POSTPONED: SENATE HELP COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER TRUMP NOMINEES

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman issued the following news release:

The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee vote on multiple Trump administration nominees at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and National Mediation Board is postponed and will not take place this week.

Agenda:

* Nomination of Nicole Saphier to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service and Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services.

* Nomination of Timothy Westlake to be Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, Department of Health and Human Services.

* Nomination of Mary Lazare to...