Confirmation hearing for Trump surgeon general nominee delayed as she gives birth

Published October 30, 2025 9:55am ET



The Senate hearing for Dr. Casey Means, President Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, scheduled for Thursday, has been postponed because she has gone into labor, according to a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee spokesperson. 

The confirmation hearing was slated to be the committee’s first in which the nominee would have appeared virtually, because of her pregnancy. It is not yet clear when the hearing will be rescheduled.

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