Xavier Becerra

So as we continue to hear folks talk about job loss, that the Affordable Care Act will result in job loss, just the opposite is occurring.

if we are finally able to fix our broken immigration system, not only is it good for our national security, not only is it good for families that will no longer be torn apart, but it is also extremely good for our workers, for our…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I think the best way to describe this bill is to call it the ``prevent secret money from disclosure act,'' because that is what we are really talking about. What matters today to most…

Let me be clear: Those failures to protect Social Security aren't the SSA's fault.

Ultimately, Congress is responsible for protecting Social Security, and Congress needs to do its job.

By direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 460 Resolved, That the following named Member be and is hereby elected to…

Thank you to you and your folks, working with New York City's district attorney and the local law enforcement authorities there in New York, for doing everything possible to follow up on the detection of the fraud.

Remember, American workers pay for Social Security and Social Security Disability Insurance.

But to say that this is the fault of Social Security is to blame the wrong people who are working every day.

By direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 454 Resolved, That the following named Member be and is hereby elected to…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. In the past month, 500,000 Americans have secured affordable health insurance. They are people that include folks in my State of California like Erin Kotecki Vest, who said the old plan she had had all…

On Friday, November 15, 2013, I was unable to cast my floor vote on rollcall votes. Had I been present for the votes, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall vote 587. Personal Explanation

By direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 393 Resolved, That the following named Member be and is hereby elected to…

Let's fix this Web site. Let's not fixate on the Web site, let's fix the Web site.

It is unacceptable to have an important part of the health insurance program, this Web site, not work the way it should.

The way it works is people elects -- elect us into our job and our job is to put a budget in place and to not default on the payment of our past debts.

Well, I would hope now that he's seen that this effort on the part of Republicans in the House to do an effort that's purely partisan, now that that's collapsed, that he would see that.

For the House Republicans to now come out and say they're going to do something contrary to what even their Senate Republican colleagues are discussing seems to be a reckless attempt to try to circumvent what the Senate is doing, which at…

I'm pretty confident that a deal could get done by the deadline if Republicans don't put up procedural barriers to get it voted on and done -- to the president.

No one runs for office to watch this unfold. As I said before, the House of Representatives is not a sandbox. We've got work to do. We're adults.

If the speaker doesn't want to play with other people's money, he'll now put a bill up that will get a bipartisan vote and pass quickly.

By direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 349 Resolved, That the following named Member be and is hereby elected to…

Any time you're talking about use of military force I don't believe any member can be whipped into doing one thing or the other.

So that little boy, who could not get coverage before the health security law today, has coverage the way every other child with that same kind of preexisting condition would be able to get coverage.

My understanding is, and you may not be aware of this, but that close to a million jobs have been created in the healthcare industry since April 2010 when we passed the law.