It’s Wednesday…
President Biden’s public schedule for 09/18/2024:
| 10:00 AM The White House Closed Press The President receives the President’s Daily Brief |
| 1:00 PM James S. Brady Press Briefing Room Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre |
| 5:00 PM East Room The President hosts a reception in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month to honor the contributions of the Latino community to the United States |
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre @1:00 PM D.C., time:
Vice President Harris Delivers Remarks at the CHCI 47th Annual Leadership Conference @12:15 PM D.C., time:
President Biden Hosts a Reception in Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month @5:00 PM D.C., time:
Five Tweets
From Tuesday…
It was an honor to recognize HBCU excellence in our nation.
— President Biden (@POTUS) September 17, 2024
Folks, Kamala and I know that an education makes a person free.
But an HBCU education makes you fearless, as well. pic.twitter.com/LxVpnLOgzj
Remarks by President Biden at the 2024 National HBCU Week Conference | Philadelphia, PA; the YouTube is 28 minutes and 33 seconds long.
It’s an honor to recognize HBCU excellence in our nation. I see excellence in it every single day. I see it this weekend at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation — (applause) — I tell you what — the foundation gala — only about 3,500 people there. (Laughter.) And I was happy — and I’ve been wanting to do this — to celebrate the first-ever White House brunch to celebrate Black excellence — Black excellence — (applause) — which many of you and your alumni attended. It’s about trying to point out what’s already been done.
[snip]
Folks, together, Kamala and I know that an education makes a person free. HBCU’s education makes you fearless, as well. It matters. (Applause.) I mean it.
Remarks by President Biden at the 2024 National HBCU Week Conference | Philadelphia, PA; the YouTube is 28 minutes and 33 seconds long. 09/16/2024.
From the White House…
09/16/2024:
09/17/2024:
- Remarks by President Biden to Overflow Crowd at the 2024 National HBCU Week Conference | Philadelphia, PA (It was posted on 09/17/2024; the event took place on 09/16/2024)
Jill and I wish every family celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival abundance, health, happiness, and a bountiful harvest in the year ahead! pic.twitter.com/sMTrBoEmGb
— President Biden (@POTUS) September 17, 2024
South China Morning Post: What is the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival?(2 minutes and 53 seconds long):
Yet again, Senate Republicans refused to safeguard access to fertility treatments for women trying to get pregnant.
— President Biden (@POTUS) September 17, 2024
Republican officials have had every opportunity to protect reproductive freedom – from IVF to contraception – but they refuse to do so.
The disregard for a…
Show more =’s The disregard for a woman’s right to make these decisions for herself and her family is outrageous and unacceptable.
From the White House…
09/17/2024:
Every woman in every state must have reproductive freedom. Yet, Republicans in Congress have once again made clear that they will not protect access to the fertility treatments many couples need to fulfill their dream of having a child.
Statement from Vice President Harris on Senate Republicans’ Vote to Once Again Block Nationwide Protections for IVF. 09/17/2024.
Congressional Republicans’ repeated refusal to protect access to IVF is not an isolated incident. Extremist so-called leaders have launched a full-on attack against reproductive freedom across our country. In the more than two years since Roe v. Wade was overturned, they have proposed and passed abortion bans that criminalize doctors and make no exception for rape or incest. They have also blocked legislation to protect the right to contraception and proposed four national abortion bans.
Their opposition to a woman’s freedom to make decisions about her own body is extreme, dangerous, and wrong. Our administration will always fight to protect reproductive freedoms, which must include access to IVF. We stand with the majority of Americans – Republicans and Democrats alike – who support protecting access to fertility treatments. And we continue to call on Congress to finally pass a bill that restores reproductive freedom.
The White House did not post a statement from President Biden; they are getting a tad lazy and in fairness busy working toward a transition v. staying in power.
Nationwide, nearly 37,000 wildfires have burned over 7.3 million acres – more land than some American states.
— President Biden (@POTUS) September 17, 2024
It's devastating.
Today, I met with my team to discuss how we're working with state and local partners to control these fires and protect families and communities. pic.twitter.com/lNkhOQ9HWQ
Remarks by President Biden Before Briefing Regarding the Ongoing Wildfire Season Response and Federal Efforts to Reduce Wildfire Risk; I didn’t find a video, I’m sure it exists…
Okay?
I’m about to receive a briefing on everything we’re doing to support the people and communities threatened by these horrific wildfires. And they’re — and they’re devastating.
I — as I was saying to my staff before you came in, since I’ve been president, I’ve flown over more of these wildfires — from Arizona to Idaho and Montana and all that whole crescent — than makes up the entire state of Maryland burned to the ground.
And — and there’s a lot that has to be s- — we’re not going to be able to speak to all of it tonight, but — today, but we’re going to talk a little bit about California and — and what’s going on in Oregon as well.
Nationwide, nearly 37,000 — 37,000 wildfires burning over 7.3 million acres, more land than some of the states that we occupy.In California, they have three major wildfires destroying homes and displacing thousands of people — I mean, thousands of people.
Remarks by President Biden Before Briefing Regarding the Ongoing Wildfire Season Response and Federal Efforts to Reduce Wildfire Risk. 09/17/2024.
In Oregon, there’s nearly 1.8 million acres burned. And it sounds like it’s something good when you say it’s a record, but it’s a bad state record. It’s real.
And my administration is working closely around the clock to control these fires and protect our people, but it’s always a matter of resources. And I look forward to this briefing from key members of my administration, who’ve been working like hell on this, and two frontline governors.
And, by the way, what I’d like to do is I’d like to make the — we’ve raised the pay to $29 an hour. I want to make that permanent for the fire- — these firefighters. Anyway.
So, that’s what we’re going to be talking about, folks. And thank you for making the effort to come in. Appreciate it.
From Wednesday…
Happy Birthday to the United States Air Force! https://t.co/etsnKIFW9O
— President Biden (@POTUS) September 18, 2024
“New” from the White House…
09/17/2024:
- Statement from Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on President Biden’s Travel to New York City; the trip is scheduled for September 23rd through the 25th; his general assembly speech is on the 24th
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre; the YouTube is 51 minutes and 29 seconds long
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