Dr. Casey Means, President Trump's nominee for U.S. surgeon general, said in her Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday that she is supportive of vaccines.

Means, also an ⁠ally ⁠of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ​is testifying before the Senate's Health, ​Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.

"I have very serious questions about the ability of Dr. Means to be the kind of surgeon general this country needs," said Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, who serves as the top Democrat on the committee.

She specifically said she backs ⁠vaccines for ​measles at levels not ​seen ⁠in decades in the U.S, but suggested that each patient-vaccine relationship is unique.

"I'm supportive of vaccination. I do believe ⁠that each patient, mother, parent, needs to have a conversation with their pediatrician about any medication they're putting ⁠in their body and their children's body," Means said. 

At least two previous surgeons general have publicly suggested Means is not fit for the job, according to PBS.org