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HHS Secretary Nominee Becerra Could Face Tough Audience At Senate Confirmation Hearings

House Ways & Means Panel Chair Richard Neal says Becerra will promote equity in health care, but GOP Sen. Mike Braun brands him as a “socialist”

 
• By Sue Darcey

President Biden’s pick for HHS secretary, Xavier Becerra, is scheduled to face supporters and detractors at US Senate confirmation hearings next week.

Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services Nominee in Washington D.C., Jan. 21, 2021
HHS Secretary nominee Xavier Becerra can look forward to his Senate confirmation hearings the week of 22 February

Two Senate committees will review the qualifications of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to become the next Secretary of Health and Human Services during confirmation hearings next Tuesday and Wednesday. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will question Becerra on 23 February beginning at 10 a.m., while the Senate Finance Committee will probe the AG about his readiness to lead HHS on the afternoon of 24 February.

Becerra, whose parents came from Mexico, was the first of his family to graduate from college or law school. He began his career as an attorney working on cases involving...

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