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- 1ALPA Praises Senate Panel Vote on NMB Nominee Doug Ralph●ALPA Applauds Senate HELP Committee Vote Advancing Capt. Doug Ralph's NMB Nomination
The Air Line Pilots Association praised a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee vote advancing Captain Doug Ralph's nomination to the National Mediation Board. ALPA, the largest pilots' union in North America, had pushed for confirmation, calling Ralph well qualified to serve on the federal board that mediates labour disputes in the airline and railroad industries. The nomination now moves toward consideration by the full Senate.
- 2Senate committee advances Dr. Nicole Saphier's surgeon general nomination●WATCH: Senate health committee advances Dr. Nicole Saphier's nomination for surgeon general
The Senate health committee has voted to advance Dr. Nicole Saphier's nomination to become US surgeon general, moving her candidacy to the full Senate. Saphier, a radiologist and medical commentator, would become the nation's top public health communicator if confirmed. Attention now turns to whether senators will back her appointment and how she would shape federal health messaging.