FDA COMMISSIONER PICK MOVES OFFICE THREE DOORS DOWN, CALLS IT A TRANSITION
Nation's top drug regulator will now be a former White House aide whose old commute was measured in doorknobs.
President Trump has nominated Dr. Heidi Overton, most recently deputy director of the Domestic Policy Council, to run the Food and Drug Administration, in what insiders are calling the shortest revolving-door rotation in agency history. Overton, who previously helped shape White House health initiatives from a West Wing office, will now regulate the exact policies she was drafting last month, only with a different letterhead and, reportedly, the same badge lanyard.
Transition staff say Overton's briefing binder still bears the Domestic Policy Council cover sheet, with the word 'FDA' taped over it in the same block font used on visitor passes. 'I already have the slides,' Overton reportedly told a confirmation-hearing prep aide. 'We can update the logos later.' A mock hearing exchange obtained by staff has a senator asking about clinical trial rigor, to which Overton allegedly gestured at a PowerPoint titled 'MAHA Wins, Q3,' already queued from her old job.
An America First Policy Institute spokesperson praised the pick as 'refreshingly efficient,' noting that Overton's move technically shortens the FDA's revolving door into a single hallway, cutting travel time for both policy and personnel. Career agency staff, meanwhile, are said to be relieved the new commissioner already has White House parking, sparing the building an awkward badge-reissuing ceremony.
