WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Chris Murphy issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Thursday questioned Dr. Heidi Overton, President Trump's nominee to be Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, during her confirmation hearing. With public trust in the FDA collapsingin the second Trump administration, Murphy pressed Overton on the corruption of the Food and Drug Administration under President Trump, including a multi-million dollar pay-to-play scandal involving the tobacco industry.
"I share the chairman's concern about this dramatic reduction in faith in the FDA that has happened over the past year, and the reason is simpl...