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.
Whether defending workers against wage theft or looking out for families in need of a hospital for their kids, standing up for DREAMers or fighting for clean air and water, I've always been driven by the California values instilled in me…
California is at a crossroads. From housing to healthcare, childcare to college, working families are facing an affordability crisis. The California Dream is slipping away.
The $600 million that is in the President's budget for 988 is absolutely going to save lives.
If I don't have money in my pocket, you all swept it up, it makes it tough for me to offer.
There is two things you can do, pass legislation that gives us more flexibility.
The President has made it clear he wants to remove the Hyde Amendment from the budget proposals.
If we expand Medicaid in some of the States that haven't yet done it, about a-million-and-a-half more Americans... would have access to early care.
The $600 million that is in the President's budget for 988 is absolutely going to save lives.
When President Biden took office, COVID was ravaging our families, and our economy, and thousands of Americans were dying every day.
We changed that. Today, 3 years later, nearly 700 million shots of COVID vaccines have gone into the arms of Americans.
We are going to finally get to the point where we can make the 988 Call work.
The $600 million that is in the President's budget for 988 is absolutely going to save lives.
The President has made it clear he wants to remove the Hyde Amendment from the budget proposals, and that is what he has done.





