Senate Plans Confirmation Hearing for Surgeon General Nominee

A Senate confirmation hearing is being planned next week for Casey Means, President Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general who has faced criticism over her experience and views, according to people familiar with the matter.

The hearing is tentatively scheduled for Thursday but isn’t yet finalized and could change, the people said. Means plans to appear virtually due to her pregnancy, the people said. A spokesperson for the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions declined to comment on the timing but said the committee will work with Means and the administration to move her nomination through the process and schedule a hearing.