Senate Holds Confirmation Hearing For Alex Michael Azar II To Become Health and Human Services Secretary Published August 1, 2018 at 635 × 377 in Secretary Alex Azar’s comment on 28 USC 1498 submitted for the record of the 2018 confirmation hearings WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 29: Alex Michael Azar II to be Health and Human Services Secretary attends full committee hearing on his nomination on Capital Hill on November 29, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)