Overview
- Means, 38, was set to testify remotely before the Senate HELP Committee in what was expected to be the panel’s first virtual appearance for a nominee, arranged because of her pregnancy.
- Committee officials said the session will be rescheduled, but no new date has been announced.
- Trump nominated Means in May after withdrawing Janette Nesheiwat, aligning the pick with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again agenda.
- Means left a surgical residency in 2018 and holds an inactive medical license, drawing opposition from medical leaders who question her qualifications for leading the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
- Financial and ethics filings show she pledged to resign from Levels, divest related holdings, and halt monetized promotions if confirmed, following scrutiny over previously undisclosed product endorsements.