birth control is not an abortion'

President Donald Trump's pick to run the Food and Drug Administration left Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) briefly speechless by declining to say whether an intrauterine device causes an abortion.Heidi Overton, a physician and White House domestic policy adviser, appeared before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Thursday for her confirmation hearing.Murray pressed Overton on birth control in the final seconds of her time to …

Trump FDA pick dodges senators' questions on abortion, vaccines, vaping

Dr. Heidi Overton, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, dodged a slew of questions on vaccines, abortion, and vaping policies during her confirmation hearing, visibly upsetting Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Overton, who currently serves as a domestic policy adviser […]

Trump’s nominee to lead FDA faces questions on vaccines, abortion in Senate hearing

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Heidi Overton, President Trump’s nominee to lead the US Food and Drug Administration, broke with her boss on Thursday, strongly stating that the MMR vaccine was “not lethal” as Trump has claimed, and that it is safe, effective and “our best tool right now in the public health

Heidi Overton, Trump's pick for FDA head, faced questions at Senate hearing

Heidi Overton, behind-the-scenes White House adviser nominated to be next FDA commissioner, testifies at Senate confirmation hearing.