Xavier Becerra

I would hold them to a standard that protects what the rights of Americans are under the law.

If you are entitled to receive a health care service, we are going to defend your right to get it.

Mr. Chairman, you are going to where I used to be when I was Attorney General in California, but I will tell you that we need to look closely at these programs, because PBM's should not be able to game the system.

What we want to do is make sure that the LIHEAP program is there to help them as best possible in the way they need it.

We will protect the rights of any individual to receive the healthcare that they are entitled to, and we will take action against anyone who tries to discriminate against that person.

The institutions of Humboldt County entrusted to protect children failed them. What can be more important than public agencies performing their duties to safeguard the security and welfare of our kids?

If Henry Ford had seen this in his plant, he would never have become rich and famous. This is not the way you do an assembly line.

These insurance companies will get more money this year than they got last year. That is not a cut.

CMS has to remain consistent in the way it treats any drugs.

It is not coordination of care. It is the consolidation which leads to less care that we are concerned about.

Gouging is not acceptable. And--would agree that there is gouging going on.

We are addressing fentanyl not once or twice in the budget, but 10 billion, 900 million times.

some of the real champions and stellar performers during COVID were our community health centers.

Medicare has lifted seniors out of poverty, how Medicare has saved lives.

If we were to cut those things, you would quickly see millions of Americans return to the rolls of the uninsured.

The President's budget should reflect the solutions we need to make people's lives better.

I believe that there is an----

Let me be clear: We expect better. The American people are eager for a brighter future.

There is no reason why Americans should be paying two or three times more for their prescription drugs than people around the world.

Your budget doesn't reflect all aspects of the terrifying reality of this crisis.

Cancer knows no bounds, and neither should our efforts to prevent cancer deaths. Together, we will advance Cancer Moonshot.

This administration needs to take restoring trust in public health agencies more seriously.

Because drugs fall under the jurisdiction of Health and Human Services as medicines and because they fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice when it comes to enforcement of our laws, drug laws, we have a joint effort that…

I actually disagree with that.

We will try to move swiftly, because we are as anxious to get information out there as you are.