becerra: sure. to give you the football analogy, i hope most of you recognize football, i mean american football, not in this case the most popular soccer known around the world is football -- but there's no doubt that when the president won the election, he knew he had to tackle covid so he made it his number one priority. even before he was sworn in, he assembled a team to work on the transition. the quarterback is, has been, and will be at the white house when it comes to covid. today, it is dr. ashish sha. pretty much everyone who works on the white house team is from hhs. you mentioned dr. croce, the cdc, all the teams at hhs, whether we are in one case blocking or running the football or being given the ball, we will do what we must do on what the president wants us to do. hhs is indispensable on the execution and delivery of that covid policy. we are thrilled to be a team member and on the field when it comes to being on the team. dr. coles: you gave impressive statistics about shots in arms

thank you secretary becerra. in your budget hearing last year i asked you about partial abortion or late term abortions, which are prohibited under law. you stated there is no, and i quote, there is no law that deal specifically with the term partial birth abortion. we know, of course, that this is incorrect. not only is there a federal law, but the biden administration and your department in particular has continually undermined these light protections in the years since we've seen you. mister secretary, let's try again. will you commit to working with attorney general garland to enforce the partial birth of barr's abortion ban act of 2003? which has sat on law and upheld in the supreme court in gonzalez versus car heart in 2007. will you commit to upholding the law, sir? in this case? >> congressman, thank you for the question, good to see you. i can absolutely commit to working with attorney general garland to make sure we are complying with the law and enforcing the law that we have, when it comes to the issu

on tuesday, how the air becerra and michael j mccord -- heavier -- javier becerra and michael j mccord. live coverage of the funeral for madeleine albright. and homeland security testifies the -- at the judiciary oversight committee on the next can border. watch on c-span.org and c-span out cap. and cover of the white house correspondents dinner from sites and sounds inside the ballroom and highlights from past dinners at 6:00 p.m. eastern. and then trevor noah headlines a first white house correspondents association dinner since 2019. president biden and vice president harris specter to attend. watch next week, live on the c-span networks or our free video mobile app. to see video live or demand on live, c-span, your unfiltered view of government. first ladies, in their own words , are eight part series looking at the role of the first ladies, their time in the white house, and issues important to them. >> it was a great advantage and know what it was like to work in schools because education is such an important issue, both for a governor, but also work president, and so that was ver

secretary becerra has a hard stop at 1:15, pm today. will find that i will not be my usual generous self in terms of not lowering the gavel after five minutes is consumed. we want to have enough time for every member to question. the chair now recognizes herself for five minutes. for an opening statement mister secretary welcome to your first in-person hearing with our health subcommittee. what a difference a year makes. when you last testified at our subcommittee in may, 2021 our hearings were virtual. vaccine rollout was just beginning. congress had just passed the american rescue plan a few weeks before. today, over 218 million americans are fully vaccinated. covid hospitalizations in the icu admission are at the lowest they have been during the pandemic. premiums under the affordable care act are at an all-time low. enrollment is at an all-time high. nearly 6 million americans have newly gained health insurance coverage over the last year. american families have saved an average of 20 $400 on their aca health insurance premiums last

nomination to be a district judge and on c-span 3 at 10:15 am, health and human services secretary xavier becerra testifies at a budget hearing. in the afternoon homeland securi s

. >> department of health and human services secretary javier becerra sat down for conversations includinginistration's response to the covid-19 pandemic in the u.s. role as a health leader on the world's age. this is just under one hour. >>

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secretary becerra has a hard stop at 12:30. i will just say your question and allowing time for the secretary to answer, we're talking about in the time frame of about two minutes. and thank you, secretary. let me begin by just saying we have a shift in how we respond to behavioral health. i think the 988 will be able to direct calls to behavioral help and deal with mobile crisis teams to respond and these teams are being set up around the country. we funded these teams in two ways last year. we created a new pilot program. we funded several community project requests for members who wanted to support the teams and they're composed of people who are trained with medical care, individual experience, behavioral crisis needs that versus law enforcement. we did a hearing on that several months ago, and the result has been they are spread all over the country. now we're going to implement this program. how does the request -- i'm concerned about states that do not have a robust crisis care and want to be able to follow up on how we'

