# HHS Appointees and Senate Republican Resistance to Reform

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2120326379531022417
- Source account: [@EricLDaugh](https://x.com/EricLDaugh)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:47
- Published: 2026-11-11
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/PFqyvM1y78Z6/en/hhs-appointees-and-senate-republican-resistance-to-reform

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/PFqyvM1y78Z6/en/hhs-appointees-and-senate-republican-resistance-to-reform) Most of them do not want change. Most of them do not want change.

[0:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/PFqyvM1y78Z6/en/hhs-appointees-and-senate-republican-resistance-to-reform?t=5) And so what we were doing was very disruptive.

[0:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/PFqyvM1y78Z6/en/hhs-appointees-and-senate-republican-resistance-to-reform?t=9) And we've got a lot of people simplify it and say it was one person or one industry is not what was happening.

[0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/PFqyvM1y78Z6/en/hhs-appointees-and-senate-republican-resistance-to-reform?t=18) It, it was coming from everywhere. Um, but one of the places it was coming w- from was the Senate, and from the Republicans on the Senate.

[0:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/PFqyvM1y78Z6/en/hhs-appointees-and-senate-republican-resistance-to-reform?t=26) Every time I tried to do something robust, I would get calls saying, "If you do that, we're not gonna confirm your, your appointees."

[0:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/PFqyvM1y78Z6/en/hhs-appointees-and-senate-republican-resistance-to-reform?t=37) A- And so I said to the group at HHS, I said, "You know, the Democrats, no matter how great the appointee is, not one vote will go to them.

[0:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/PFqyvM1y78Z6/en/hhs-appointees-and-senate-republican-resistance-to-reform?t=47) We know that, 'cause that's what's happened in the past.

[0:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/PFqyvM1y78Z6/en/hhs-appointees-and-senate-republican-resistance-to-reform?t=49) Not one of my appointees ever gotten a single Democratic vote.

[0:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/PFqyvM1y78Z6/en/hhs-appointees-and-senate-republican-resistance-to-reform?t=55) The Senate no longer has any leverage over me."

[0:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/PFqyvM1y78Z6/en/hhs-appointees-and-senate-republican-resistance-to-reform?t=58) And, um, you know, the-- and that's a big deal.

[1:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/PFqyvM1y78Z6/en/hhs-appointees-and-senate-republican-resistance-to-reform?t=62) And then we have Steve Miller in, who's a, um, a friend of our movement.

[1:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/PFqyvM1y78Z6/en/hhs-appointees-and-senate-republican-resistance-to-reform?t=68) And I don't think, uh, anything is gonna get in our way now.

[1:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/PFqyvM1y78Z6/en/hhs-appointees-and-senate-republican-resistance-to-reform?t=80) And that's why I said, I said-- I put out a tweet at one point, I said, "Stephanie..."

[1:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/PFqyvM1y78Z6/en/hhs-appointees-and-senate-republican-resistance-to-reform?t=84) 'Cause Stephanie was asking me what I'd say, and I'd say, I said, "Just write release the Kraken."

[1:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/PFqyvM1y78Z6/en/hhs-appointees-and-senate-republican-resistance-to-reform?t=90) Because that's, that's what we're about to do.

[1:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/PFqyvM1y78Z6/en/hhs-appointees-and-senate-republican-resistance-to-reform?t=94) And so stand by. Thank you for getting us here.

[1:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/PFqyvM1y78Z6/en/hhs-appointees-and-senate-republican-resistance-to-reform?t=98) God bless you all, and let's go get this job done.

[1:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/PFqyvM1y78Z6/en/hhs-appointees-and-senate-republican-resistance-to-reform?t=101) Thank you.