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WASHINGTON Members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee voted Wednesday to send President Biden s nominations of Vivek Murthy, MD, for surgeon general and Rachel Levine, MD, for assistant secretary of health to the Senate floor for an approval vote. The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most mismanaged crises in American history largely because we did not have the right people in place to properly handle this emergency, HELP committee member Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said in a statement after the votes. Dr. Murthy and Dr. Levine each have exceptional expertise to strengthen our federal response and collaborate with state and local health officials to help implement strategies to help us recover from this pandemic. I will vote to confirm each nominee so we can quickly get to work on better addressing this crisis.