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President Joe Biden signs H.R. 1652, the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021, on Thursday, July 22, 2021, in the East Room of the White House.
Biden signs crime victims fund replenishment bill
Jul 23 - President Joe Biden celebrated what he called "a day of hope" Thursday before signing the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021, a bipartisan bill that aims to provide assistance for crime victims, including counseling expenses, medical bills and lost wages.
Biden thanked lawmakers of both parties in the room, including Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin of Illinois and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, and Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.
"This bill is going to allow us to make sure that all the fines and penalties that are from federal cases go to the victims, the Crime Victims Fund, to rebuild this fund, because it's badly needed," Biden told those gathered in the East Room of the White House. "This is going to enable us to provide more help and support to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, trafficking and other crimes all across America"... more
Biden signs crime victims fund replenishment bill
Jul 23 - President Joe Biden celebrated what he called "a day of hope" Thursday before signing the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021, a bipartisan bill that aims to provide assistance for crime victims, including counseling expenses, medical bills and lost wages.
Biden thanked lawmakers of both parties in the room, including Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin of Illinois and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, and Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.
"This bill is going to allow us to make sure that all the fines and penalties that are from federal cases go to the victims, the Crime Victims Fund, to rebuild this fund, because it's badly needed," Biden told those gathered in the East Room of the White House. "This is going to enable us to provide more help and support to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, trafficking and other crimes all across America"... more
JULY 22, 2021
White House Daily Briefing
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki talked about the president’s agenda with reporters. Reporters asked several questions about the administration’s pandemic response. Other topics discussed included policy in Iraq, the infrastructure deal and Hunter Biden’s meeting with potential art buyers.
White House Daily Briefing
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki talked about the president’s agenda with reporters. Reporters asked several questions about the administration’s pandemic response. Other topics discussed included policy in Iraq, the infrastructure deal and Hunter Biden’s meeting with potential art buyers.
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, July 22, 2021
JULY 22, 2021•PRESS BRIEFINGS
MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Happy Thursday. Okay, we have a special guest. Happy to welcome back Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo.
Today, she will be telling us about a new economic development initiative that the Department is launching, thanks to the American Rescue Plan. She’ll take a couple of questions. After that, as always, I’ll be the bad cop.
With that, I’ll turn it over to Secretary Raimondo.
SECRETARY RAIMONDO: Thank you, Jen. Let’s see here. Thank you, Jen.
Good afternoon, everybody. So, as the President often says and as we all know, we’re on the road to recovery. And today, with this announcement, we mark a real step forward in that recovery.
As Jen just said, the President signed the American Rescue Plan into law, intended to get our country back on its feet. And thanks to that law, I’m thrilled right now to be announcing the launch of a transformative $3 billion economic development initiative that will be running out of the Department of Commerce. I’m even more excited to say that, starting today, this afternoon, every community in America can begin applying for that funding.
We believe that this is the largest local economic development initiative that the Commerce Department has ever made. And it’s a testament to the President’s commitment to do far more than simply recover, but to build back better and make sure every community and every American is included in our comeback.
Everybody ought to benefit from this $3 billion initiative — from working mothers working to balance multiple jobs; to young adults looking for work; to factory workers or retail workers who lost their job in the pandemic — many of them mid-career and they’re wondering, “What happens to me now? What happens to me next?”
These funds — this initiative has been specifically designed to make sure that we are going to be providing high-quality, real jobs for you and for your community... more
JULY 22, 2021•PRESS BRIEFINGS
MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Happy Thursday. Okay, we have a special guest. Happy to welcome back Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo.
Today, she will be telling us about a new economic development initiative that the Department is launching, thanks to the American Rescue Plan. She’ll take a couple of questions. After that, as always, I’ll be the bad cop.
With that, I’ll turn it over to Secretary Raimondo.
SECRETARY RAIMONDO: Thank you, Jen. Let’s see here. Thank you, Jen.
Good afternoon, everybody. So, as the President often says and as we all know, we’re on the road to recovery. And today, with this announcement, we mark a real step forward in that recovery.
As Jen just said, the President signed the American Rescue Plan into law, intended to get our country back on its feet. And thanks to that law, I’m thrilled right now to be announcing the launch of a transformative $3 billion economic development initiative that will be running out of the Department of Commerce. I’m even more excited to say that, starting today, this afternoon, every community in America can begin applying for that funding.
We believe that this is the largest local economic development initiative that the Commerce Department has ever made. And it’s a testament to the President’s commitment to do far more than simply recover, but to build back better and make sure every community and every American is included in our comeback.
Everybody ought to benefit from this $3 billion initiative — from working mothers working to balance multiple jobs; to young adults looking for work; to factory workers or retail workers who lost their job in the pandemic — many of them mid-career and they’re wondering, “What happens to me now? What happens to me next?”
These funds — this initiative has been specifically designed to make sure that we are going to be providing high-quality, real jobs for you and for your community... more
JULY 22, 2021
President Biden Signs Crime Victims Fund Act
President Biden signed the Victims of Crime Act fix into law. The bill would use money collected as legal penalties to pay for victim compensation and assistance programs. After signing the bipartisan legislation the president said, “This is one of those deals where what they did is literally, not figuratively, will change the lives of women and children and some men out there. Thank you.”
