Vote on Nominations of Jayanta Bhattacharya to be Director of the National Institutes of Health, and Martin Makary to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
562 Dirksen

03/13/2025 at 09:30AM

Full committee executive session.

Nominees:

  • Jayanta Bhattacharya Bhattacharya to serve as Director of the National Institutes of Health
  • Martin Makary to serve as Commissioner of Food and Drugs Bhattacharya’s nomination hearing was on March 5 and Makary’s hearing on March 6.

The nominations were reported favorably on party-line votes for 12-11 for Bhattacharya. Sens. Hassan and Hickenlooper joined Republicans in support for Makary 14-9.