Thu Mar 30, 2023 – 5:28 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra refused to disavow the surgical or chemical “gender transitioning” of minors this week, once again signaling the Biden administration’s uncompromising fealty to the demands of LGBT activists.
The Daily Caller reported that Becerra was testifying before the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, initially about the administration’s spending priorities for the upcoming fiscal year. Republican Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland took the opportunity to confront the secretary on the administration’s support for so-called “gender-affirming care.”
“Is the president serious — he wants to take our Childhood Health Insurance Program and pay for this?” Harris asked, referring to calls from the White House to federally fund “transitions.”
“I want to be careful how I answer this, because I answer this as secretary, but I also answer this as a father,” Becerra said.
“This is a very simple question,” Harris repeated. “Does the President want to use CHIPs money to pay for gender mutilation surgery?”
“If it is a simple question, then I will tell you the simple answer is we want to make sure everyone in
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