Today, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions is holding a hearing on Kathleen Sebelius's confirmation. But not the hearing. As Senator Mike Enzi, the ranking Republican on HELP, just noted, primary jurisdiction for this nomination lies with the Finance Committee. But because the Secretary of Health and Human Services has responsibility for health-oriented agencies like CDC and FDA as well as Medicare and Medicaid, tradition holds that the HELP Committee gets a crack at the nominee, too. But it's more an informational hearing than a decisive examination. Sebelius's opening statement follows the jump.
