In Brief: David Satcher
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
David Satcher: Senate confirms the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director as surgeon general and HHS assistant secretary for health Feb. 10 by a vote of 63-35 on Feb. 10. Prior to the confirmation vote, the Senate voted 75-23 for cloture to end a filibuster by Sen. John Ashcroft (R-Mo.). Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee Chairman James Jeffords (R-Vt.) comments that Satcher's "record of public service is compelling, and I believe he will make an outstanding surgeon general." The nomination originally was approved by the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee by a 12-5 vote in October 1997...