The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Vivek MurthyVivek MurthyThe Hill’s Morning Report – Biden leans heavily into gun control Vivek Murthy confirmed as surgeon general This week: Senate works to confirm Biden picks ahead of break MORE to be President BidenJoe BidenThe Hill’s Morning Report – Biden leans heavily into gun control Justice Dept. faces risks, rewards with riot sedition charges Dems plan to squeeze GOP over filibuster MORE‘s surgeon general, handing the administration one of its top public health officials amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Senators voted 57-43 to confirm Murthy, a bump from the 51 votes he got for the same position in 2014. Murthy served as surgeon general under the Obama administration but was fired by former President TrumpDonald TrumpThe Hill’s Morning Report – Biden leans heavily into gun control Justice Dept. faces risks, rewards with riot sedition charges Online harassment is ugly and routine for women in journalism MORE in 2017.
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“.@vivek_murthy is a highly experienced, crisis-tested leader and an excellent choice to return as Surgeon General. Glad he was confirmed today—and I’m looking forward to working with him to address this pandemic and the underlying health inequities it has made way worse,” Sen. Patty MurrayPatricia (Patty) Lynn MurrayLobbying world Vivek Murthy confirmed as surgeon general Obama ties Biden priorities to ObamaCare anniversary: ‘We’ve still got more work to do’ MORE (D-Wash.), who chairs the Senate’s Health Committee, tweeted Tuesday night.
But getting the support of every Democratic senator wasn’t always guaranteed. Sen. Joe ManchinJoe ManchinThe Hill’s Morning Report – Biden leans heavily into gun control Dems plan to squeeze GOP over filibuster Biden allies eye two-step strategy on infrastructure MORE (D-W.Va.) told reporters last month that he hadn’t made a decision, but ultimately ending up voting for him Tuesday.
“Murthy has confirmed his commitment to remaining non-partisan as Surgeon General and reaffirmed his belief that the vast majority of gun-owning Americans are responsible and follow the law. For these reasons, I believe Dr. Murthy is qualified to be Surgeon General and I look forward to working with him to address the numerous issues facing our nation,” Manchin said in a statement.
Murthy previously called gun violence a health threat to the United States, which had won him opposition from the NRA. Manchin voted against Murthy’s nomination in 2014, saying that questioned if Murthy could “separate his political beliefs from his public health views.”
Trump’s firing of Murthy in 2017 surprised employees at the Department of Health and Human Services and sparked accusations from Democrats that Trump was trying to politicize the role.
Murthy advised Biden for several months during the campaign on the coronavirus pandemic and vowed to focus on the mental health impact if he was confirmed.
“We know a lot of what we need to do, we just aren’t doing it. We have for example, programs that we could be investing in schools to help provide mental health counseling to kids to detect symptoms of mental illness early. We can train more mental health providers,” Murthy said.
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