The very low public profile of one of Biden’s top Cabinet officials: Health and Human Services Sec. Becerra.
Asked whether Becerra had been invited to the NIH event, White House spokesman Chris Meagher did not answer directly. He said: “Secretary Becerra is leading an agency handling some of the most critical issues our country is facing today, including tackling reproductive freedom, fighting to lower prescription drug prices and expanding access to high quality, affordable health care.
“The best thing I can tell you,” he said, “is that it’s not profile, it’s results, that count, and so at the end of the day, if we do this right, if we’re mission-focused and if we are results-driven, we’re going to save lives. I suspect that’s going to help not just my profile, but HHS and this administration’s profile on tackling Covid.”
An HHS spokesperson said Becerra is focused on the following: “helping end the Covid-19 pandemic, reducing health care costs, expanding access to health care, tackling health disparities, strengthening behavioral health.” Becerra’s spokesperson, Sarah Lovenheim, the assistant secretary for public affairs, disputed the lack of media availabilities, saying Becerra “typically appears on national TV and/or radio weekly,” adding: “His last national radio appearance was this past Friday, with NPR’s ‘All Things Considered.’ Covid-19 was the focus, as it is for most of his media engagement.
When he was asked in the phone interview about holding briefings and making himself available to the national media, Becerra cited three television interviews he did Thursday on Telemundo, CNN en Español and Univision. “We’re constantly out there, [but], you know, with everything swirling, we don’t get all the attention,” he said. “That’s another story. That’s really up to you all what gets covered. But we’re out there.
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