President Biden’s public schedule for Wednesday 04/19/2023:
| 10:00 AM | The President receives the Presidential Daily Briefing Closed Press |
| 10:30 AM | In-Town Pool Call Time In-Town Pool |
| 12:15 PM Press Briefing | Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre James S. Brady Press Briefing Room |
| 1:20 PM | The President departs the White House South GroundsIn-Town Travel Pool |
| 2:30 PM Remarks | The President delivers remarks contrasting his vision for the economy with MAGA House Republicans’ vision: an economy that grows from the middle out and bottom up instead of an economy that trickles from the top down |
| 3:15 PM | The President departs en route to the White House In-Town Travel Pool |
| 3:45 PM | The President arrives at the White House West Executive Avenue In-Town Travel Pool |
Press briefing scheduled for 12:15 p.m. D.C., time:
The White House has not posted anything regarding today’s remarks (so far). President Biden has tweeted:
President Biden remarks scheduled for 2:30 p.m. D.C., time.
Taxes Tweets
From Tuesday…
His budget can be found here.
Speaking of taxes…
From the White House; The President and Vice President release their 2022 tax returns (04/18/2023):
Today, the President and First Lady released their 2022 federal income tax return. With this release, President Biden has shared a total of 25 years of tax returns with the American public. Once again demonstrating his commitment to being transparent with the American people about the finances of the Commander-in-Chief, President Biden has released the most tax returns of any president while in office.
The President and First Lady filed their income tax return jointly and reported federal adjusted gross income of $579,514. They paid $169,820 in combined federal, Delaware, and Virginia income taxes. And their 2022 effective federal income tax rate is 23.8 percent.
White House.gov. 04/18/2023.
The President and First Lady also reported contributions of $20,180 to 20 different charities. The largest gift to charity was $5,000 to the Beau Biden Foundation, a public charity dedicated to ensuring that all children are free from the threat of abuse. They also donated to St. Joseph on the Brandywine, their home parish, to the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, and the National Fraternal Order of Police Foundation, among other charities.
Specifically, the President and First Lady paid $137,658 in federal income tax. They also released their Delaware income tax return and reported paying $29,023 in Delaware income tax. The First Lady released her Virginia income tax return as well, and reported paying $3,139 in Virginia income tax.
View the President and First Lady’s tax returns here.
The Vice President and the Second Gentleman also released their 2022 federal income tax return, as well as state income tax returns for California and the District of Columbia. Including today’s release, the Vice President has published 19 years of tax returns.
The Vice President and the Second Gentleman reported federal adjusted gross income of $456,918. They paid $93,570 in federal income tax, amounting to a 2022 effective federal income tax rate of 20.5 percent. They also paid $17,612 in California income tax, and Mr. Emhoff paid $9,697 in District of Columbia income tax. They contributed $23,000 to charity in 2022.
View the Vice President and Second Gentleman’s tax returns here.
President Biden and the First Lady’s tax return (PDF pg. 1 and 2):
Vice President Harris and the Second Gentleman’s tax return (PDF pg. 1 and 2):
Executive Order Tweets
From Tuesday…
I shared the fact-sheet in Tuesday’s Biden’s Bit’s.
The Executive Order can be found here.
The YouTube is 22 minutes and 14 seconds long.
From Wednesday…
From his remarks:
If you live in a major American city, you can pay more than $17,000 a year, as all of you know, per child for childcare in order to be able to go to work. And for a lot of families, that’s more than you pay for your rent, your mortgage, or a college education for your children.
[snip]
Millions of Americans are stuck in the middle, in part of so-called “sandwich generation,” caring for young children and elderly parents at the same time. And it’s overwhelming.
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And, by the way, that’s why every worker needs to be free to make the choice to join a union. (Applause.)
[snip]
Folks, there’s lot we can do. We’re doing all of this. Why? Because, right now, the cost of care is too high for seniors in nursing homes, for working families with young children.
[snip]
The United States of America — we should have no one — there should — no one should have to choose between caring for the parents who raised them, the children who depend on them, or the paycheck they rely on to take care of both.
[snip]
The executive order I’m about to sign is the most comprehensive set of actions any administration has taken to date to increase access to high-quality childcare and long-term cur- — care and support for the caregivers.
[snip]
Care work is demanding, as many of you in this audience know. It requires serious skill, but these workers are among the lowest-paid workers in the country.
