Xavier Becerra
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Biography
Xavier Becerra is an American attorney and politician who served as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services under President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, Becerra previously served as the 33rd attorney general of California from 2017 to 2021 and as a U.S. representative from California from 1993 to 2017.
"African Americans make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population but comprise 32 percent of patients treated for kidney failure, giving them a kidney failure rate that is 4.2 times greater than that of white Americans."
"Twenty million more have Chronic Kidney Disease, where patients experience a gradual deterioration of kidney function, the end result of which is kidney failure."
"Winning the peace is harder than winning the war."
"According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12."
"Individuals with kidney disease who are able to obtain treatment early experience a higher quality of life and are able to maintain more of their day-to-day activities, including keeping their jobs."
"I have been chastised by a president, I have antagonized and angered presidents, and I have taken on my own leadership."
"California is a very important state. As goes California, so goes the nation. We need to have strong leadership. Someone who can hit the ground running."