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Tammy Baldwin

24:11 - 24:26

“The United States is currently facing a severe measles outbreak with nearly 3,300 cases across 47 jurisdictions, including about 160 cases in my home state of Wisconsin.”
Speaker
Tammy Baldwin
Timestamp
24:11 – 24:26
Transcript
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Murkowski): Hearings to examine the nominations of Gerard Klomp, of Utah, to be Deputy Secretary, Timothy Westlake, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, and Nicole Saphier, of New Jersey, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Alaska News
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September 16, 2026

From the transcript

We are here to hear from Chris Klomp, who's been nominated to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, Dr. Nicole Saphire, who has been nominated to be Surgeon General, and Dr. Timothy Westlake from Wisconsin, who has been nominated to lead lead SAMHSA. Thank you all for being here. I look forward to your testimony and the conversation we will have to follow. The United States faces multiple public health challenges, and we need leaders who will stand up for science. The United States is currently facing a severe measles outbreak with nearly 3,300 cases across 47 jurisdictions, including about 160 cases in my home state of Wisconsin.

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