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April 14, 2014

Obama Nominates Budget Director to Head Health and Human Services 
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President Obama has nominated Office of Management and Budget director
Sylvia Mathews Burwell as the new head of Health and Human Services.
Burwell would replace Kathleen Sebelius, who stepped down last week.
Burwell appeared with Obama and Sebelius at the White House on Friday.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell: "If confirmed by the Senate, I look forward to
carrying on the important work that children, families and seniors have
the building blocks of healthy and productive lives, whether it is
through implementing the Affordable Care Act, supporting affordable
childcare, or finding new frontiers to prevent and treat disease."

Senate Republicans are expected to use Burwell's confirmation hearings
to take shots at President Obama's healthcare law. Sebelius oversaw the
law's troubled rollout but ended her tenure with the administration
hitting its enrollment target by signing up more than 7.5 million people
for private insurance.

 

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