周四，FDA（美国食品药品监督管理局）掌舵人选、特朗普总统提名人海蒂·奥弗顿出席参议院卫生委员会，就她对疫苗、调味电子烟、避孕和堕胎等问题的立场接受质询。近两个小时里，她一直回避参议员们的问题，即便是一些简单易答的问题也是如此。
Heidi Overton, President Trump's nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration, went before the Senate health committee Thursday, facing questions about her stances on vaccines, flavored vapes, birth control, and abortion, among other issues. She spent nearly two hours stonewalling senators, even on softball questions.
奥弗顿是一名拥有临床研究博士学位的医生，目前担任总统国内政策副助理。她此前曾供职于一家保守派智库，并明确反对堕胎，这显然引出了有关她是否客观公正的疑问。尽管大量数据显示堕胎药米非司酮极其安全，美国食品药品监督管理局目前仍在审查其安全性。
Overton, a physician with a doctoral degree in clinical investigation, is currently the deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy. She previously worked at a conservative think tank and has taken a clear stance opposing abortion, raising obvious questions about her objectivity. The FDA is currently reviewing the safety of the abortion pill, mifepristone, despite extensive data showing it is extremely safe.
尤其值得注意的是，8月的一场新闻发布会上，奥弗顿还站在特朗普总统身后。特朗普在发布会上错误地称麻疹、腮腺炎和风疹联合疫苗（MMR）“相当致命”。他还声称，婴儿接种的疫苗剂量“就像一瓶汽水那么大”，并主张将MMR疫苗拆分成三种疫苗分别接种，尽管这种做法没有任何益处证据，而且美国也没有可供分别接种的这类疫苗。
Overton also notably stood behind President Trump at a press conference in August during which Trump falsely called the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine "quite lethal." He further claimed that vaccine doses for infants are "like the size of a soda bottle," and called for the MMR vaccine to be split into three separate immunizations, despite no evidence of benefit from such a split and no such individual immunizations being available in the US.