It’s Hump Day…
President Biden’s public schedule for 09/06/2023:
| 10:00 AM Presidential Daily Brief | The President receives the Presidential Daily Briefing The White House Closed Press |
| 10:00 AM | In-Town Pool Call Time The White House |
| 1:00 PM Press Briefing | Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre James S. Brady Press Briefing Room |
| 2:15 PM Remarks | The President delivers remarks on the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) finalizing a new contract covering America’s West Coast ports, and continued progress empowering workers and strengthening America’s ports and supply chains State Dining Room In-House Pool |
Press briefing @1:00 p.m. D.C., time:
Reuters on 08/31/2023 reported that; U.S. dockworkers ratified a six-year contract that improved pay and benefits for 22,000 employees at 29 ports stretching from California to Washington State, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) said on Thursday. Members of the ILWU voted 75% in favor of approving the West Coast port worker agreement that will expire on July 1, 2028. The deal, which is retroactive to July 1, 2022, includes a 32% pay increase over the span of the contract as well as a one-time bonus for working through the early days of the COVID pandemic.
ILWU’s statement can be found here.
PMA’s statement can be found here.
President Biden’s remarks @2:15 p.m. D.C., time:
Medal of Honor Tweets
From Tuesday…
The YouTube is 18 minutes and 20 seconds long. His full remarks can be found here.
They include the story of a pilot who, 55 years ago, risked his own life to save a group of young soldiers like them. The pilot we honor today: Captain Larry Taylor.
The Medal of Honor is our nation’s oldest and highest recognition of valor.
[I included the below part cause I thought it was funny]
Now, when I called Larry to let him know he finally was receiving this recognition, his response was, “I thought you had to do something to receive the Medal of Honor.” (Laughter.) Let me say that again. He said, “I thought you had to do something to receive the Medal of Honor.”
Well, Larry, you sure in hell did something, man. If you ask anyone here, I’m pretty sure they’d say something — you did something extraordinary. That includes our Secretary of the — of the — of the Defense Austin — Secretary Austin, Secretary McDonough, the Army — the Secretary of the Army Wormuth, Chairman Milley, and Senator Black- — where is Senator — Senator Blackburn? — and also Senator Hagerty, who all have joined us today.
White House.gov. 09/05/2023.
This is an Open Thread.
