Price sworn in as new HHS secretary

President Donald Trump's new health secretary took office Friday after a close Senate vote (Source: “Trump's Pick for Health and Human Secretary Takes Office,” Associated Press via New York Times, Feb. 10, 2017).

Vice President Mike Pence administered the oath of office to Tom Price, of Georgia, at the White House hours after the Senate confirmed him 52-47 in a party-line vote.

As head of the Health and Human Services Department, Price, an orthopedic surgeon, will take center stage as the administration and congressional Republicans try delivering on their pledge to scrap the ACA and substitute their own programs.