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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.

From Xavier Becerra

Diabetes occurs at twice the rate in the African American community as it does in white Americans.

From Xavier Becerra

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 Nation's history.

From Xavier Becerra

As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes.

From Xavier Becerra

As a regent, I hope to bring that important perspective of a typical family visitor in combination with my background as a Member of Congress and a proponent of the Smithsonian's efforts to reach all Americans.

From Xavier Becerra

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.

From Xavier Becerra

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12.

From Xavier Becerra

According to the American Heart Association, the prevalence of hypertension in African Americans in the United States is among the highest in the world.

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According to Teenage Research Unlimited, 51 percent of 13-15 year olds say they will be faced with making a decision regarding alcohol in the next three months.

From Xavier Becerra

If we finally chose as a country to take responsibility for the wars that we believe we must engage in, and rather than borrow money to exercise that authority to go to war, we actually pay for these wars, that would save us over a trillion dollars, because that's what we have spent in Iraq and Afghanistan - all through borrowed money.

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