
Biden's pick to lead HHS heads toward confirmation
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Health and Human Services Secretary nominee Xavier Becerra picked up the support of two crucial votes on Thursday, all but ensuring his eventual Senate confirmation.
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a Democrat and a Republican, announced they would vote to confirm Becerra despite their differences. Manchin said that even though they had "very different records" on abortion and the Second Amendment, he and the California attorney general would work well together on Covid relief, rural health care, the drug epidemic and defending the Affordable Care Act, including its insurance protections for those with preexisting conditions. Collins said that she and Becerra shared the goals of safely reopening schools, lowering the price of prescription drugs and "reducing our dependence on foreign countries for drug manufacturing"More Related News