Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerrais an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for California's 34th congressional district, who has represented Downtown Los Angeles in Congress since 1993. Becerra, a member of the Democratic Party, is Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 January 1958
CountryUnited States of America
agreements competition continue deficit faced larger leave naked neither nor pace trade year
We are on pace this year to have a trade deficit that is larger than $800 billion. We have never faced that before, but we continue to put forward trade agreements like these that leave us naked to competition that is neither free nor fair.
country deficits largest regime
Today, we have a trade regime which has led to the largest trade deficits this country has ever experienced.
cannot misguided undo war
We cannot undo the past in this misguided war in Iraq.
decision drink good influence leading news parents
The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol.
african failure greater kidney patients population rate treated white
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.
jobs quality disease
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.
white community african-american
Diabetes occurs at twice the rate in the African American community as it does in white Americans.
country hate thinking
I hate to say it but I think it has become very obvious that our system for devising trade agreements, so very important to this country's functioning around the world, has not only broken, but it has broken completely.
war order years
February 19, 1942, is the year in which Executive Order 9066 was signed, and this was the order that called for the exclusion and internment of all Japanese Americans living on the west coast during World War II.
children school home
Gotta have safety at our borders. We're a sovereign nation, gotta protect our borders. Make sure the workplace doesn't become a magnet for folks to be hired without the authorization. And then let's be realistic and sensible about how we approach all those folks who made America their home, established businesses, have children who have gone on to be valedictorians at their high school - and let's do these things in a very sensible way.
alcohol drug abuse
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12.
kids decision alcohol
The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids decision not to drink alcohol.
military war fighting
Before we put an American in harm's way, tell us why. No one wants to see the region descend into further chaos. There's a lot of concern about getting embroiled in another Vietnam and ... about sending American troops once again to fight someone else's war.
years unfinished-work liberty
But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nations history.