Biden names acting agency heads as his Cabinet nominees remain unconfirmed
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a slate of acting agency heads after taking office without a single one of his Cabinet nominees in place and confirmed by the US Senate.
“These individuals, nearly all of whom are career civil servants, will temporarily lead federal agencies while Cabinet nominees continue moving through the confirmation process,” White House officials said in a statement.
The Biden team had previously declined to publicly announce the officials who would take over departments in a temporary capacity because of concerns the Trump administration could attempt to thwart or complicate their work.
She would be the highest-ranking transgender official in the US government
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January 20, 2021
Dr. Rachel Levine, physician general nominee, is seen at the State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania May 4, 2015. Levine, a transgender woman who teaches pediatrics and psychiatry at Penn State College of Medicine, faces the Pennsylvania Senate for a confirmation hearing after being appointed physician-general. Picture taken May 4, 2015. REUTERS
US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday announced transgender pediatrician Rachel Levine as his nominee for assistant health secretary, in a historic move contrasting to policies of Donald Trump s often seen as discriminatory.
The incoming administration has nominated Levine currently secretary of health in Pennsylvania to serve as assistant secretary of health at the Department of Health and Human Services, Biden s transition office said.
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QUESTIONS FOR BIDEN: President
Joe Biden, yes it’s official as of this writing, will immediately
take aim at more than 100 Trump-era actions weakening climate and environmental regulations in his first step toward implementing his aggressive climate agenda.
We have a few questions on how Biden proceeds in the coming days and weeks.