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Heidi Overton faces Senate questions on FDA nomination

9/24/2026

Heidi Overton, the Trump administration's nominee for Food and Drug Administration commissioner, will appear before a Senate committee at 10:30 a.m.

If confirmed, the 37-year-old preventive medicine physician would become the youngest person to lead the agency.

Overton has worked in both of Donald Trump's previous administrations and now faces scrutiny over her managerial experience and her alignment with policies promoted by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, has criticized Overton for her involvement in altering the recommended childhood vaccination timeline.

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