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January 22, 2021<\/p>\n
Dear Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Wyden:<\/p>\n
The National Consumers League (NCL) is America\u2019s pioneering consumer advocacy organization, representing consumers and workers on marketplace and workplace issues since our founding in 1899. NCL has long advocated for equitable access to affordable quality health care for all. Today, NCL continues to work tirelessly to ensure the nation\u2019s COVID-19 response meets the needs of the communities hardest hit by the pandemic.<\/p>\n
As such, we call on the Senate to act expeditiously to confirm the appointment of Attorney General Xavier Becerra to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). AG Becerra\u2019s appointment to Secretary of HHS is welcomed by advocates across the health care spectrum. As a nation in the midst of a public health crisis, there has never been a more critical time for bipartisanship. AG Becerra\u2019s speedy confirmation would be a positive step forward to setting aside political ideology and working across the aisle to serve the American people.<\/p>\n
AG Becerra is a proven champion for increasing access to health care in low-income minority communities, which are being disproportionately affected by the coronavirus. As Attorney General of California, AG Becerra\u2019s stalwart leadership helped to preserve key consumer health care protections enacted by the Affordable Care Act. We anticipate that Attorney General Becerra will lead the HHS pandemic response with the same health equity and social justice principles he\u2019s employed throughout his career.<\/p>\n
NCL strongly supports the nomination of Attorney General Xavier Becerra as the next HHS Secretary and urges this Committee to report his nomination favorably to the Senate. NCL is encouraged this Committee has already begun the nomination process by sending its initial questionnaire to the nominee, and hopes this is an indicator that the diligent work to confirm AG Becerra\u2019s appointment to HHS will commence without delay.<\/p>\n
Sincerely,<\/p>\n
Sally Greenberg
\nExecutive Director
\nNational Consumers League<\/p>\n
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