President Donald Trump nominated Republican Senator Mike Stuart as General Counsel for the US Health Ministry and Human Services.
Stuart will be confronted with the US Senate with confirmation lists, which on Wednesday on Wednesday progressive Trump’s appointment by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Federal Health Authority.
“It is a great honor to be nominated by President Trump,” said Stuart, R-Kanawha, on Wednesday. “I look forward to working with the Senate, hopefully for confirmation, but I look forward to continuing to serve in the Justice Committee as justice chairman until the Senate took measures against my nomination.”
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“I am content [President Trump] has nominated a West Virginian to drive his agenda at HHS. As the main owner of the agency, I look forward to the efforts that we can take together, ”she wrote.
A final vote on Kennedy’s nomination, which is considered one of the most frail of the president’s nominations. is expected later this week. Kennedy has been confronted by Democrats and Republicans in the past few weeks in recent weeks Fiery hearingsWhere He was grilled over his controversy views Vaccinations And abortion.
The Federal HHS agency monitors the Food and Drug Administration, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Family Services and much more.
“It is General Counsel of a fairly large department, about 90,000 employees … so massive responsibility,” said Stuart.
During Trump’s first term of office of the President, he nominated Stuart to serve as US lawyer for the southern district of West Virginia. Stuart was confirmed by the US Senate and held the position from 2018 to 2021.
Stuart has been working in the Senate in the Senate since 2022. Representation of the 7th district. In the primary elections in 2024, he unsuccessfully ran for the nominated Republican for the Attorney General, but lost to JB McCuskey, who is now positioning.
When confirmed, Stuart said that he was not sure how the timeline for the role of the role in Washington, DC, would go out
The 60-day legislative session in West Virginia began on Wednesday in Charleston.
“We will drive a hard agenda here in the judiciary in West Virginia and at the same time work on hopefully confirmation in the Senate of the United States,” said Stuart.
