FDA Nominee Overton Faces Senate Confirmation Hearing

On September 24-25, 2026, Dr. Heidi Overton, President Trump's nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration, testified before the Senate HELP Committee. The hearing tested Senator Susan Collins, an abortion-rights Republican, as Overton declined to say whether Trump can be wrong and dodged questions on fetal contamination.

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Trump FDA pick tests Collins on abortion

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Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is in the middle of a fight over a Trump health nominee, presenting a key test of her commitment to being an abortion-rights Republican. Dr. Heidi Overton, President Trump's nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), will testify Thursday in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP)...

Watch live: Trump's pick to lead FDA faces Senate confirmation hearing

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Dr. Heidi Overton, President Trump’s pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), will testify before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) on Thursday as she seeks confirmation to lead the agency. Overton, a White House domestic policy aide and preventive medicine physician, is expected to face questions about vaccines,...

Nominee sparks outrage by refusing to say whether Trump can be wrong: 'So pathetic'

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Nominee sparks outrage by refusing to say whether Trump can be wrong: 'So pathetic' www.rawstory.com/heidi-overton/ President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration sparked outrage by refusing to say whether Trump can ever be wrong.On Thursday, top Trump White House health adviser Heidi Ove...