Surgeon General pick Casey Means grilled about shrooms and hawking MAHA products at lively Senate confirmation hearing

Dr. Casey Means, President Trump's pick to fill the role of surgeon general, which has been empty for over a year, faced a Senate committee grilling on Wednesday over conflicts of interest concerns, her endeavors with psilocybin, her stance on vaccines, and more.

Means, who co-authored the bestselling book that has been dubbed the bible of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) agenda, with her brother, Calley, a senior advisor in the Department of Health and Human Services, impressed upon senators that her goal is to attack the "root causes" of disease.

"My vision for Surgeon General, and for the future of America, is to get more healthy, whole food on Americans' plates and work to systematically encourage our health care system to focus on the root causes of why we are sick, and not just reactive sick care," Means, 38, told senators.