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