The pillars of agency heads are now being installed.

So we have Jay Badacharya and Dr. Marty Makari.

They are now in the FDA and NIH heads that they have been confirmed.

That's our tweet there on our ex post at Highwire.

And if you don't remember who these people are, if it kind of slipped your memory

about how groundbreaking this really is, here's a couple of clips. Here's Professor Jay Batacharya

in his opening statements to the hearing committee. Right. I will establish a culture of respect

for free speech in science and scientific dissent at the NIH. Descent is the very essence of science.

I'll foster a culture where NIH leadership will actively encourage

different perspectives and create environment or scientists,

including early career scientists and scientists that disagree with me,

can express disagreement respectfully.

Fourth, if confirmed, I'll carry out President Trump's

agenda of making the public science institutions of this country worthy of trust and serve to

make America healthy again. Thank you.

You know...

Is Hollywood ending? I'm sorry, go on.

Yeah, no, I mean, I think what's amazing about that, right?

And a lot of what my energy around today is, there's been a lot of Debbie Downers all week long about, oh, R of K, it's over.

Obviously, Mary Holland addressed that.

But I just want to say if all you did as getting HHS secretary was to take one of the leading

voices of the Great Barretted Declaration, free bold heroes in Sinatra grouped, Jay Badacharya

...