Jay Bhattacharya, President Donald Trump ’s nominee to direct the National Institutes of Health faced questions Wednesday during his Senate confirmation hearing about how he would lead the agency and whether he would support policies handed down from Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, on Wednesday fielded a wide swath of questions from senators that largely revolved around how he plans to restore public trust in the nation’s premier biomedical research agency.

Trump's nominee for NIH director once stirred major controversy for criticizing lockdowns, mask mandates, and school closures. Yesterday, Senate Democrats didn't even raise the issue.