Pool Reports by Christian Datoc, The Daily Caller
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| April 19, 2021 10:01 |
In-town pool report #1 — checking in Happy Monday, folks. It's currently 57 degrees and drizzling at the White House. At the moment, POTUS has only 1 public event on his schedule: a 1:15pm infrastructure meeting with a bipartisan group of Congressional lawmakers, all of them former mayors and governors. Here's the attendee list as of last night, per the WH:< The President will meet with Members of Congress to discuss the historic investments in the American Jobs Plan in the Oval Office. These Members of Congress represent a bipartisan, bicameral group of some of the former governors and mayors now on Capitol Hill. These former state and local elected officials understand firsthand the impact of a federal investment in rebuilding our nation's infrastructure on their communities. Senator John Hickenlooper (CO) We've also got a coronavirus advisory board briefing (10:30am) and Jen Psaki's daily press briefing (12:15pm). Both of those will be streamed here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/ I'll send updates on any changes to the schedule as I receive them, and as always free to reach out to me directly with any questions. |
| April 19, 2021 12:18 |
In-town pool report #2 — 2 minute warning for Press Sec briefing ... at 12:17pm Reminder, you can stream the briefing here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/ |
| April 19, 2021 13:02 |
In-town pool report #3 — briefing over at 1:00pm... just a note that the last two rows of seats didn't get questions today, including your pooler, so apologies to everyone who sent me submissions. Some very important topics in there that we didn't touch on today. |
| April 19, 2021 13:03 |
In-town pool report #4 — gathering for Oval infrastructure meeting ... as of 1:02pm-- |
| April 19, 2021 13:40 |
In-town pool report #5 — in the Oval Pool entered the Oval Office at 1:36pm. POTUS was seated at one end of the room with members surrounding him. POTUS opened by thanking his colleagues for coming... "I am prepared to compromise... It's a big package but there are a lot of needs" Biden said discussions would focus on what will be in package and how to pay for it: "That's what we're going to try to figure out today..." POTUS notes that all the members joining him were ex-mayors and govs so they know how to get stuff done at the local level. Q: what do you think about paying for the plan with user fees? A: that's what we're going to talk about today... Pool was ushered out at 1:38pm |
| April 19, 2021 13:52 |
In-town pool report #5a — Sec. Buttigieg Small note, but Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was seated to POTUS' right, despite not being included in the initial list of meeting attendees. |
| April 19, 2021 15:00 |
In-town pool report #6 — infrastructure meeting is over Per the overhead (2:58pm). Your pooler is now stationed at the sticks ahead of a potential gaggle with meeting participants. -- |
| April 19, 2021 15:10 |
In-town pool report #7 — travel/photo lid ... called at 3:07pm. Closing the loop, but the lawmakers did not stick around to take questions from pool. Have a great rest of your Monday! |
| April 19, 2021 21:06 |
In-town pool report #8 — 4/20 meeting with Hispanic Caucus Passing along the following post-lid note from the White House, and your pooler has been advised there's one more report coming shortly. Tomorrow, the President and the Vice President meet with leadership of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in the Oval Office. Attendees |
| April 19, 2021 21:25 |
In-town pool report #9 — 4/20 virtual tour of Proterra plant Passing along one final piece of background from the White House ahead of POTUS' Tuesday virtual tour of the Proterra plant in Greenville, South Carolina. Tomorrow, the President will take a virtual tour of a Proterra electric bus and battery manufacturing plant in Greenville, South Carolina. There are over 475,000 school buses and 65,000 transit buses on our streets today, serving millions of students and transit riders. Most of these buses currently run on diesel, which has a negative impact on human health, especially for children. The President made a commitment that all American-made buses would be zero-emission by 2030. To advance this goal, the American Jobs Plan includes a total of $45 billion to accelerate the adoption of zero-emission transit buses and school buses. This investment will create good jobs, support domestic manufacturing, tackle a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, and improve health for some of our most vulnerable populations. And that, as the kids say, is a wrap. |
Joseph R. Biden, Pool Reports of April 19, 2021 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/349589