But as Robert F. Kennedy reminded us, their future is not a gift, or a guarantee, it is an achievement.
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.
Robert F. Kennedy reminded us that the future is not a gift. It is an achievement.
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…
If you are dying today in America from COVID, it's because essentially you're unvaccinated. Why would you want to die?
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.
If you help us get that American Families Plan that the President has proposed through, we'll have more resources as well.
I think it's important to have the top two leaders of our Nation engaged, and they are both engaged with their team.
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.
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.
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.
Mr. Secretary, you're presenting me something that I've never seen, and I can certainly take a look at that.
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…
Your zip code should not determine the quality of your care, and this Administration is committed...
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…
I think everyone agrees that the price of insulin is just outrageous the way it's gone up, and we have to do something.
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.
I want to guarantee you that under my watch, ... every child who is discharged to a custodian ... has had that background check done.
Congressman we did use the dollars that are available to us within our budget to try to pay for these services.
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.
We must ensure that the Department has the resources to achieve its mission and build a healthier America.
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.





