Sen. Cassidy’s committee delays vote on Sean Kaufman
Sean Kaufman attends his confirmation hearing to be assistant secretary for preparedness and response with the Senate HELP Committee last week in Washington.Finn Gomez/Getty Images
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WASHINGTON — A Trump administration nominee to lead an agency focused on public health disasters had his confirmation vote postponed amid a lack of support just minutes before it was scheduled to take place, after he was lambasted during a confirmation hearing last week for his past anti-vaccine statements.
Sean Kaufman, the nominee for assistant secretary for preparedness and response (ASPR), faced tough questions during last week’s hearing after STAT reported that he made a number of comments questioning the safety of vaccines.
