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Press Release: President-Elect Barack Obama and Vice President-Elect Joe Biden Meet with Governors

December 02, 2008

PHILADELPHIA -- President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Biden met this morning in Philadelphia with a bipartisan delegation of the nation's governors at a meeting hosted by the National Governors Association. The meeting, held at Congress Hall at Independence Park, was attended by 49 governors and governors-elect. Participants discussed the unique challenges facing our states during this economic crisis, as well as opportunities for governors to partner with the President and Vice President-elect on a bipartisan basis to create jobs, rebuild our infrastructure, and create a green energy economy.

Barack Obama, Press Release: President-Elect Barack Obama and Vice President-Elect Joe Biden Meet with Governors Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/284879

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