Among the new candidates for the upcoming Trump administration is Dr. Marty McCurry, whom he nominated to lead Food and Drug Administration FDA, a surgeon and author who gained national attention for his opposition to vaccine mandates and some other public health measures during the pandemic.Covid-19“.
And he announced Trump McCurry’s nomination said in a statement Friday evening, saying he would “return the FDA to the gold standard of scientific research, and end bureaucratic red tape at the agency to make sure Americans get the medical treatments they deserve.”
Macari, became a professor at Johns Hopkins UniversityHe is the latest in a group of Trump nominees who have declared that the American health system is “broken” and needs change.
In books and articles, McCurry has criticized over-prescribing of drugs, the use of pesticides on foods and the inappropriate influence of pharmaceutical and insurance companies on doctors and government regulators.
Macari needs his appointment to be confirmed by someone Senate Which is led by Republicans to take office.
Scott Turner for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Trump also chose the former American football player and White House aide Scott Turner For the position of Minister of Housing and Urban Development.
Turner previously served as director of the Opportunity and Revitalization Council The white house During Trump’s first term.
In a statement, Trump praised Turner, the highest-ranking black person to be selected so far in his administration, for “helping lead an unprecedented effort that has transformed our country’s most destitute communities.”
Lori Chavez de Remer for the Department of Labor
The president-elect also nominated Republican Representative Lori Chavez de Remer to take over Ministry of Labor.
She received a member of the House of Representatives for Oregonwho narrowly lost her re-election bid earlier this month, received strong support from union members in her district.
As potential Secretary of the Labor Department, Chavez de Remer would oversee the Labor Department’s workforce and budget and advance priorities that affect workers’ wages, health and safety, and their ability to join unions, as well as employers’ rights to fire employees, among other responsibilities.
“Lori’s strong support from the business and labor communities will ensure that the Department of Labor can unite Americans of all backgrounds behind our agenda to achieve unprecedented national success — and make America richer, stronger, and more prosperous than ever before,” Trump said in a statement.
Scott Besent, Chancellor of the Exchequer
The president-elect said Donald Trump He will nominate the former chief financial officer of billionaire George Soros, Scott Besant, an advocate of reducing the budget deficit, to take over the Treasury Department.
It is mentioned that BesantThe 62-year-old is the founder of the hedge fund Key Square Capital Management, after working intermittently at Soros Fund Management since 1991.
He told Bloomberg News in August that he decided to join Trump’s campaign in part to combat American national debt Rising. This will include cutting government programs and other spending.
He said at the time, “This election cycle is the last chance for the United States to get out of this mountain of debt without becoming a kind of European-style social democracy.”
