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President Trump's FDA commissioner nom, Dr. Heidi Overton, faces Senators' questions

NPR | By Sydney Lupkin

Published September 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM MDT

Dr. Heidi Overton has been nominated to be the new FDA commissioner. The Senate HELP committee pressed her on vaccines, mifepristone, food safety and whether she can tell the president he's wrong.