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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Makary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Makary</span></a> testified before the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> cmte Thurs morning as he seeks confirmation to helm the arm of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> charged w/making decisions touching the lives of every American. The ~$7B agency has a wide mandate, overseeing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>safety</span></a> of things such as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfantFormula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfantFormula</span></a> &amp; tobacco products. It regulates <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pharmaceuticals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pharmaceuticals</span></a> as well as the majority of the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> supply, both of which involve industries that have come under frequent fire from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>, HHS secy.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The role, which is NOT subject to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> approval, is an important one. In it, Kyle Diamantas, 37, will be responsible for ensuring the safety of ~80% of the nation’s food supply. The already-overtaxed division is vital to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a>, responsible for everything from overseeing the complex manufacturing of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfantFormula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfantFormula</span></a> to responding to deadly bacterial <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/contamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contamination</span></a> &amp; managing food supplies in the wake of hurricanes &amp; floods.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/loyalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loyalists</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>knittingknots2</span></a></span></p>