grupo regional mexicano ángeles azules la sensual bachata de prince ruiz junto a la argentina maria becerra que tuvo el cierre de la noche >> estamos en las vega yo creo que eso no es tan difícil pero contenta celebrar con mis amistades con mi gente querida. >> impresionante pasamos a otra información les quiero comentar quiénes quieran presenciar del teatro local los invitamos a que disfruten de la producción que fue escrita por el dramaturgo diré baldo lópez. de acuerdo a la manera que las personas pueden sentirse inspiradas al hablar el español. esto en el 510 en la calle (nombre en inglés) día 23 24 y 1 de mayo. puede visitar el sitio web o llamar al teléfono que ve en pantalla 12:26 1 breve pausa y le comenta este fin de semana se viene 1 cambio san francisco en segundos le contamos por qué >> sabías que puedes ver telemundo 48 en área de la bahía? la noticias de manera sencilla pronóstico del tiempo y contenido exclusivo lo mejor de esto es que es gratis, encontrarnos es muy fácil solo busca telemundo 48 área de la bahía y listo ya estás conectado con nuestra comunidad. telemundo 48 p

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. >> secretary javier becerra says to help americans who are struggling with long covid. president biden has instructed the department of health and human services to set up a national action plan. >> one covid israel will continue to assess and highlight the long-term effects of covid-19 on our hardest hit and highest risk communities and make sure they receive the support they need. >> the government lied response to long covid will focus on 3 main goals, improving care services and support enhancing education and outreach among the public, private and medical communities and advancing research. secretary becerra also says the agency will share information in real time on how to prevent detect and treat long covid. >> others gas prices in california are coming down slightly but are still well above the national average. the state average is 5.82 a gallon. that's down $0.9 from last week. but it's still roughly $2 higher than a year ago. the most expensive gas in the bay area is in napa. 5, 93 8, if gallon in san francisco. it's 5.88 oakland's averages 5.81 and it's and

. >> next, health and human services secretary becerra testifies on the president's 2023 budget request. he also took quoans pandemic preparedness and lowering prescription drug costs. this is just over three hours.

secretary becerra, it is so good to see you.it is so good to hear the good things that are happening, and let me also echo that i think our budget is moving -- your budget requests are moving in the right direction even though i'd like to see some more things in some places. from a general perspective, i am very interested in all of those issues from mental health to suicide, to maternal health. i am particularly concerned how all of those issues impact black women and the black community and black children because, as we all know, unfortunately in in this country we represent the bottom of the heap t when it cos to the direness of all of these issues. so i'm going to to ask you some questions about that. but before i do, i want to ask you about something that's very disturbing to me. recently, the cms drafted, made a decision impacting the access to alzheimer's disease medication. and this decision is delaying the availability of that medicine even though the fda had already taken it through its procedures and had deemed it rea

the ukrainian armed forces literally drive them in and where they drive them to an xavier becerra, that's up to you the ukrainian armed forces -- they drive them to, that's up to the ukrainian armed forces. i can't answer that, only the ukrainian defense can answer a question about how much security assistance that were provided to them is and has been used in mariupol. look, i mean i can't speak with great specificity why they had a harder time in kyiv than they appear to be having in mariupol, they are two different cities, two different geographies, two different levels of effort by the russians and by the ukrainians. the point is, it is a strategic city for the ukrainians, too. they continue to fight over it and we contain it is contested. >> one official said the u.s. provides information to ukrainians to defend themselves. john kirby: i said that myself. >> in the donbas area, we said they waged successfully against the russians but now they are going to a conventional phase kind of fight against russia. do you think it is logical for the military to go against the russians in a con

with that i will handed over to secretary becerra. >> thank you dr. fauci. when it comes to covid we have more tools than ever before to stay safe, vaccines and boosters, to treatments and tests all available at no cost to the american people, thanks to our national covid response over the past year. we know many people continue to feel the physical and mental burden of this pandemic we have to ensure people with disabilities and older americans and people who are immunocompromised are not left behind. they continue to have the tools and resources they need to stay safe. just yesterday, we expanded coverage of a free over-the-counter covid tests to the tens of millions of medicare beneficiaries. people with medicare have access to up to eight easy to use covid-19 tests at no cost. this is part of our overall strategy to ensure access to test free of charge. in the past year, we have more than tripled the number of sites where people can get covid-19 tests for free and deliverd -- delivered at home rapid test to americans who have ordered them. president bide

announcer: health and human services secretary have your becerra -- xavier bacerra testifies about presidentiden's budget request for his agency. health and human services would be given $117.3 billion in discretionary spending. this runs 2.5 hours. >> it's great to be in the hearing room and without masks. it's wonderful.

