Sen. Tom Cotton leads the pack, but 50 Democrats in the Senate say they’ll support Garland for attorney general. Senator Tom Cotton tweeted on Wednesday that he is blocking the effort to expedite the confirmation of Judge Merrick Garland for several reasons. “Democrats are trying to expedite Judge Garland’s confirmation vote,” he wrote on Twitter.
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Indian American physician Vivek Murthy, nominee for U.S. Surgeon General, pledged to turn around the COVID pandemic â which has claimed half a million lives in the U.S. â and to address the underlying health factors that have contributed to the public health crisis, during his confirmation hearing Feb. 25 with the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee.
âFirst and foremost, this is very personal. I ve lost seven family members to COVID, most recently my uncle in Dallas a few weeks ago,â said Murthy, as his wife Alice Chen sat beside him.
âI want our kids to be able to get back to school. I want people to be able to go to work and not worry every day that they re going to catch a virus and get sick. I want us to be able to come together as a community again. That s what s brought me back to public service. It s why I hope to have the opportunity to serve our country once again,â said Murthy, who served as the nationâs Surgeon Gener
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