Republican senators warm to Trump's surgeon general pick

“Cassidy blamed administration vaccine policies for measles deaths and pressed a nominee to affirm that vaccines do not cause autism.”

“Cassidy said he felt reasonably good about the nominees and stressed the need for agency leadership.”

“Cassidy pressed the surgeon general nominee on vaccine positions, citing promises from previous health nominees that went unfulfilled.”

“Cassidy challenged Nicole Saphier to clearly address vaccine safety and the hepatitis B vaccination recommendation.”