MVP Kamala Harris' schedule for June 15th
1) In a pre recorded video, Madam Vice President gave the opening remark at the 16th Brussels Forum 2021 organised by the German Marshall Fund of the United States(GMF).
The Vice President spoke about the importance of Democracy and re-instate the words said by President Biden, that "America is Back," on the diplomatic stage and with its G7 and NATO Allies.
At the 2021 Brussels Forum, I made clear that the strength of one democracy depends on the strength of all democracies. https://t.co/o2KAxVN4x5
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) June 15, 2021
On June 14, coinciding with the opening day of Brussels Forum, NATO’s Heads of State and Government will come together in Brussels for the first in-person NATO Summit since the start of the coronavirus pandemic to address the most pressing challenges for the transatlantic community as part of the NATO 2030 agenda.
2) She later went to the Southern Auditorium where she made a $1.25 billion investment to hundreds of Community Development Financial Institutions announcement during an event accompanied by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen at the White House complex.
She was also accompanied by Chairwoman of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Service, Rep. Maxine Waters (D), Chairman of Senate Intel Committee, Sen Mark Warner.
The investments funds which comes through the "Rapid Recovery Program" will benefit more than 860 community development financial institutions, which lend to small businesses and people in disadvantaged communities that have trouble getting loans from big banks.
As a strong supporter of small, minority-owned businesses, the Vice President wearing her Prabal Gurung Hand Tailored Double Crepe Cream Suit said that the investment comes at a pivotal time in the country's economic recovery. With businesses beginning to re-open to full capacity across the country as virus cases plummet, but many have struggled to hire new workers
3) On the occasion of the 9th anniversary since the signing in place of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals(DACA Act) by President Obama to mark the occasion Vice President Kamala Harris hosted a roundtable meeting in the Vice President's Ceremonial Office with with a group of female immigrants who have temporary protection from deportation through DACA as the administration looks to revive a bipartisan push to grant DACA recipients legal status through a pair of bills that have languished in the Senate.
The group of women who are either DACA recipients, or "Dreamers," women with temporary protected status or green cards holders who met with Vice President Harris work as care professionals. Joining them were Senator Richard Durbin, D-IL., and Senator Bob Menendez, D-N.J.,
4) Later in the evening, Vice President Harris hosted a bipartisan group of women Senators at her Official Residence the Naval Observatory for an early dinner. The group which includes 16 Democrats and 8 Republicans.
Photo Credit: Sen Stabenow (D-MI) |
Out of the 24 who received and accepted the Vice President's invitation are mostly her old colleagues from her Senators days include:
- Sen. Collins (R-ME)
- Sen. Ernst (R-IA)
- Sen. Capito (R-WV)
- Sen Stabenow (D-MI)
- Sen. Murray (D-WA)
- Sen. Shaheen (D-NH)
- Sen. Feinstein (D-CA)
- Sen. Hassan (D-NH)
- Sen. Hirono (D-HI)
- Sen. Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Sen. Smith (D-MN)
- Sen. Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Sen. Duckworth (D-IL)
- Sen. Lisa Murkowski
- Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska)
- Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Sen. Jackie Rosen (D-NV)
- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
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