It’s Monday.
There are just 13 days left until Halloween!
For Monday, October, 18th, 2021, President Biden has received his daily brief. President Biden has nothing else listed on his schedule.
FYI: My son and the grandbaby spent the night, he had to work early this morning; the baby decided she thought 3:00 a.m. our time was a good time to be “awake”, so because she decided that, I was up at 3:00 a.m. our time. I’m gonna try and buzz through this thread as it’s now 6:12 a.m. our time and I’m not sure what time the baby will decide to wake again.
President Biden at this time has not tweeted for Monday.
When Biden Bits was published for Friday he had tweeted 3 times. He added 7 tweets giving him a Friday Tweeting Total of 10 tweets and 0 retweets.
I’m pretty sure the above is remarks to tweet, I’m just not sure when; if you are interested, you can check @the News Blender tag clicked “Build Back Better.”
On Friday President Biden visited Connecticut where he delivered remarks on his Build Back Better Agenda. The below YouTube is 29 minutes and 15 seconds long. His full remarks can be found here.
President Biden: If we don’t pass the Build — (applause) — I mean, for real. It’s a life changer. The Build Back Better Act says that you get the first half of it paid to you, and then the second half you get paid on a monthly basis. People are getting — hardworking families are getting a check in the mail on the 15th — today’s the 15th, isn’t it? — or their bank account, just like you get Social Security check, but it’s for your children; it’s for being able to raise your kids. That monthly tax cut for parents is going to end in just a couple of months. And it’s going to impact families of 61 million kids right at the holidays when the winter heating costs are going up, when we need to keep the taxes for families going down.
For more information on the advance child tax credit payment visit IRS.gov.
President Biden: And that’s what my second bill does — the Build Back Better Initiative. Seeing children and educators here at this center is a perfect reminder of what our families need for — and our economy needs so badly to be able to thrive.You know, you all know the statistics, particularly the teachers here: A child coming out of a single-parent house where there’s real difficulty will hear, literally, a million fewer words spoken — not different words — spoken — than the child coming out of a middle-class household. And so, no matter what you say, you start them at the same age — at age six or seven — five or six in school — they’re already behind the curve — already behind the curve. How can we compete in a world if millions of America’s parents, especially moms, can’t be part of the workforce because they can’t afford the cost of childcare or eldercare, I might add? Eldercare — they’re the sandwich generation getting crushed. Here in Connecticut, the average annual cost to bring your toddler to a quality childcare center is about $16,000 a year. That’s what it is around the country — some places more, some places a little less. A lot of money. That’s $16,000 after taxes — after you pay your taxes. So, the average two-parent family with two young kids spends 26 percent of their income on childcare every year. My Build Back Better plan is going to change that. It’s going to cut the cost of childcare for most Connecticut families literally in half. No middle-class family will pay more than 7 percent of their income on childcare. None. Period. (Applause.)
President Biden: Our infrastructure has fallen from the best in the world. According to the World Economic Forum, our infrastructure ranks 13th in the world — roads, bridges, highways, a whole range of things. But just as important is the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development now ranks America 35 out of 37 major countries when it comes to investing in early childhood education and care. Said another way: The world is catching up and beginning to pass us. Jill has my community college — Dr. Biden has an expression she’s used for real: Any country that out-educates us will outcompete us. Any country that out-educates us will outcompete us. We cannot be competitive in the 21st century in this global economy if we fail to invest. That’s why I proposed two critical pieces of legislation being debated in Washington right now. They’re both bills — they’re not about left versus right; they’re not about, you know, moderate versus progressive, or anything else that pits one American against another. These bills, in my view, are literally about competitiveness versus complacency, about opportunity versus decay, and about leading the world or continuing to let the world move by us.
After he delivered remarks in Hartford, Connecticut, he traveled to Storrs, Connecticut, to offer remarks at the University of Connecticut. The below YouTube video is 49 minutes and 45 seconds long. President Biden begins speaking at the 16 minute and 30 second mark. His full remarks can be found here.
SATURDAYS TWEETS:
For Saturday President Biden tweeted 4 times.
See the above tweets from Friday.
The below YouTube is 23 minutes and 52 seconds long. His full remarks can be found here.
President Biden: And to the families of the fallen: You’ve suffered an enormous loss. But understand, your loss is also America’s loss. America’s loss. And your pain is America’s pain.
President Biden: May the souls of those you love and those with whom you served rest in peace and rise in glory.
The White House on Friday published the following Proclamation on; the National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service
In honor of the National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service being held in Washington, D.C., to remember and pay respect to law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty and their families, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions on Saturday, October 16, 2021. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-sixth.
White House.gov. 10/14/2021.
I found one piece of “news” regarding the above from WFSB (local Eyewitness News Channel 3) that says; The White House argues that the U.S. invests far less than other countries in children. It said advanced countries invest an average of $14,000 per year for a toddler’s childcare, compared to $500 in the U.S.
I can’t find where the White House said it. I’ll try again later.
SUNDAYS TWEETS:
On Sunday President Biden tweeted 5 times.
I’ve lost count of how many times he has said and tweeted the above.
President Biden’s remarks from Friday: How can we compete in a world if millions of America’s parents, especially moms, can’t be part of the workforce because they can’t afford the cost of childcare or eldercare, I might add? Eldercare — they’re the sandwich generation getting crushed. Here in Connecticut, the average annual cost to bring your toddler to a quality childcare center is about $16,000 a year. That’s what it is around the country — some places more, some places a little less. A lot of money. That’s $16,000 after taxes — after you pay your taxes. So, the average two-parent family with two young kids spends 26 percent of their income on childcare every year. My Build Back Better plan is going to change that. It’s going to cut the cost of childcare for most Connecticut families literally in half. No middle-class family will pay more than 7 percent of their income on childcare. None. Period. (Applause.)
On Thursday President Biden welcomed President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta to the Oval Office. The 40 second video is snips taken from the pool spray that was held prior to their bilateral meeting. Their full remarks can be found here.
The daily press briefing is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. D.C., time.
This is an Open Thread.
In sad news:
Gen. Colin Powell was 84 years old. May he rest in peace.
