Appointments?
I don't need no stinkin' appointments!
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2023/07/11/biden-admin-botched-nih-appointments-in-2021-jeopardizing-legal-validity-of-25b-in-grants-n2625537
The Energy and Commerce Committee's letter laid into Secretary Becerra for having "not complied with your oath to faithfully discharge the duties of your office. That HHS and the NIH spent 15 months obstructing the Committee to cover up your failure only makes matters worse," it added.
What's more, the committee said that it intends "to get a full accounting of who at HHS and the NIH decided to mislead the Committee and why" while noting the entities' "bad faith and failure to follow the law in this matter epitomizes why Americans no longer trust federal public health agencies."
"Not only did HHS and NIH ignore the law, it is also grossly unfair that Dr. Fauci –who unlawfully held his position after December 13, 2021 – could use his authority to push authoritarian mandates on the American people during the COVID-19 pandemic response," the letter reminds before concluding that "[g]reater accountability is needed."