Senators Troubled by Health Department Pick
APR 17 2017, 1:03 PM ET
by JULIE MOREAU, PH.D.
In a letter sent to Health Secretary Tom Price, 12 U.S. senators on the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions stated they are "deeply troubled" by the appointment of Roger Severino as the Director of the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The letter describes Severino's "long history of making bigoted statements" about the LGBTQ community and states that his hire raises "deep concerns" about the Trump administration's hiring practices ...
According to the senators' letter, "Mr. Severino's past statements, writings, and affiliations make him unqualified to lead an office whose purpose is to ensure that 'people have equal access and opportunities to participate in certain health care and human services programs without unlawful discrimination.'"
Severino's past writings include a 2016 report he co-authored in his capacity as director of the DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society at the Heritage Foundation, a position he occupied just prior to his appointment at the OCR ...
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