Thousands of employees across HHS were terminated Monday evening after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that the Trump administration could move forward with its sweeping reorganization of the agency.

Brian Christine, a longtime GOP donor and two-time losing candidate for office in Alabama, will make his case Wednesday to the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee that he’s qualified to be the Department of Health and Human Services’ assistant secretary for health.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has replaced his chief of staff, a department spokesperson told USA TODAY. Matt Buckham, the secretary's liaison to the White House, immediately becomes the acting chief of staff,