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’s 27 individual institutes and centers needed to be reappointed to their next five-year term by Becerra on Dec. 12, 2021, pursuant to both legislation and the appointments clause of the Constitution.
said Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers , Subcommittee on Health Chairman Brett Guthrie , and Oversight and Investigations Chairman Morgan Griffith . The committee began investigating whether Becerra had followed the proper protocol for NIH reappointments after journalistic reports in early 2022 noted the HHS secretary’s detachment from the NIH in the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as a lack of announcement of the reappointments.
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