You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Senate Confirms Tom Price as Health and Human Services Secretary

HeadlineFeb 10, 2017

Back in Washington, the Senate confirmed Rep. Tom Price as President Trump’s health and human services secretary this morning, following a debate that stretched well past midnight. The vote was 52 to 47, with all Republicans in support of Price and all Democrats and independents opposed. Price will lead Trump’s campaign to repeal the Affordable Care Act. He also opposes abortion and has voted to cut all federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

Topics:
The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top