Xavier Becerra, Who Sued Trump Over Abortion Access, Questioned About Goals As Biden s HHS Pick
On 3/3/21 at 11:01 AM EST
On Wednesday, Becerra s nomination will face a vote in the Senate Finance Committee.
Becerra currently serves as California s attorney general and has continued to defend the state s liberal policies on abortion, which has prompted concern from Republicans and activist groups opposed to abortion.
During a recent questioning of Becerra, Republican Senator Jon Thune said, It does seem like as attorney general you spent an inordinate amount of time and effort suing pro-life organizations. If confirmed, how do you assure us? Because I think the majority of the American people would not want their secretary of Health and Human Services focused or fixated on expanding abortion when we got all of these public health issues to deal with.
President Joe Biden’s pick for health secretary is taking heat from Republicans for his actions in support of abortion rights. They want to define him and the new administration as out of the mainstream. The nomination of Xavier Becerra faces a key vote Wednesday in the Senate Finance committee. It's a test, too,…
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President Joe Biden’s pick for health secretary is taking heat from Republicans for his actions in support of abortion rights. They want to define him and the new administration as out of the mainstream.
WASHINGTON (AP) President Joe Biden’s pick for health secretary is taking heat from Republicans for his actions in support of abortion rights. They want to define him and the new administration as out of the mainstream.
The Senate Finance Committee deadlocked Wednesday along party lines on the nomination of Xavier Becerra, more of a speed bump than a stop sign. Under the rules, Democrats will take the nomination to a vote by the full Senate, and White House press secretary Jen Psaki says, “We remain confidently behind the nomination.”
Becerra is paying a price for defending, as California s attorney general, some of the nation’s most liberal laws and policies on abortion rights. The battle is also a test for abortion opponents. By a show of force, they re trying to deny a president who supports abortion rights his choice to run the Department of Health and Human Services with the coronavirus pandemic still untamed.