Background noise. Members are responsible for on un muting themselves. Members will be muted only in the event of background noise. In addition, the members must have cameras on. If you must step away, turn your Camera And Audio off, rather than bogging out. In the event logging out. In the Event Something occurs, the congresswoman is authorized to serve as chair. We will look at the budget with the health and human Services Secretary sec. Becerra. Let me extend a warm welcome to you, and i know i speak on behalf of all members of this committee is we offer that welcome. After a year and a half of devastation, economic uncertainty, the loss of more than 500,000 american lives, we meet with renewed optimism as our nation make strides in eradicating covid19. Next to thanks to president Bidens Leadership in the diligence of everyday americans and workers, coronavirus cases, hospitalizations, and death have dropped dramatically, and no small part due to the vaccinations. There is still muc
Boroughs on the biden 2022 Budget Request for the agency. He also talks about pandemic preparedness, Insurance Coverage gaps, and the impact of unaccompanied minors at the u. S. Border. This hearing is about three hours and ten minutes. Good morning, i want to welcome everyone and thank secretary by sarah for holding todays remote hearing in compliance with the rules and regulations for remote pursuant to House Resolution eight. Before we begin, i want to remind members of a few procedures for things to run smoothly. First, consisting with regulation, keep Mike Funds muted in till background noise, to be limited. Members are responsible to unmute themselves for seeking recognition, or one recognized for their five minutes. Committee staff will meet members only in the event of inadvertent background noise. In addition, when members are in the proceeding, they must have the cameras on. Need to step away to please turn your Camera And Audio off rather than logging out of the platform. Fi
Unmuting themself when recognized for their five minutes. Committee staff will mute members only in the event of inadvertent background noise. In addition [inaudible] they must have their cameras on. If you need to step away to attend another proceeding, please turn your camera off rather than logging out of the platform. Finally, in the event that i experience technical difficulties or need to step away from the hearing, Congresswoman Delbene is authorized to serve as chair. The topic of todays hearing, the d. Of Health And Department of health and human services, Secretary Becerra. Let me extend a warm welcome to you, mr. Secretary, and i know i speak on behalf of all members of this committee as we offer that welcome. After nearly a year and a half of devastation, economic Uncertainty And Loss of more than half a million american lives, we meet today in a moment of renewed optimism as our nation continues to make significant strides in eradicating to covid19. Thanks to President Bid
On matters of the border. Good morning. I want to welcome everybody, and thank Secretary Becerra for being with us. And this is rules pursuant to House Resolution 8. Before we begin, i want to remind the members of a few procedures to keep these procedures running smoothly. First, consistent with the regulations, the members will keep the microphones muted to limit the background noise. And members responsible for unmuting themselves when recognized for their five minutes. Committee staff will mute the members only in the event of inadvertent background noise. In addition, when the members are present in the proceeding they must have the cameras on. If you need to step away to attend another proceeding, please turn the Camera And Audio off rather than logging out of the platform. And finally, in the event that i experienced technical difficulties or i need to momentarily step away from the moment, congresswoman Del Bene will be the chair. And so with that, we proceed with the departmen
Up next, testimony from Xavier Becerra on the biden 2022 Budget Request for the agency. He also talks about pandemic preparedness, Insurance Coverage gaps, and the impact of unaccompanied minors at the u. S. Border. This hearing is about three hours and ten minutes. Good morning, i want to welcome everyone and thank Secretary Becerra for holding todays remote hearing in compliance with the rules and regulations for remote hearings pursuant to House Resolution eight. Before we begin, i want to remind members of a few procedures for things to run smoothly. First, consisting with regulation, keep microphones muted in till background noise, to be limited. Members are responsible to unmute themselves for seeking recognition, or when recognized for their five minutes. Committee staff will mute members only in the event of inadvertent background noise. In addition, when members are present in the proceeding, they must have the cameras on. If you need to step away to attend another meeting, pl