LaSata Urges Senate Rejection Of State Health Department Director

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State Senator Kim LaSata isn’t pleased with Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s pick to be the director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. LaSata says the state Senate should vote to reject the appointment of Elizabeth Hertel to the post. LaSata says she doesn’t believe Hertel is fit to be the new MHHS director. She says Hertel failed to answer questions during recent committee testimony and “seemed out of touch and content with carrying forward the existing policies that have driven much of the Whitmer administration’s failing response to the coronavirus over the past year.” During testimony with the Senate Advice and Consent Committee, Hertel was asked to name some mistakes the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has made in the last year. She said she was unsure and would have to review all the decisions that had been made.