secretary javier becerra says to help americans who are struggling long covid. president biden has instructed the department of health and human services to set up a national action plan. >> one covid israel will continue to assess and highlight the long-term effects of covid-19 on our hardest hit and highest risk communities and make sure they receive the support they need. >> the government one response to long covid will focus on 3 main goals, improving care services and support enhancing education and outreach among the public and private and medical communities as well as advancing research. coming up next, there are calls on the nfl to quickly respond to accusations hostile work environment towards women. how the league is responding. we'll be right back. meet a future mom, a first-time mom and a seasoned pro. this mom's one step closer to their new mini-van! yeah, you'll get used to it. this mom's depositing money with tools on-hand. cha ching. and this mom, well, she's setting an appointment here, so her son can get set up there and start his own financi

secretary becerra because members on both sides are laser focused on mental health care and in a bipartisan way. thank you for being here. >> thank you mr. chairman and secretary for being with us today. federal health care programs face the range of pressing challenges which demand serious solutions and then to have both shared opportunities and priorities and concerns to put forward by the president as part of the moonshot initiative the administration has rightly acknowledge the multi- cancer early detection test which has the potential to boost the cancer survival rate while driving down cost. earlier in this congress, i reintroduced bipartisan legislation was senator bennett to ensure medicare coverage for those screening tools and i look forward to working with you secretary to move the bill across the finish line. the focus on mental health also offers potential for common ground. unfortunately other aspects of the budget request raises substantial questions. it is imperative we work to keep medicare strong not only for current enrollees but also future generations the medicare trust

. >> good afternoon, the dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas happen, also xavier becerra was also questionede divided on ending title 42, after going for the jugular with alejandro mayorkas. >> it is so profoundly offensive on so many different levels and in so many different regards and i won't ask you for an apology. >> the republicans long-awaited for alejandro mayorkas to appear at hearings, knowing it's a hot issue, accusing them of using it as a wedge before the midterms. >> my hope is, my fear is that money on the republican side will use it as an opportunity for political theater. i think that they like having title 42 in place because it inflates the numbers. >> lawmakers from both sides want to vote on keeping it, it will expire in late may. neil: thank you, my friend. secretary, i don't know what would solve this today or how this was advanced today, but this occurs, you know, not too many days away. and the bad problem becoming a worse problem. do you see any way around that? >> no, i do not, especially with a lot of policies that have been put in place that have gotten us to whe

it was in excess becerra, a special night for one fan.rilling victory for the warriors over the jazz on autism awareness day. trayvine green posted a dear friend with autism for this special night. >> in the crowd tonight cheering on the warriors and his former michigan state teammate was anthony. he was diagnosed with a higher functioning form of autism known as pervasive developmental disorder as a child. >> the first thing he said is i want to let you know were doing and autism awareness game and they want me to do some of these clinics and events but i told them i wouldn't do anything unless a bright you out here. >> the two had a rocky start to their friendship in college. >> there were times where his joking and sarcasm went too far with me. that is one of my characteristics, i don't understand the joking and cut -- sarcasm so well. >> he walked up to me and said, why don't you tell me all of this. i told him i didn't think he'd understand that well. from that day on, our wa autism trum due spend fr posting a basketball clinic for 3

hhs secretary xavier becerra will be testifying.t is on c-span3, c-span.org, and on the free c-span video app. 2:00 p.m. today, the homeland security a la hundred mayorkas will be in front of the house homeland security committee testifying about the budget request for that agency. c-span3 is where you can watch it, c-span.org, and the free c-span video app. what is on your mind this morning? what topics do you want to focus on? the phone lines, republicans 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. independents, 202-748-8002. arnold, brooklyn, new york. for democrats -- the line for democrats. caller: the implementation of vaccine mandate continues to be used even though it is shown that the vaccines do not prevent transmission and do not prevent a person from actually coming down with covid. i cannot understand why nobody mentions this is one of the sticking points that is constantly going to lead to a decrease in democratic votes in the upcoming election. host: do you mind if i ask if you are vaccinated? caller: i am not. host: new y

your views on this map freak on twitter, but i first want to ask about the exchange for secretary becerrahe believes that this type of surgery for non- adults is protecting children? really? >> laura, this is absolutely disgusting and as you stated on your show, this is not only repulsive, but its it's child-abuse. the secretary, he is a lawyer, politician he's a bureaucrat an even he is making these professions look bad. it is a sad day in america when the secretary of health and human services is using his position of influence to promot gruesome gender reassignment reassignment surgeries on children. now, we know that his record is not very good. it's actually pretty pathetic. protecting children and parenta rights, so when he came into ou committee, i asked him about those things. i asked him if our tax dollars we're going to these surgical gender reassignment on children these gruesomely gender reassignment and he had no answer. i asked him if parents who don' agree with his care and don't want to mutilate these children if they are at risk or at dange of having their children meant

