White House pushes Senate to move quickly on Casey Means nomination
Source: nbc news
There is still no indication on when the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will vote on Means' nomination for surgeon general.
March 31, 2026, 11:07 AM CDT
By Berkeley Lovelace Jr., Sahil Kapur and Aria Bendix
The White House is calling on the Senate to confirm Dr. Casey Means as U.S. surgeon general "without further delay," even as President Donald Trump signaled uncertainty about her path forward.
Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday that he didn't know how Means was faring in the nomination process more than a month after her Senate confirmation hearing. "We have a lot of great candidates," he added. ...............
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There is still no clear timeline for a committee vote. Means must first be approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee before her nomination can advance to a full Senate vote.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., the committee's chairman, declined to say when the panel might act.
"No comment on Casey," Cassidy told NBC News on Thursday......................
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Trump does not seem to know what the heck is going on in his own administration!!
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