October 24, 2024
The President. I'm heading——
[At this point, several reporters began speaking at once.]
The President. I'm——
[Several reporters spoke at once.]
The President. I'm heading to do something that should have been done a long time ago: to make a formal apology to the Indian Nations for the way we treated their children for so many years. That's why I'm going—that's why I'm heading west.
Thank you.
NOTE: The President spoke at 3:50 p.m. on the South Lawn at the White House prior to boarding Marine One en route to Joint Base Andrews, MD.
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Remarks Prior to Departure for Phoenix, Arizona Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/374792