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between 300,000, 650,000 smoking deaths over 40 years, health and human services secretary javier becerra says the band will be a, quote, important step to advance health equity by reducing disparities in tobacco. use. it's all accounts for more than a 3rd of cigarettes sold in the u.s. and the mint flavors favored by black smokers and teens, mental health workers in california may soon be getting a big boost. state senator scott wiener's behavioral health workforce revitalization act has passed a committee vote that would provide money for hiring in performance bonuses for mental health professionals, such as psychiatrists, behavioral support technicians and others, but also provide stipends to students who pursue a master's degree in social work program and it would create a network to connect mental health professionals with openings throughout the state of california, california attorney general rob bonta has subpoenaed exxon mobil for its alleged what he calls global plastic pollution crisis. >> the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries have engaged in a half century campaign. of

that's what secretary becerra is saying.d then you have president biden saying, it is up to you whether you wear a mask or not. so they're all over the ma'am. and that they're following cdc guidance. there seem to be a science-based, we'll follow the science, but there is also political. some politics going on, too. i know, i'm everyone at the table. and they are looking at the polls. they are looking at the back lash. and they said they will extend it for two weeks or whatever it was. >> it was supposed to expire may 3rd anyway. did the biden administration completely mishandle this saying it was going to end anyway. it was supposed to end may 3rd. now the judge gets rid of it and biden doesn't get the credit even if they don't challenge it. >> right. republicans are declaring this a political victory because this feeds into their longstanding narrative that president biden has overreached in the pandemic. this issue doesn't always fall so neatly on political lines. there are perhaps some conservatives that have children, y

and on c-span3 at 10:15 a.m., health and human services secretary xavier becerra testifies at a budget hearing. in the afternoon homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas testifies. there's also more strain on her website, the house agriculture community holds a hearing on price discrepancies and alleged unfair practices in cattle markets. and a house committee holds a hearing on the opioid epidemic. you'll find those lies at c-span.org. >> american history tv saturdays on c-span2, exploring the people and events that tells the american story. at 1 p.m. eastern a discussiof the advanced placement u.s. history exam with jason stacy and matthew wellington co-authors of fabric of the nation, , a brief history with skills and sources for the ap u.s. history course. they will explain how this year's exam is structured, provides strategies for answering questions, and outlines the historical documents. 2 p.m. eastern on the presidency expert at the bipartisan policy center look to see how the presidency changed in the first two decades of the 21st century under presidents bush, obama, t

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health and human services secretary javier becerra says president biden instructed his department to step up a national action plan. >>one covid israel will continue to assess and highlight the long-term effects of covid-19 on our hardest hit and highest risk communities and make sure they receive the support they need. >>the government wide response to long covid will focus on 3 main goals, improving care services and support enhancing education and outreach among the public, private and medical communities and advancing research. and that the doctor has pleaded guilty to selling fake covid-19 vaccine cards to at least 200 people. federal prosecutors say juli mazi admitted to selling those fake car. she is scheduled to be sentenced in july. the justice department says this is the first federal criminal prosecution related to fake vaccine cards. in the north bay. santa rosa. police say they have arrested a transit woman for robbing a bank. happened tuesday at the chase bank of the suspect ran away when officers arrived on the scene. but police were able to locate her yesterday in fro

yesterday health and human services secretary becerra basically said republicans are using this as anrd to guess that at this moment republicans would pretty much hang their hats on any policy move as an excuse to try and spur the white house into action. >> i don't think they need excuse for political reasons. we have legitimate crisis. you look at the numbers. the numbers in march were the highest in two decades. and a third higher than what they were in february this is a legitimate crisis. this isn't something that's been manufactured by the right. and i think americans of all political stripes don't want to see this sort of chaos on the border. they want control of the border. they don't want the border erased and their problem is that the left seems indifferent to this chaos on the border. and it's probably a reflection of their attitudes of chaos in the interior. the lawlessness that's occurring in our inner cities with crime. and they are focused on these prosecutors who don't want to prosecute criminals or the supposed bail reform that isn't doing anything to address releasin

