https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-comment-biden-statement-settlements-family-separation

ACLU Comment on Biden Statement on Settlements for Family Separation

November 3, 2021

WASHINGTON — In response to a question posed to President Biden about family separation lawsuits brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and other lawyers, the president said a $450,000 settlement amount per child “is not going to happen.”

ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero had the following response:

“President Biden may not have been fully briefed about the actions of his very own Justice Department as it carefully deliberated and considered the crimes committed against thousands of families separated from their children as an intentional governmental policy. But if he follows through on what he said, the president is abandoning a core campaign promise to do justice for the thousands of separated families. We respectfully remind President Biden that he called these actions ‘criminal’ in a debate with then-President Trump, and campaigned on remedying and rectifying the lawlessness of the Trump administration. We call on President Biden to right the wrongs of this national tragedy.”

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>spending-just-153-entire-campaign

https://twitter.com/johnpodesta

This is it. The historic investments announced today will build the clean energy economy that we need. This framework is poised to create millions of good-paying union jobs, lower family energy costs, and begin the process of unraveling the legacy of environmental injustice. Today’s framework isn’t going to solve climate change and environmental injustice all by itself, but it is an agreement to stand together for the first time and fight for our future.

Despite what sometimes looked like impossible odds, President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) have found a way forward. There is desperately little margin for error; but if these investments pass through Congress in short order, we keep alive the possibility of averting planetary catastrophe. The agreement gives the administration the tools it needs to meet the climate test and achieve 50 to 52 percent reductions of greenhouse gases by 2030.

I applaud the administration and those in Congress who have worked tirelessly to get this done ahead of the global climate talks in Glasgow next week, as this sets the bar incredibly high. Today’s framework marks possibly the most important action yet for our planet and our future.

>>14917576

https://www.americanprogress.org/press/statement/2021/10/28/506695/statement-caps-john-podesta-praises-revised-framework-build-back-better-agenda/

After the Biden administration released a revised framework for passage of the Build Back Better agenda, John Podesta, founder and chair of the board of the Center for American Progress, issued that statement.

>>14917586

>This is it. The historic investments announced today will build the clean energy economy that we need. This framework is poised to create millions of good-paying union jobs, lower family energy costs, and begin the process of unraveling the legacy of environmental injustice. Today’s framework isn’t going to solve climate change and environmental injustice all by itself, but it is an agreement to stand together for the first time and fight for our future.

>Despite what sometimes looked like impossible odds, President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) have found a way forward. There is desperately little margin for error; but if these investments pass through Congress in short order, we keep alive the possibility of averting planetary catastrophe. The agreement gives the administration the tools it needs to meet the climate test and achieve 50 to 52 percent reductions of greenhouse gases by 2030.

>I applaud the administration and those in Congress who have worked tirelessly to get this done ahead of the global climate talks in Glasgow next week, as this sets the bar incredibly high. Today’s framework marks possibly the most important action yet for our planet and our future.

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>Biden administration released a revised framework for passage of the Build Back Better agenda

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/11/03/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-authorization-of-the-covid-19-vaccine-for-children-ages-5-to-11/

[A cellphone rings.]

If that’s Trump, then tell him I’m busy. (Laughter.)

Q But, Mr. President —

THE PRESIDENT: That was bad — bad joke.

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>https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/11/03/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-authorization-of-the-covid-19-vaccine-for-children-ages-5-to-11/