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Dr. Robert Califf gathers his documents as the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension adjourn a hearing on the nomination of Califf to be commissioner of Food and Drug Administration on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Dec. 14, 2021. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo
President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is set for a Senate vote next week after the upper chamber’s top Democrat filed cloture on the nomination on Feb. 10.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) filed cloture on the nomination of Dr. Robert Califf even as some Democrats continued to express opposition to the pick, who isn’t assured a confirmation in the divided Senate.