An Unexpected Introduction
Executive Summary
Several people played unusual roles at the Senate HELP Committee's confirmation hearing for Hamburg, including Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the fifth ranking Democrat on the committee who stood in as chair in the absence of Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. But perhaps the most unexpected presentation was the nominee's introduction by Sen. Dick Lugar, R-Ind., whose work is more focused on foreign policy and defense than on health.