Markey said that he will vote “no” to Kennedy’s appointment, and that he thinks after the Senate goes through its “advise and consent” role in the process and holds hearings on the

President-elect Trump’s choice for deputy secretary of Health and Human Services is Jim O’Neill, an investor and historically close associate of billionaire Peter Thiel, the president-elect said Tuesday.

President-elect Trump has nominated biotech investor Jim O’Neill for deputy secretary of the Health and Human Services department. The HHS deputy secretary oversees the day-to-day operations of all sub-agencies,