Americans need heat in the winter, and they need to be cool in the summer. And we will do everything.
Xavier Becerra
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Xavier Becerra is an American lawyer and politician currently serving as the Secretary of Health and Human Services, a position he has held since March 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party and has a long history of public service in California. Prior to his current role, Becerra served as the Attorney General of California from January 2017 to March 2021, where he focused on issues such as consumer protection and healthcare access. He was also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2017, representing California's 34th congressional district.
We will continue to support the efforts of family planning efforts that are available through Title X.
It is not just a good investment for our health and all of our people's health, it is a smart investment for the health of our economy.
the Department of Health and Human Services is not in the business of stripping Americans of access and protections to care.
I have said this publicly many times, we have been first in line to receive vaccines, some of the therapeutics, the antiviral medications.
We are trying to prepare to make sure that in the process of coming up with these new contracts, we increase supply, not diminish supply.
The $51.7 billion, 10 year investment that the President is making in mental health services is transformative.
The President has made it very clear, we want to see those premium tax credits extended.
We have expanded program services like Title X, and we will work with all of our partners throughout the Federal Government to make sure that every woman has the legal right to access the care that she is entitled to.
We need further authorities from you and thank you for those who supported the omnibus bill, because it provided a 5-month extension to the use of those telehealth authorities.
You have people who are suffering conditions where they cannot afford to pay for their heat because the conditions have gotten so cold. Climate has affected everything, including our health.
We are going to work with you on your legislation. Thank you for your support of the Burn the Brain Act which made it possible for us to provide first responders with more services, access to care.
We want to make sure that that hotline is available, and that there will be someone available to answer that call when you are in your moments of most need.
We changed the paradigm on our drug strategy. We are getting rid of the taboos, we are getting rid of the old way of thinking.
I have three daughters. I want to make sure I get to see my three daughters, and they get to see their father pass away, instead of me seeing one of my daughter's pass.
Those premium supports made it possible for us to decrease the cost of the premium by some 23 percent.
I hope you and your colleagues are successful in helping get this across the finish line because it will let us do so many things, provide more services, help boost the salaries of those precious mental health workers who are on the…
We are working with your support in the American Rescue Plan, we are now able to do far more in trying to help communities deal with opioid addiction.
We think just as the Affordable Care Act has proven its success for more than 30 million people, that taxpayers are going to find that they are going to save themselves a lot of money.
If we get his Build Back Better proposals through, especially the proposal on childcare, we can try to make sure that no parent, no families have to pay more than 7 percent of their income for childcare.
As we move toward universal coverage that is one of the elements that has to be in place. I look forward to working with you to finally get there, finally get there if we can.
It is unfortunate because those 4 million people suffer as a consequence of that politics.





