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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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Apr 15, 2024

I think if we expand Medicaid in some of the States that haven't yet done it, about a-million-and-a-half more Americans, many of them women, who want to deliver a baby, would have access to early care.

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Apr 15, 2024

We are now using the evidence-based programs that have shown success to drive our policies.

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Apr 15, 2024

Prescription drug prices were skyrocketing, with patients and their pocketbooks at the mercy of Big Pharma.

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Apr 15, 2024

Roe v. Wade worked for some 50 years.

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Apr 15, 2024

When President Biden took office, COVID was ravaging our families, and our economy.

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Apr 15, 2024

We never forced anyone to do anything.

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Mar 19, 2024

We owe them a great deal more attention, and the services that we would expect for our own children.

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Mar 19, 2024

We would have worked closer with the state health authority more directly, quickly.

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Mar 19, 2024

We would like to be able to connect the dots better.

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Mar 19, 2024

I think pretty much everybody these days--Congress, everyone else--ranks pretty low in the eyes of so many Americans.

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Mar 19, 2024

We believe it is going to make a marked difference in how we see research coming out from all the different institutions.

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Nov 8, 2023

The asylum system needs to be reformed from top to bottom.

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Nov 8, 2023

It is never a known commodity or quantity, the number of people that will show up, the number of refugees that will need help.

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Nov 8, 2023

If we do not have those Stabilization Funds, we destabilize not just families across America, but our economy.

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Nov 8, 2023

The Biden-Harris Administration is delivering on its promises--lowering costs for families, protecting American lives from the devastating impacts of challenges like the climate crisis and the opioid epidemic.

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Nov 8, 2023

The investments within HHS complement the request across other agencies and are needed to meet the needs of the American people, support our communities, and protect our Nation and its interests.

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Nov 8, 2023

To continue that forward movement will require ongoing attention and adequate funding.

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Nov 8, 2023

We work closely and depend on each other regularly to address critical domestic priorities and national security interests.

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Nov 8, 2023

The asylum system needs to be reformed from top to bottom.

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Nov 8, 2023

The administration's supplemental request of $1.6 billion seems to be a step in the right direction.

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Nov 8, 2023

It is never a known commodity or quantity, the number of people that will show up, the number of refugees that will need help.

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Nov 8, 2023

There is not a State or not a community in America that does not need more assistance to tackle the opioid crisis now driven mostly by fentanyl.

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Nov 8, 2023

If we do not have those Stabilization Funds, we destabilize not just families across America, but our economy.

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Nov 8, 2023

The Biden-Harris Administration is delivering on its promises--lowering costs for families, protecting American lives from the devastating impacts of challenges like the climate crisis and the opioid epidemic.

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Nov 8, 2023

The investments within HHS complement the request across other agencies and are needed to meet the needs of the American people, support our communities, and protect our Nation and its interests.

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