ICYMI: Vice President Harris Joins "Sherri" For Wide-Ranging Interview

During a live interview with Sherri Shepherd, the Vice President discussed maternal health, her nationwide Economic Opportunity Tour, and the Biden-Harris Administration's record of delivering for the American people

NEW YORK – Vice President Kamala Harris joined Sherri Shepherd this morning for a wide-ranging conversation that aired across the country. During the live interview, the Vice President continued her leadership on addressing the maternal health crisis, discussed her nationwide Economic Opportunity Tour, and outlined how the Biden-Harris Administration has delivered historic progress for families throughout America. She also shared what she has been hearing on the road while making more than 40 trips to 16 states since the beginning of the year.

ICYMI, here are four moments from today's interview on Sherri:

1. Vice President Harris spoke about her continued work to address the maternal health crisis and improve postpartum care for women across America:

"One of the things that I started to focus on when I became Vice President is, I was curious about what is going on in terms of giving women the support they need in terms of postpartum care. And I looked at our country and realized that, for women on Medicaid, only three states in our nation had extended postpartum coverage from two months to 12 months – only three states. … I then issued a challenge to all of these states: Extend postpartum care to 12 months. As of today, 46 states have signed on. … women deserve and need this kind of support."

2. The Vice President discussed her nationwide Economic Opportunity Tour and highlighted how the Biden-Harris Administration has reduced debt – from forgiving an unprecedented amount of student debt to taking on medical debt:

"We have been looking at, for example, medical debt because usually it is because somebody faces a medical emergency for which they were not prepared, did not have the savings. … we are on track to say that medical debt cannot be counted in your credit score. … this is going to be a game changer for so many people and it is just what is morally right. … we are on track to forgiving over $160 billion in student loan debt for 4 million people including for our public servants like our nurses, our firefighters, and our teachers."

3. Vice President Harris underscored what she and President Biden have done to support small businesses and entrepreneurs in communities throughout the country:

"One of the areas of focus for me to strengthen and fortify our nation's economy is to focus on supporting small businesses … I have been working on getting more resources to them and, in particular, increasing access to capital. So I started this Economic Opportunity Tour to focus on helping people know that we have, for example, expanded what we are allowing in terms of small-business loans through community banks. We have gotten rid of some of the obstacles to loans."

4. The Vice President shared how young leaders across America give her hope while working to protect our fundamental freedoms:

"I started a college tour last fall – meeting with Gen Z and all these young people who are not waiting around for us to fix things. They are ready to take it on … things like gun violence, climate crisis. And I think that part of what we all embrace and need to acknowledge is that we measure the strength of ourselves not based on who we beat down but who we lift up. And let us continue to focus on that as a way to strengthen ourselves, our country."

Watch the Vice President's full interview with Sherri here: segment 1 | segment 2 | segment 3