Martin Makary, President Donald Trump's nominee to run the U.S. FDA, told lawmakers on Thursday he would convene a committee of vaccine advisers but said he would reevaluate which scientific issues require their input.

Dr. Marty Makary is a renowned Johns Hopkins surgeon and President Donald Trump's pick to head the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He faced senators in a two-hour confirmation hearing Thursday morning taking on topics ranging from medical devices, vapes and food safety to the abortion drug mifepristone.

Jim Jones, director of the Food and Drug Administration’s food division, slammed the “indiscriminate firing” of dozens of his employees and recent rhetoric from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy in his resignation letter, which The Washington Post has reproduced below.

Marty Makary, MD, MPH, President Trump's nominee for FDA commissioner, seems likely to be a lock for the position if Thursday's nomination hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee is any indication.