of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (H.H.S.
), a prominent Republican, and the daughter of former Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
During her term, CBS News obtained documents showing that Governor Jeb Bush's chief of staff, Kathleen Shanahan, had left Janet Rehnquist an urgent message and asked her to put off an audit into an alleged $571 million overpayment to the State of Florida, which was discovered in 2002.
Rehnquist quickly ordered a two-week delay of the audit.
[8] In March 2003, after Congress had begun an investigation into the matter, Rehnquist resigned stating that she wanted to spend more time with her family.