Senate Committee Hearing on Burwell Set for May 8

Sylvia Mathews Burwell -- President Obama's nominee to replace outgoing HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius -- is scheduled to appear before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on May 8 for the first of two confirmation hearings, according to a panel spokesperson. Burwell is the current director of the White House Office of Management and Budget.

• "Obama's Health Secretary Nominee Faces May 8 Senate Hearing" (Morgan, Reuters, 4/28).