Senate confirms Marty Makary to lead President Trump’s FDA

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Photo via John Hopkins Medicine

Tonight, the Senate confirmed Marty Makary to lead the FDA, which regulates about 80 percent of the nation’s food supply.

Makary is a well-known surgeon and professor at Johns Hopkins University, and according to President Trump, will refocus the FDA and help end the childhood chronic disease epidemic.

He won the Senate vote 56-44.

Story via Rebekah Alvey with AgriPulse

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