Senate HELP Panel to Vote on Three Health and Labor Nominees

Why It Matters

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee is scheduled to vote on the nominations of Sean Kaufman, Erica Schwartz and Keith Sonderling during a business meeting on July 23.

The committee will decide whether to advance the nominees for three senior health and labor positions, including the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Labor. Sonderling, who has served as acting secretary of labor since April, is among the nominees under consideration.

The Nomination Hearing Details

The committee will consider the nominations of Sean Kaufman to be assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the Department of Health and Human Services, Erica Schwartz to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Keith Sonderling to be secretary of labor.

With no significant public statements from committee members focused specifically on these nominations since the confirmation hearings, the business meeting will provide senators with their next opportunity to act on the nominees before they can advance to the full Senate.

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