Pool Reports by Alicia Diaz, Bloomberg News
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September 20, 2023 16:07 |
VP pool #1 // CHCI event to begin shortly Good afternoon from Washington DC. I'll be your print pooler today. Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to take the stage at 5 pm EST alongside actor John Leguizamo at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute leadership conference. The conversation will take place at Walter E. Washington Convention Center to a room which holds roughly 600 people, per event staff. The event will be live streamed here: WhiteHouse.Gov/Live Additional background information from the White House below. On background from a White House official: During the moderated conversation, the Vice President will discuss the Biden-Harris Administration's historic investments in Latino-owned small businesses, address the attacks Americans are facing on their basic freedoms—including the right to make decisions about one's own body and to live free from gun violence—and outline the work ahead to continue strengthening the middle class and move our nation forward. Vice President's conversation at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center will be livestreamed at 5:00PM ET at WhiteHouse.Gov/Live. The "Fight for Our Freedoms" College Tour: VP Harris's work to engage with young Americans: VP Harris's work to engage with Latino Leaders: |
September 20, 2023 17:03 |
VP pool #2 // Harris begins CHCI event VP Kamala Harris took the stage for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute leadership conference event at 5:01 pm EST alongside actor John Leguizamo, who is moderating the conversation. Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) introduced Harris, touting her position on the Affordable Care Act, her stance on marriage equality and her role as an advocate for Latinos. Harris arrived at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center around 4:34 pm EST, per a White House official. The conversation will be live streamed at WhiteHouse.Gov/Live |
September 20, 2023 17:51 |
VP pool #3 // Harris remarks at CHCI Notes and key quotes from Harris' remarks at CHCI below. Harris started the conversation with a shoutout to Gen Z. "They are brilliant. They are practical. They are engaged. They care deeply. But they also aren't going to let us waste any time with what needs to happen in our country," Harris said. Leguizamo, wearing a New York Mets cap, asked Harris to detail her work on increasing access for economic empowerment for Latinos in the US. "It's not only about making sure people have a job. It's about creating opportunity to acquire and grow wealth," Harris said. The crowd applauded to in response. "Part of what I want to ask all of the leaders here to do is to help us get the word out to all of these businesses to help them know that they have the right to apply for and qualify for federal contracts in this work," Harris said on the Biden administration's goal to increase federal contracts for minority owned businesses by 50%. On education, Leguizamo asked about the increasing political tension surrounding curriculum in certain states. "Don't forget Florida," Harris said, to which the crowd erupted in laughs and applause. "Attacks on fundamental freedoms is losing the right of our children and our nation to learn America's full history," Harris said. "These extremist so-called leaders are trying to take us back. They're trying to erase America's history, both the good and the bad parts." On the DACA decision: "We're going to keep fighting against it," Harris said. On women's health: It is "immoral" for a government to tell a women what to do with her body, and that's what is happening in our country, Harris said. "The majority of Latinos agree that the government should not be making this decision," Harris said, to which the crowd reacted in applause. |
Kamala Harris, Vice Presidential Pool Reports of September 20, 2023 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/365443