{"id":173739,"date":"2021-02-25T17:15:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T22:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=173739"},"modified":"2021-02-25T17:15:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T22:15:45","slug":"hhs-secy-nominee-grilled-over-nun-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hhs-secy-nominee-grilled-over-nun-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"HHS secy nominee grilled over nun lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhhs-secy-nominee-grilled-over-nun-lawsuit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=173739&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div id=\"attachment_2378788\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">          <img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2378788\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2378788 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1231365473-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"Xavier Becerra, nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, answers questions during his Senate Finance Committee nomination hearing on February 24, 2021 at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. - If confirmed, Becerra would be the first Latino secretary of HHS. (Photo by Greg Nash \/ POOL \/ AFP) (Photo by GREG NASH\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/>          <\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2378788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">     Xavier Becerra, nominee for Secretary of Health insurance and Human Services, solutions queries during his Senate Financing Committee nomination listening to on February 24, 2021 at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. &#8211; If verified, Becerra will be the first Latino secretary of HHS. (Image by GREG NASH\/Swimming pool\/AFP via Getty Pictures)     <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h5>     OAN Newsroom     <br \/>     UPDATED 2:15 PM PT &#8211; Thurs, February 25, 2021     <\/h5>\n<p>     A      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/congressional-leaders-argue-over-potential-january-6-2021-commission\/\">     listening to     <\/a>      prior to the Senate Financing Committee heated up as Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) and HHS Secretary nominee Xavier Becerra (D) squared away from over a controversial situation Becerra argued as California\u2019s attorney common. During his confirmation listening to Wednesday, the senator from Nebraska inquired Becerra to explain his choice to focus on a Catholic religious purchase called \u201cTHE TINY Sisters of the indegent\u201d within a      <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/appellate-courts\/ca9\/19-15072\/19-15072-2019-10-22.html\">     2017 lawsuit     <\/a>      contrary to the Trump administration.     <\/p>\n<p>     \u201cMr. Becerra, you said a time ago that you\u2019ve in no way sued the nuns, that is a pretty fascinating method of reframing your bullying,\u201d Sasse said. \u201cYou truly sued the government, who had provided an exception to the nuns. Is it possible to show us what THE TINY Sisters of the indegent were doing incorrect?\u201d     <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2378787\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">          <img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2378787\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2378787 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1231360627.jpg\" alt=\"Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., questions William Burns, nominee for Central Intelligence Agency director, during his Senate Select Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing in Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on on February 24, 2021. (Photo by Tom Williams \/ POOL \/ AFP) (Photo by TOM WILLIAMS\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/>          <\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2378787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">     Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., queries William Burns, nominee for Main Intelligence Company director, during his Senate Select Cleverness Committee confirmation listening to in Russell Senate WORKPLACE on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on on February 24, 2021. (Picture by TOM WILLIAMS\/Swimming pool\/AFP via Getty Pictures)     <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>     \u201cTherefore, senator, when i tried to describe,\u201d Becerra answered. \u201cMy activities were against the authorities. We in no way alleged that THE TINY Sisters of the indegent did anything incorrect. Our issue was that the government had not been abiding by regulations as we noticed it.\u201d     <\/p>\n<p>     Sasse requested the HHS Secretary nominee to clarify.     <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">     Sen.      <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenSasse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">     @BenSasse     <\/a>      confronts Biden HHS nominee Xavier Becerra on the lawsuit he filed as AG of California contrary to the Small Sisters of the indegent over contraceptive insurance coverage      <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UkohUL0O3g\">     pic.twitter.com\/UkohUL0O3g     <\/a>          <\/p>\n<p>     &#8211; Regular Caller (@DailyCaller)      <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1364715333022531586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">     February 24, 2021     <\/a>          <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>     \u201cWhat had been the nuns carrying out that made it difficult for California to manage their plan?\u201d questioned the Nebraska senator. \u201cThat has been only a complete nonsense response.\u201d     <\/p>\n<p>     Becerra attempted to dodge, but had been caught in secs and redirected. He attempted to slide loose of the senator\u2019s type of questioning by repeating exactly the same non-answer again.     <\/p>\n<p>     \u201cWHEN I mentioned,\u201d Becerra claimed. \u201cOur action was contrary to the authorities.\u201d     <\/p>\n<p>     Sasse has been undeterred and pushed on, asking Becerra concerning the nuns once again.     <\/p>\n<p>     \u201cWhat did the government perform?\u201d demanded the Republican. \u201cIt had been about the nuns. That is nonsense. What you\u2019re saying isn\u2019t real.\u201d     <\/p>\n<p>     Becerra attemptedto get a different outcome by repeating exactly the same information.     <\/p>\n<p>     \u201cSenator, what of hawaii of California &#8211; and I had been defending what of our condition and the laws which were set up,\u201d Becerra said. \u201cThe government took activities [and] changed just how that we could have administered the applications that we had beneath the Affordable Care Work.\u201d     <\/p>\n<p>     Sasse had not been satisfied with Becerra\u2019s try to answer.     <\/p>\n<p>     \u201cSo again a lot of phrases,\u201d Sasse noted. \u201cNevertheless, you know nicely &#8211; you\u2019re a remarkably smart man &#8211; you understand properly that what the government did was ensure that you couldn\u2019t focus on the nuns. So that you can put 17 layers of you&#8217;re following law to follow the government for administering this program or performing X or carrying out Y that managed to get problematic for California law to manage this program.&#8217;\u201d     <\/p>\n<p>     The volley continued for a few minutes. Sasse attempted five even more times to obtain Becerra to describe how he could rationalize a lawsuit named following the Small Sisters of the indegent had nothing in connection with them. Sasse emphasized Becerra focused religious liberty.     <\/p>\n<p>     Along with his confirmation approaching, Democrats come to mind Becerra won\u2019t assistance their Medicare for several push. Additionally, Republicans possess condemned his intend to restore federal financing to Planned Parenthood. Because of this, senators on both sides of the aisle expressed worries that his career options may make him as well polarizing to describe to their constituents back.     <\/p>\n<h4>     MORE Information:\u00a0     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/mccarthy-majority-of-funding-for-school-reopening-in-dem-relief-bill-wont-be-spent-in-2021\/\">     McCarthy: MOST Funding For \u2018Reopening Universities\u2019 In Dem Relief Costs Won\u2019t End up being Spent In 2021     <\/a>          <\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274244,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1231365473-655x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"HHS secy nominee grilled over nun lawsuit","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1231365473-655x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"HHS secy nominee grilled over nun lawsuit","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}