"As we work to expand access to affordable healthcare and address the challenges of COVID-19 and future pandemics, we need to address public health crises that are already here, like violence in our communities and climate change," Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra told the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday.
WASHINGTON It’s coming time again that Congress pass a new budget.
President Biden has laid out a budget proposal which members of Congress are looking over right now. A noticeable part of the budget proposal is a provision to remove the Hyde amendment.
The Hyde amendment is a law prohibiting federal money from being used to pay for abortions, except in cases where a woman’s life needs saving or in cases of rape or incest.
On Capitol Hill on Wednesday Sen. Mike Braun (R) of Indiana asked Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra if he had a hand in crafted that provision to remove the Hyde Amendment from the books.