Sen­ate com­mit­tee backs Scott Got­tlieb as next FDA com­mis­sion­er

Scott Got­tlieb has tak­en an­oth­er big step down the road to his con­fir­ma­tion as the coun­try’s next FDA com­mis­sion­er. The Sen­ate’s Health, Ed­u­ca­tion, La­bor and Pen­sions Com­mit­tee vot­ed in fa­vor of his nom­i­na­tion Thurs­day morn­ing, with the law­mak­ers split­ting down par­ty lines.

The com­mit­tee vote — 14 to 9 in fa­vor — now shifts the fo­cus to the fi­nal Sen­ate vote, which should set up a quick swear­ing-in some­time in May, de­pend­ing on the leg­isla­tive ma­neu­ver­ing around high-pro­file is­sues like tax and health­care re­form.

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