Capitol Hill In Brief
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS nomination hearing: Senate Finance Committee will consider Kerry Weems' nomination to be CMS administrator on July 18. Weems has spent 24 years at HHS and is currently Secretary Michael Leavitt's deputy chief of staff (1"The Gray Sheet" May 7, 2007, p. 5). Leslie Norwalk plans to step down as acting CMS administrator this month (2"The Gray Sheet" July 2, 2007, p. 7)...