by WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his cabinet will embark on a post-State of the Union “blitz” in at least 20 states next week to discuss his economic agenda after his address to Congress Tuesday night, he said. the White House announced on Friday.
Biden is expected to devote much of his second State of the Union address to highlighting his efforts over the past two years to create jobs, fight inflation and improve the nation’s infrastructure as he prepares for an expected re-election race. Following the speech, the president, vice president and cabinet members will hold more than 30 events over two days to deliver the message to the American people in their communities.
“At the State of the Union, President Biden will illustrate how the past two years have seen historic job growth, falling inflation, rising wages and record return on investment in America,” she said. White House. “The budget travel blitz shows how the president’s vision is to create jobs, rebuild our infrastructure, reduce costs for families, tackle climate change, invest in our future and provide for families too often left behind.”
Biden will visit Wisconsin on Wednesday to discuss job creation, while Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Atlanta to promote the administration’s clean energy initiatives. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will visit a Tennessee battery manufacturing facility, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will be in North Carolina to discuss subsidies for climate-smart manufacturing practices, and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will visit a high school in Omaha, Nebraska and will discuss lowering higher education costs with students.
On Thursday, the president will travel to Tampa, Florida, to speak on his efforts to reduce the cost of prescription drugs and protect Social Security and health care. Harris will highlight EV investments in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to Visit Carson City, Nevada to Announce Investment in Battery Manufacturing and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to Celebrate Award of $150 Million Grant to Replace Highway Bridge in Lake Charles, Louisiana .
Other cabinet-level visits will focus on veterans’ affairs programs in Texas, economic opportunities for black Americans in Oklahoma, plans to plug orphaned wells in Pennsylvania, and the efforts of farmers and ranchers in Kansas to address change climate. Officials will also visit Arizona, California, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York and Utah.
With Republicans now in control of the House, the Biden administration’s focus is shifting from legislation to implementing the massive infrastructure and climate laws passed in the last Congress — and trying to make sure Americans credit the president for the improvements. .
The trip follows Biden’s stops this week in Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia focused on rail and water infrastructure projects funded by the 2021 bipartisan Infrastructure Act.
