News Briefs: Amid Mass Firings, HHS Staff Will Appear Before House Committee
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Apr 04, 2025
Staff members within HHS plan on briefing the House Energy and Commerce Committee about the department’s recent overhaul since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took over as secretary, Politico reported on April 2. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the chair and ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, sent a letter on April 1 to Kennedy asking him to testify before the committee during an April 10 hearing. Politico reported that Kennedy has not said whether he will accept that invitation. HHS announced on March 27 that it would cut 10,000 full-time positions, a process that began this week.
In a 53-45 vote along party lines, the Senate confirmed Mehmet Oz, M.D., as the administrator of CMS on April 3. During a hearing last month before the Senate Finance Committee, Oz would not confirm whether he would support some of the deep Medicaid funding cuts floated by Republicans in Congress, but he did indicate he supports Medicaid work requirements.
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