President Biden Signs Crime Victims Fund Act
President Biden signed the Victims of Crime Act fix into law. The bill would use money collected as legal penalties to pay for victim compensation and assistance programs. After signing the bipartisan legislation the president said, “This is one of those deals where what they did is literally, not figuratively, will change the lives of women and children and some men out there. Thank you.”
Remarks by President Biden at Signing of H.R. 1642, the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021
JULY 22, 2021•SPEECHES AND REMARKS
East Room
(“Hail to the Chief” is played.)
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Every time I hear that, I wonder when he’s coming. (Laughter.) Please, everybody sit down. Thank you.
Let me begin by doing something no speaker should ever do — by apologizing. I got a little tied up in that other office I work in, Pat, and I apologize for keeping you waiting because I know you’re all as equally busy as I am. And I want to thank you.
Today, I think is a day of hope. And I mean that. A day of hope and healing for victims or crime and organizations that support those victims of crime.
And I want to thank the Vice President and the Second Gentleman, Senators Durbin — I think he’s here; I thought I saw him. Senators Durbin and Baldwin and Grassley and Graham and Murkowski. Representatives Nadler and Fitzpatrick and Jackson-Lee and Wagner and Scanlon. And everyone who has helped make possible this moment, including so many of you who are here today that I haven’t mentioned.
When someone commits a crime, it’s — it’s not enough to bring the predator to justice; we also need to support the victims. And it’s something that, way back — 150 years ago, when I was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, we spent a lot of time working on and setting up victims’ funds. That’s what this Crime Victims Fund does... more
JULY 22, 2021•SPEECHES AND REMARKS
East Room
(“Hail to the Chief” is played.)
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Every time I hear that, I wonder when he’s coming. (Laughter.) Please, everybody sit down. Thank you.
Let me begin by doing something no speaker should ever do — by apologizing. I got a little tied up in that other office I work in, Pat, and I apologize for keeping you waiting because I know you’re all as equally busy as I am. And I want to thank you.
Today, I think is a day of hope. And I mean that. A day of hope and healing for victims or crime and organizations that support those victims of crime.
And I want to thank the Vice President and the Second Gentleman, Senators Durbin — I think he’s here; I thought I saw him. Senators Durbin and Baldwin and Grassley and Graham and Murkowski. Representatives Nadler and Fitzpatrick and Jackson-Lee and Wagner and Scanlon. And everyone who has helped make possible this moment, including so many of you who are here today that I haven’t mentioned.
When someone commits a crime, it’s — it’s not enough to bring the predator to justice; we also need to support the victims. And it’s something that, way back — 150 years ago, when I was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, we spent a lot of time working on and setting up victims’ funds. That’s what this Crime Victims Fund does... more
JULY 22, 2021
Representative Scalise and House Republican Doctors Caucus on COVID-19 Delta Variant
Representative Steve Scalise and the House Republican Doctors Caucus hold a press conference on the COVID-19 Delta variant.
Representative Scalise and House Republican Doctors Caucus on COVID-19 Delta Variant
Representative Steve Scalise and the House Republican Doctors Caucus hold a press conference on the COVID-19 Delta variant.
GOP’s vaccine push comes with g words, few actions
Jul 23 - ...“These vaccines are saving lives,” said DeSantis, who recently began selling campaign merchandise mocking masks and medical experts.
The outreach comes as COVID-19 cases have nearly tripled in the U.S. over the last two weeks, driven by the explosion of the new delta variant, especially in pockets of the country where vaccination rates are low. Public health officials believe the variant is at least twice as contagious as the original version, but the shots appear to offer robust protection against serious illness for most people.
Indeed, nearly all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are now people who haven’t been vaccinated. Nonetheless, just 56.2% of Americans have received at least one vaccine dose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Overall, only 51% of Republicans said in mid-June that they had received at least one vaccine dose, versus 83% of Democrats, according to an AP-NORC poll. And many appeared to have made up their minds. Forty-six percent of those who had not been vaccinated said they definitely would not. Among Republicans, even more — 53% — said they definitely wouldn’t; just 12% said they were planning to... more details
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Jul 23 - ...“These vaccines are saving lives,” said DeSantis, who recently began selling campaign merchandise mocking masks and medical experts.
The outreach comes as COVID-19 cases have nearly tripled in the U.S. over the last two weeks, driven by the explosion of the new delta variant, especially in pockets of the country where vaccination rates are low. Public health officials believe the variant is at least twice as contagious as the original version, but the shots appear to offer robust protection against serious illness for most people.
Indeed, nearly all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are now people who haven’t been vaccinated. Nonetheless, just 56.2% of Americans have received at least one vaccine dose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Overall, only 51% of Republicans said in mid-June that they had received at least one vaccine dose, versus 83% of Democrats, according to an AP-NORC poll. And many appeared to have made up their minds. Forty-six percent of those who had not been vaccinated said they definitely would not. Among Republicans, even more — 53% — said they definitely wouldn’t; just 12% said they were planning to... more details
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