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.
My obligation is to respect the law, and the law is not established by the executive, it is established by Congress.
It would be a shame, especially in rural communities...if we expand telehealth but forget them.
We're going to do everything we can to protect a woman's reproductive rights, to have healthcare.
the most important things is that we're now recognizing--the fact that we're using the words social determinants of health show how far we've come as a Nation
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.
We have to understand how COVID surfaced, but the Select Committee in Congress on COVID doesn't want to know.
We have to do everything we can to try to increase the number of, and supply of these doctors.
The art of compromise and the ability to come together is what makes this democracy work.
it's time, and I'm thrilled that the President saw the need to make a substantial investment here.
We're going to do everything we can to protect a woman's reproductive rights, to have healthcare.
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…
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.
We want to make sure we provide some flexibility. We also want accountability.
our economy will not fully recover until we address the childcare needs, especially for women, single women.
I would not bet against this President, Senator, because he's so far done a pretty good job of hitting his marks.
If you really do love our family members, we’ve got to keep everyone safe and keep them alive.
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.
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.
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.
the most important way is it actually has money behind it. And that gives us a chance to really do something.





