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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.

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Sep 29, 2021

But as Robert F. Kennedy reminded us, their future is not a gift, or a guarantee, it is an achievement.

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Sep 29, 2021

Robert F. Kennedy reminded us that the future is not a gift. It is an achievement.

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Jul 30, 2021

Our duty in HHS to provide safe appropriate care for the unaccompanied. We take allegations of wrongdoing seriously and swiftly report allegations not only in the Office of the Inspector -- sorry, I`m, (INAUDIBLE) we take -- we constantly…

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Jul 21, 2021

If you are dying today in America from COVID, it's because essentially you're unvaccinated. Why would you want to die?

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Jun 15, 2021

I can assure you again. Anyone who works for the Department of Health and Human Services ... goes through all the appropriate and legally required checks.

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Jun 15, 2021

If you help us get that American Families Plan that the President has proposed through, we'll have more resources as well.

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Jun 15, 2021

I think it's important to have the top two leaders of our Nation engaged, and they are both engaged with their team.

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Jun 15, 2021

I look forward to working with you to take a look at some of these issues.

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Jun 15, 2021

Listen it is incredible to believe that in this country the richest nation, the democracy in the world, we have some of the worst outcomes for women when it comes to being pregnant.

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Jun 15, 2021

President Biden made a commitment, and we're going to have resources here that tackle this to provide women with better care to avoid that mortality that might occur.

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Jun 15, 2021

We'd like to do our part on gun violence prevention. The research that we can do because this is a health crisis, it's not just a gun violence crisis, it's a health crisis.

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Jun 15, 2021

Mr. Secretary, you're presenting me something that I've never seen, and I can certainly take a look at that.

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Jun 15, 2021

That child may end up having to return to the home country. That's an immigration process, but what I can tell you at HHS our obligations to make sure that while they're here, even if only temporarily, we're going to make sure they're…

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Jun 15, 2021

Your zip code should not determine the quality of your care, and this Administration is committed...

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Jun 15, 2021

I can guarantee you, and I mentioned it in my opening statement, that program integrity is going to be one of the hallmarks of the work that we do to make sure that no one is taking advantage of taxpayer dollars, and that people receive…

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Jun 15, 2021

What the Biden administration has done is handled this in a lawful manner.

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Jun 15, 2021

I think everyone agrees that the price of insulin is just outrageous the way it's gone up, and we have to do something.

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Jun 15, 2021

We want everyone to be able to afford their health insurance coverage.

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Jun 15, 2021

All those kids were under the age of 26 who have health coverage through their parents policy will all of a sudden find that if you're 18 to 26 you're out of luck.

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Jun 15, 2021

I want to guarantee you that under my watch, ... every child who is discharged to a custodian ... has had that background check done.

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Jun 15, 2021

Congressman we did use the dollars that are available to us within our budget to try to pay for these services.

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Jun 15, 2021

We hope we can do is make sure that we're making investments through this budget, not just spending dollars because they have to be wise allocations.

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Jun 15, 2021

We must ensure that the Department has the resources to achieve its mission and build a healthier America.

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Jun 15, 2021

Congresswoman if you all help us with our budget and passing the American Families Plan, we will have an additional 3 billion dollars that we'll be able to make available to improve maternal health.

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