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Xavier Becerra ( / hɑːviˈɛər bɪˈsɛrə / hah-vee-AIR beh-SEHR-ə; Latin American Spanish: [xaˈβjeɾ βeˈsera]; born January 26, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services since March 2021. He is the first Latino to hold this position in history. [1]
Becerra served in the House of Representatives from 1993 to 2017 before moving on to the role of California’s attorney general. His nomination comes at a time when the fate of Obamacare is up to ...
Miller v. Bonta No. 19-cv-1537-BEN (JLB), injunction and stay, ECF No. 115 (S.D. Cal. 2021) Appealed from. United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Miller v. Bonta is a pending court case before Judge Roger Benitez of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California concerning California 's assault ...
Xavier Becerra has served as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services since March 19, 2021, the first person of Hispanic descent to hold the post. Duties [ edit ] The flag of the secretary of health, education, and welfare, the predecessor to the current office.
One of the very few high-ranking Latinos in the Biden administration, Becerra was expected to use his experience as California’s attorney general (a post he assumed once Kamala Harris moved to ...
Initially launched in January 2021 under Xavier Becerra, California’s attorney general at the time, the probe came amid a string of controversial shootings, costly lawsuits, repeated allegations ...
A special election was held on June 6, 2017, to elect the member of the United States House of Representatives for California's 34th congressional district. A special open primary election was held on April 4, 2017. Incumbent Representative Xavier Becerra, nominated by Governor Jerry Brown to succeed Kamala Harris, was confirmed as Attorney ...
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra violated the Hatch Act when he publicly expressed support for the reelection of Senator Alex Padilla (D., Calif.), according to a ...