HHS Assistant Secretary Nominee Advances in Senate
The Senate Finance Committee yesterday unanimously advanced President Trump’s nomination of John Bartrum to serve as assistant secretary for financial resources in the Department of Health and Human Services. Currently a colonel in the Medical Service Corps, Bartrum previously has served as a partner at Squire Patton Boggs; senior professional staffer to the House Appropriations Committee; budget director at the National Institutes of Health; and professional staff in the Office of Management and Budget, among other positions.
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