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DCPD-202300829 - Remarks at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Phoenix Awards Dinner

Publisher: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration

Document Categories: Addresses and Remarks : Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Phoenix Awards Dinner

Subjects: 2021 civil unrest and violence at U.S. Capitol
Broadband and wireless technologies
Cancer research, prevention, and treatment
Child tax credit
College costs and affordability
Congressional Black Caucus
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
COVID–19 vaccines
Economic improvement
Electric and hybrid vehicles, promotion efforts
Environmental justice
Federal court nominations and confirmations
Gun violence, prevention efforts
Hate-based violence, efforts to combat
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
Home ownership, access and affordability
House minority leader
Housing discrimination, efforts to combat
Infrastructure improvements
Insulin cost controls
Job creation and growth
Lead service lines, replacement efforts
Marijuana, decriminalization efforts
Pell grants
Poverty reduction efforts
Prescription drug costs, reduction efforts
Racial equality, improvement efforts
Russia, conflict in Ukraine
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Small businesses, low-interest loans
Small businesses, promotion efforts
Student loans, repayment options
Supreme Court Associate Justice
Tax Code reform
Ukraine, Russian invasion and airstrikes
Unemployment rate
Vice President
Virginia, 2017 civil unrest and violence in Charlottesville
White House Press Secretary

Names: Bass, Karen R.; Bivins, Michael L.; Booker, Cory A.; Cleaver, Emanuel, II; Clyburn, James E.; Davis, Danny K.; Durbin, Richard J.; Fudge, Marcia L.; Harris, Kamala D.; Horsford, Steven A.; Hudson, Jennifer; Jackson, Ketanji Brown; Jean-Pierre, Karine; Jeffries, Hakeem S.; Jones, Justin; McBath, Lucia K.; Moorer, Lana M. "MC Lyte"; Plaskett, Stacey E.; Sewell, Terrycina A.; Smith, James T. "LL Cool J"; Thompson, Bennie G.; Trump, Donald J.; Warnock, Raphael G.

Notes: The President spoke at approximately 9:25 p.m. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center . In his remarks, he referred to Sen. Raphael G. Warnock and Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett, in their capacity as honorary cochairs of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 52d Annual Legislative Conference; former Rep. Karen R. Bass, in her capacity as mayor of Los Angeles, CA; Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones; musicians James T. "LL Cool J" Smith and Lana M. "MC Lyte" Moorer; Rep. Lucia K. McBath, whose son Jordan Davis was killed in a 2012 shooting in Jacksonville, FL; Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin O. McCarthy; former President Donald J. Trump; and Reps. Bennie E. Thompson, Danny K. Davis, James E. Clyburn, and Emanuel Cleaver II. Vice President Harris referred to State Reps. Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson, who were expelled from the Tennessee House of Representatives on April 6 for participating in a protest on the House floor in support of stronger gun safety laws following the shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, TN, on March 27, and were later reinstated by their legislative districts. The transcript was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on September 24.