The House continues to be in a committee work week and will reconvene for votes on Tuesday, May 11th.
The Senate convened at 10 a.m. and will resume consideration of S.914, Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021. The Senate will consider five amendments and is expected to vote on final passage. The legislation authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency’s core water infrastructure funding programs and continues the commitment to partnering with States, Tribes, and territories to invest in infrastructure projects in communities across the United States, ensuring that all Americans, especially those living in underserved communities, have access to safe and clean water and opportunities for economic growth. The White House strongly supports the legislation.
At 10 a.m. the Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on Eric Lander’s nomination as director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, while the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on the nominations of Kristen Clarke and Todd Sunhwae Kim to be assistant attorneys general. Also of note, at 11 a.m. EPA Administrator Michael Regan will testify before a House Energy & Commerce subcommittee on “The Fiscal Year 2022 EPA Budget.”
On his 100th day in office, following a historic address to a joint session of congress last night, President Biden will head to Georgia today, where he is scheduled to meet with former President Jimmy Carter in Plains before holding a drive-in car rally to tout the early successes of his White House tenure in Duluth. His trip is part of a blitz of travel by many senior administration officials, including Vice President Harris, to continue the sales pitch for an ambitious agenda laid out by Biden on Wednesday in his first address to a joint session of Congress. Harris plans to visit a vaccination site in Baltimore on Thursday. The President is set to arrive in Gwinnett County around 4 p.m. before headlining a 6 p.m. drive-in rally at the Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth.
Last night, in a House Chamber that is still a reminder of the violent assault on it in January by a mob incited by Former President Donald J. Trump and determined to overturn Mr. Biden’s election, the President pushed forward with the message that “In America, we always get up” though “100 days ago, America was on fire.” He highlighted the vaccination rate; the American Recovery Plan, the nearly $2 trillion stimulus plan; his infrastructure proposal, the American Jobs Plan, and his latest bold proposal, the American Families Plan.
Remarks by President Biden in Address to a Joint Session of Congress
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A CBS News poll after the speech found that viewers described the president as “Presidential, “Caring,” “Inspiring” and “Bold.” Eighty-five percent of Americans who watched Mr. Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress approved of his speech. Only fifteen percent disapproved.
Adam S. Olsen, Washington, D.C.
