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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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May 18, 2021

We have to do everything we can to try to increase the number of, and supply of these doctors.

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May 18, 2021

It's time, and I'm thrilled that the President saw the need to make a substantial investment here.

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May 18, 2021

I think I have to hire you, but yes, the answer is yes.

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May 18, 2021

Senator, I can assure you, the reason back in March and April we were looking at this and really seeing it as a major challenge in CBP, that's Customs and Border Protection, was having these large number of children in their adult…

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May 18, 2021

It's unacceptable to not do otherwise.

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May 18, 2021

We're going to do everything we can to protect a woman's reproductive rights, to have healthcare.

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May 18, 2021

President Biden made a very strong commitment here, and the fact that we are trying to extend permanently the increase in subsidies that families get would be tremendously important.

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May 18, 2021

We want to make sure we provide some flexibility. We also want accountability.

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May 18, 2021

We have to understand how COVID surfaced, but the Select Committee in Congress on COVID doesn't want to know.

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May 12, 2021

If you really do love our family members, we’ve got to keep everyone safe and keep them alive.

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May 12, 2021

President Biden has already asked a lot of these employers to give some of their workers a day off, so they can actually go get vaccinated.

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May 12, 2021

President Biden has essentially instructed all of us to make sure we go to where you are, where the people who need to be vaccinated are, not wait for you to come to us.

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May 12, 2021

Everyone should get vaccinated. Everyone means anyone, anyone in this country whether you`re a citizen or not, you are eligible to get the vaccine.

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May 11, 2021

You know the President has been talking about expanding access to healthcare to all.

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May 11, 2021

The President's budget increases funding for Title X. It is just the right thing to do.

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May 11, 2021

I hope that you will see that HHS is trying to do right by all those who stepped up to the plate.

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May 11, 2021

It was meant--you all passed that so we could actually address the needs of those providers that stepped up to the plate.

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May 11, 2021

COVID-19 exposed the worst parts of our system, where we miss people.

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May 11, 2021

The most important way is it actually has money behind it. And that gives us a chance to really do something.

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May 11, 2021

We want to get there before the hit gets there. And in order to do that, we have to have the resources to start letting people know about clean water, about asthma when you have dirty air, about those toxic sites that might be built in…

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May 11, 2021

I signed an ethics agreement not to involve myself directly with any matters with which I was directly involved in litigation.

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May 11, 2021

I respect that there are different, deeply held beliefs on the matter of abortion.

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May 11, 2021

We have to do everything we can, working with our local partners, working with Congress, to make sure we are addressing this.

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May 11, 2021

It is going to be an all-of-the-above approach.

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May 11, 2021

I will do everything I can to make sure we comply with precedent and the law when it comes to protecting a woman's right to her reproductive health.

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