Content Details
DCPD-202400716 - Remarks at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois
- Category
- Budget and Presidential Materials
- Collection
- Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Publisher
- Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
- Event Date
- August 19, 2024
- President
- Joseph R. Biden Jr.
- Document Categories
- Addresses and Remarks : Democratic National Convention in Chicago, IL
- Subjects
- 2021 civil unrest and violence at U.S. Capitol
2024 Presidential election
Abortion
Apprenticeship programs and job training
Bipartisanship
Border security
Broadband and wireless technologies
Carbon emissions, reduction efforts
Child tax credit
China, economic growth and development
College access, expansion efforts
COVID–19 pandemic
Crime rates
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy
Democratic National Committee
Diversity, equity, and inclusion, improvement efforts
Economic improvement
Economic stimulus legislation
Education, global competitiveness
Electric vehicle charging infrastructure, improvement efforts
Environmental justice
Federal student loans, partial forgiveness
Finland, North Atlantic Treaty Organization accession
Gaza, conflict with Israel
Gaza, international assistance
Gun purchase background checks, improvement efforts
Gun violence, prevention efforts
Health insurance, access and availability
Home ownership, access and affordability
Household income and wages
Housing, affordability and access
Illinois, Democratic National Convention in Chicago
Immigration reform
Inflation
Infrastructure improvements
Insulin cost controls
Israel, military operations in Gaza
Job creation and growth
Labor movement and organized labor
Lead service lines, replacement efforts
Manufacturing industry, domestic investment
Medicare and Medicaid programs
Minnesota, Governor
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Pell grants
Prescription drug costs, reduction efforts
Russia, conflict in Ukraine
Russia, President
Russia, release of U.S. citizens held in detention
Secretary of State
Semiconductor manufacturing
Small businesses, promotion efforts
Social Security program
Supreme Court Associate Justice
Sweden, North Atlantic Treaty Organization accession
Tax Code reform
U.S. servicemembers, environmental exposures in war zones
U.S. servicemembers, service and dedication
U.S. Supreme Court opinion overturning 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade
Ukraine, Russian invasion and airstrikes
Veterans benefits
Vice President
Virginia, 2017 civil unrest and violence in Charlottesville
- Names
- Biden Owens, Valerie; Biden, Ashley B.; Biden, Francis W.; Biden, James B.; Biden, Jill T.; Biden, R. Hunter; Blinken, Antony J.; Bro, Susan; Emhoff, Douglas C.; Harris, Kamala D.; Jackson, Ketanji Brown; Kelly, John F.; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich; Trump, Donald J.; Walz, Gwen; Walz, Timothy J.
- Locations
- Chicago, IL
- Notes
- The President spoke at 10:27 p.m. at the United Center. In his remarks, he referred to former President Donald J. Trump, in his capacity as the 2024 Republican Presidential nominee; Susan Bro, mother of Heather D. Heyer, who was killed during the vehicular attack in Charlottesville, VA, on August 12, 2017; President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin of Russia; Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken; Douglas C. Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala D. Harris; and Gwen Walz, wife of Gov. Timothy J. Walz of Minnesota. He also referred to his sister Valerie Biden Owens and brothers Francis W. and James B. Biden. The transcript was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on August 20.