Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego Supports the Biden/Harris Endorsed Bipartisan Innovation Act

In what could potentially be the second infrastructure and high paying jobs act passed in two years, the United States Congress has started a conference committee with members of both the House and Senate to blend each chamber's versions of the Bipartisan Innovation Act.

This legislation, if passed would help advance  domestic American innovation, research and development, and manufacturing capabilities.

This, considering the supply chain issues that have resulted from the Coronavirus Pandemic and the fact that, according to the Biden/Harris Administration, China has now eclipsed the United States in funding research and development, this legislation can help pave the way for an American Renaissance in technology, community development, and high paying green, blue, and white collar jobs.

Speaking in Ohio on May 6 while accompanied by Senator Sherrod Brown, Senator Rob Portman, and leaders from Intel, GE, Siemens, Honeywell, Raytheon, and Lockhead Martin at a 3-D Manufacturing Plant, President Joe Biden said of the Bipartisan Innovation Act:

"Now, look, if we’re going to compete for the jobs of the future, we need to level the playing the field with our competitors. The bill does that.

The CEO of Intel told us that if this bill passes — what we’re talking about — and the guys behind me support it, and they’re actually moving it — this would increase the investment that Intel will make in Ohio, outside of Columbus, from $20 billion to $100 billion.

And we Irish say: That’s no malarkey, that’s a fact. One hundred billion dollars. Imagine what that’s going to do to –for Ohio, let alone Columbus. Not a joke. Think about it. It’d be staggering. And it will nail down, for generations, the leadership of this state once again, like it used to be 30, 40, 50, 60 years ago.

And it’s not just Intel. Foreign companies, like Samsung and TSMC, are ready to make state-of-the-art chips — those computer chips — ready to make them in Arizona and Texas. They already have the fa- — if this passes.

And this is a bipartisan bill. Senators Brown and Portman have been working hard to get it done.

So, every Republican and Democratic member of Congress — most of us agree on this. Pass the damn bill and send it to me.

If we do, it’s going to help bring down prices, bring home jobs, and power America’s manufacturing comeback."

Please click below to see the full Biden address.

 

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Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, whose city is fast becoming a technological hub for many of the industries that would benefit from the passage of the Bipartisan Innovation Act, issued a statement echoing many of President Biden's themes.

She wrote:

“We’re strengthening our future in Phoenix, and the bipartisan Innovation Act will deliver more opportunities for thousands of jobs and billions in economic activity through focused investments in innovation and manufacturing. Semiconductors, electric vehicles, robotics, software and green energy providers will create incredible careers for our residents, supporting families throughout greater Phoenix, and delivering a promising future for our city.”

Both President Biden and Mayor Gallego are correct.

If passed, a new American Century, forged with new technologies and opportunities to lift people and move the nation and the world forward, is possible.

Using the President's words, "pass the damn bill" and send it to him so this new Renaissance can start.

 

 

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Hillary Clinton: I Told You So

Former First Lady, New York Senator, Secretary of State, and 2016 Presidential Popular Vote winner (by about three million votes) Hillary Clinton has been making the rounds on the news shows this week after the leaked Justice Alito opinion that, if it holds, would overturn Roe v Wade.

In a very professional and diplomatic way, Mrs. Clinton reminded the viewers on both The PBS News Hour and CBS that she had warned the American People that Roe v Wade was in danger of being overturned if Donald Trump was elected President and allowed to nominate justices to the United State Supreme Court.

In other words, the 2016 Popular Vote Winner was saying in a nice way I told you so. 

In the PBS interview with Judy Woodruff, the former Secretary of State said that if the Alito opinion holds, this would represent a "direct assault on the dignity, rights, and even lives of American Women."

On reminding viewers about what she warned a Trump Presidency would mean for a woman's right to choose, in the CBS interview with Norah O'Donnell, Mrs. Clinton said:

"I warned about it in the campaign. I could see that the man I was running against would literally do anything to get the votes of the extreme faction of the Republican Party who were totally willing to upend precedent and deny women their rights."

On both interviews, the former Secretary of State said that people in 2016 took the complacent  attitude that overturning Roe v Wade "would never happen" and "took for granted that despite opposition to reproductive choice, it (Roe) would not go away."

In The PBS Newshour interview with Judy Woodruff, the 2016 Democratic Presidential Nominee relayed that this court, populated by three Trump selections is an "extreme minority" that does not represent the views of the majority of the American People and this may be the first time when people's rights are taken away.

Mrs. Clinton also warned that more assaults on American rights and Democracy may come, stating that "it is perhaps only the beginning of this court trying to undo so much of the progress of the last 50 years."

The rights that could be compromised could include the ability:

• to purchase contraception tools.
• for members of the LGBTQ community to marry or engage in sexual relations.
• for biracial couples to marry.

She said all Americans should be energized and worried about what may happen and they should elect people that will "respect the rights and dignity of Americans, women and men alike."

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The American People that did not turn out and support Hillary Clinton in 2016 because of her emails (which was always a crock,) or because she was not Bernie, or because they did not think Trump would be that bad, can not change the past.

They do have an opportunity to influence the future by following Mrs. Clinton and the other voices of sanity and reason in the country by electing responsible and dedicated public servants that will uphold  citizens rights and approve future judges that can repair the damage these conservative justices may inflict on the country.

Otherwise, after all the rights we took for granted are gone, Mrs. Clinton or someone else will again say: I told you so.