este aÑo incluÍa las actuaciones de los latinos mon laferte, marÍa becerra y j.balvÍn.por lo que quiera hacer. marÍa:encantaba, no me lo puedo creer, estoy viviendo un sueÑo,ni siquiera era tan pretenciosa soÑando, realmente estoy sÚper feliz representando a mi paÍs, de estar per formando aquÍ sÚper agradecida con josÉ. reportero: en las Últimas semanas balvÍn y residente han estado teniendo una batalla, el cantante puso como condiciÓn para acceder a la entrevista no tocar el tema. lo que sÍ querÍa hablar es de su prÓxima. colaboraciÓn y de su gira mundial que estÁ por iniciar. balvÍn: ya sale dentro de 16 dÍas, comenzamos en estados unidos. reportero: quÉ es lo que significa que traes ahÍ? balvÍn: la paz, el amor y la buena vibra siempre. mi mamÁ estÁ muy bien, gracias a dios press un procesoy un tratamiento. madre, te mando un beso. te amo reportero: cÓmo te encuentras a nivel personal? balvÍn: sÚper agradecido. estoy muy bien. reportero: a quien no te gustarÍa ver? balvÍn: me gusta ver a todo el mundo, tengo buena vibra siempre. reportero: manda un mensaje a sus fanÁ

they are urging health and human services secretary xavier becerra to launch an investigation on whether ecohealth alliance and its president should be barred from receiving federal grants for unethical conduct. fox news has previously reported the new york based research nonprofit secured millions in federal funds to conduct research to study bat coronavirus using what's called gain of function research. some of that research was with the wuhan institute of virology in china. republicans charged the company tried to cover up the origins of covid-19. ecohealth alliance is not commenting. we have new chilling information from the southern border tonight. government says 42 people on the terror watch list have been caught trying to cross into the u.s. since president biden took office. that's almost double the amount we told you about last night from government officials. also, there have been more than 1 million encounters between border patrol personnel and immigrants attempting to enter the u.s. illegally since last october. a huge number. the number of encounters in march alone was the

health and human services secretary xavier becerra said in a statement the proposed rules would help prevent children from becoming the next generation of smokers and help adult smokers quit the fda will take public comments on the proposal and review them all before issuing a final rule that could take almost two years. the ban could be further delayed because companies are likely to sue. if menthols were banned in the u.s., smoking would decrease by 15% within 40 years. within that same time frame, up to 650,000 smoking deaths could be prevented >>> some of the largest pharmacies in all the country are now cracking down on certain prescriptions, specifically on medicines for adhd sources telling "the wall street journal" walmart, cvs and walgreens have all blocked or delayed prescriptions from certain telehealth providers the pharmacies raised concern about two in particular. two called dunn health and cerebral both offer 30-minute online evaluations to diagnose adhd but the journal reports pharmacy workers say these telehealth providers are in some cases writing way too many presc

the representation of jen psaki and the white house, by the president himself and then by xavier becerraof deep concern to me. he want, regardless of whether you are a republican or a democrat, to have confidence in the commander-in-chief in whoever is president at the time to know what's going on in the country, to be clearly leading the path forward when it comes to public policy, and we don't have any kind of confidence in that at this moment, bret. unfortunately, the president continues to contribute to this problem. whenever he talks up about an issue like this that seems to go off the rails. >> bret: juan, democrats increasingly are becoming more vocal on this. two of them congresswoman slotkin and spanberger sent a letter to the president while the administration gave itself two months to prepare. what if a gave to date too little too late especially when the removal of title 42 will occur at a time when seasonal spike occurs. delaying title 42 until you have plan in place to address the inevitable migration surge. the pressure is growing. >> juan: i don't think there is any quest

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. >> health and human services secretary xavier becerra standing by the biden administration's decisiond title 42 at the border next month amidst a grilling from republicans on capitol hill today. >> i'm wondering why cdc all of a sudden has decided that pandemic conditions have improved enough to 42 when hhs is asking us for billions of dollars. >> when the science and evidence tells us that we no longer need the use of quarantine authority under covid 42 because of healthcare conditions then it must come down. >> the pushback isn't only coming from republican. jon tester became the latest democrat to speak out tweeting today that he is strongly opposed to the administration's decision to let title 42 expire. at the border, catch and release on full display in downtown brownsville today. that's where fox news witnessed the mass release of single adult migrants from federal custody. after they are dropped off at a city parking garage they are taken behind a black tarp seem leg to obstruct public view. they emerge from a local nongovernmental organization and walked to a nearby bus termi