[snip; the video clip is 1 minute and 8 seconds long]
We’re here today to take action on an issue that’s fundamental to who we are as a nation, who we are as a country: How we do — how do we treat the people we care so much about, who needs the most help — our children, the people we love, people with disabilities, including veterans? And how do we value those caring for them — childcare workers, nurses, home care workers, family caregivers?
[snip]
I’m about to sign an executive order increasing access to high-quality care and supporting caregivers.
[snip]
You know, under this order, almost every federal agency will collectively take over 50 actions to provide more peace of mind for families and dignity for care workers and — who deserve jobs with good pay and good benefits.
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And thank you to the care workers and family caregivers who are doing God’s work taking care of our children, our parents, and those we love so dearly. You care for the people we value the most in the whole world. And I want you to know how much we value you. And I mean that.
White House.gov. 04/18/2023.
Gun Violence Tweets
From Tuesday…
From Wednesday…
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in yesterday’s press briefing:
Now, this next topper here that I have — it’s just one — it feels like every week, as least once a week, I come to the podium and I talk about this gun violence epidemic that we’re seeing across the country and how our communities and families across America yet again have been devastated by tragic acts of gun violence.
White House.gov. 04/18/2023.
And it is not just devasting for me. I’m sure it’s devastating for all of you and your families, it’s devasting for this President, it’s devastating for our administration, and — to have to continue to do that over and over again.
And — and so, let me just lay out, sadly, what we have seen these last couple of days:
Four young people killed at a sweet 16 party in Dadeville, Alabama.
Two killed and four others injured on Saturday night in a crowded public park in Louisville.
A bright, young, loving 16-year-old kid, Ralph Yarl, shot in the head in Missouri after ringing the wrong doorbell.
And we just learned a few hours ago — about 12 hours ago — about a young woman — 20 year — 20-year-old woman in Upstate New York who was killed for turning down the wrong driveway.
And these are just some of the tragedies that actually have made the headlines.
As you saw from the President, he and the First Lady are grieving for those killed and the many others injured and fighting — fighting for their lives in the wake of this gun violence that we’re seeing across the country.
The President had the chance to speak on the phone with Ralph last night. In addition to talking about Ralph’s success in high school — in high school, his hopes for the future, and wishing him a speedy recovery, the President committed to Ralph and his mom, as he has committed to so many other survivors, that he will continue to fight for gun safety reforms.
That’s because action on gun safety is what we owe — it is what we owe to those who have had their lives stolen from them, and it is what the American people want to see. A majority of the American people want to see us take action.
Despite that, last week we saw many national Republican elected officials stand alongside NRA in a race to the bottom on dangerous — dangerous laws that further erode gun safety. Tho- — the proposals they’re pushing take us in the wrong direction at a time when we’re seeing gun violence surging, particularly gun deaths of our children.
Now, this stat, as you’ve heard me say many times — the President put it in his statement recently — guns is the leading cause of death in our children. Guns is the leading cause of death in our children.
So, as the President has said, he wants to work across the aisle in good faith on federal legislation that will save lives. It is within Congress’s power to require safe storage of firearms, require background checks for all guns — gun sales, eliminate gun manufacturers’ immunity from liability, and ban assault weapons and also high-capacity magazines.
And he continues to believe this should happen without delay. This is something that they can do today if they chose.
Ireland Tweet
From Tuesday…
Remarks by President Biden to the People of County Mayo (04/14/2023).
The video clip is 1 minute and 8 seconds long.
President Biden:
Everything between Ireland and America runs deep: our history, our heritage, our sorrows, our future, our friendship, our joys.
But more than anything, hope is what beats in the hearts of all of our people.
[snip]
Over the years, stories of this place have become part of my soul, part of my family lore.
[snip]
And thinking about it, I can hear my dad’s voice again. He’d always say, “Joey, remember: Family is the beginning, the middle, and the end.” Beginning, middle, and end. That’s the Irish of it. The beginning, the middle, and end. (Applause.)
[snip]
My friends, people of Mayo: This is a moment to recommit our hearts, our minds, our ardent souls to the march of progress; to lay the foundations, brick by brick by brick, for a better future for our kids and our grandkids — one of greater liberty, opportunity, and dignity, just like our an- — ancestors did for us.
I have never been more optimistic, and I’ve been doing this a long time. I’ve never been more optimistic about what we can achieve if we stick together and stick to our values. This is a time of enormous possibilities.
And united by history, heritage, and hope, and, maybe most of all, by courage, nothing is beyond our reach.
White House.gov. 04/14/2023.
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