From FoxNews.com….
The Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Xavier Becerra as President Biden’s Health and Human Services secretary, delivering the nascent administration another Cabinet member despite nearly unanimous opposition from Republican lawmakers.
Becerra, currently California’s attorney general, will become the nation’s first Latino to lead the Department of Health and Human Services and faces the daunting challenge of leading the administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. surpassed 538,000 deaths on Thursday, the highest in the world.
Lawmakers approved Becerra on a 50-49 vote, with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, the only Republican to support his nomination.
