Xavier Becerra Official Bio

Xavier Becerra

Xavier Becerra is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services since March 2021. Becerra previously served as the attorney general of California from January 2017 until March 2021. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Downtown Los Angeles in Congress from 1993 to 2017. Becerra, a member of the Democratic Party, was Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus from 2013 to 2017. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Xavier Becerra has 698 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1992 Congressional News Conference as a Democratic Representative for California's 30th district. The year with the most videos was 2013 with 48 videos as a Democratic Representative for California's 31st district. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2021 with an average of 7,938 views per program as a Secretary Nominee for the Department of Health and Human Services. Most appearances with Nancy Pelosi (73), Joe Crowley (60), Steny Hoyer (53). Most common tags: Federal Budget, Democratic Party, Immigration.

Appearances by Title:March 19, 2021 - Present Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services


Videos: 40

Previously

Secretary Nominee, Department of Health and Human Services January 20, 2021 - March 18, 2021 Videos: 3 Attorney General, California
D January 24, 2017 - March 18, 2021 Videos: 8 U.S. Representative, D-CA 34th January 3, 2013 - January 24, 2017 Videos: 164 U.S. Representative, D-CA 31st January 7, 2003 - January 3, 2013 Videos: 247 U.S. Representative, D-CA 30th January 3, 1993 - January 7, 2003 Videos: 236

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Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Historic election results compiled from data found on FEC.gov

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