SFC Sets Brooks-Lasure, Palm Confirmation Hearings For April 15

By Amy Lotven / April 8, 2021 at 7:13 PM
The Senate Finance Committee will hold confirmation hearings for CMS Administrator-nominee Chiquita Brooks-LaSure and Deputy HHS Secretary-nominee Andrea Palm on April 15, months after the Biden White House announced the appointments and as Democrats gear up for a potentially major health care overhaul. The White House announced it nominated Palm as deputy HHS secretary on Jan. 19 and Brooks-LaSure a month later. If confirmed, Brooks-LaSure would be the first Black woman to lead the agency. Brooks-LaSure has extensive experience with...

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