- HHS Pick Price Made 'Brazen' Stock Trades While His Committee Was Under Scrutiny Kaiser Health News by By Marisa Taylor and Christina Jewett—Health and Human Services secretary nominee Tom Price showed little restraint in his personal stock trading during the three years that federal investigators were bearing down on a key House committee on which the Republican congressman served, a review of his financial disclosures shows. Craig Holman, government affairs lobbyist with Public Citizen, described Price's volume of stock trades during the SEC inquiry as "brazen," given the congressman's access given the congressman's access to nonpublic information affecting the companies' fortunes.
- Tom Price Is Confirmed as Health Secretary New York Times by Robert Pear & Thomas Kaplan - The Senate early Friday approved the nomination of Representative Tom Price to be secretary of health and human services, putting him in charge of President Trump's efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act. By a vote of 52 to 47, the Senate confirmed Mr. Price, Republican of Georgia, after a debate that focused as much on his ethics and investments as on his views on health policy.