American jobs plan and the American families plan could impact the Mid-South By Parker King | May 6, 2021 at 8:00 PM CDT - Updated May 6 at 8:36 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - President Joe Bidenâs âGetting America Back on Trackâ tour brought two high-up administration representatives to Memphis.
On Thursday, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh came to the Mid-South to garner support for Bidenâs proposed infrastructure plan, a two-part proposal that would total $3.8 trillion in spending.
The two took a tour of the Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks Job Corps Center in Memphis, which served as a catalyst for discussion at a roundtable that followed their tour, which included leaders from the center, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland, and Congressman Steve Cohen.
President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden.
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The United States Marine Band played to welcome them to the White House on Inauguration Day.
January 20: President Joe Biden embraces first lady Dr. Jill Biden in the Grand Foyer of the White House.
The United States Marine Band played to welcome them to the White House on Inauguration Day.
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January 20: Vice President Kamala Harris, joined by her husband Doug Emhoff, is sworn in as Vice President of the United States.
Vice President Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff.
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WLVR Colony Meader co-owners Greg Heller-LaBelle and Mike Manning show Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff their different products.
Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, visited the Lehigh Valley on May 5 as part of the Biden Administration’s “Getting America Back on Track” tour.
The Second Gentleman toured the Bridgeworks Enterprise Center, a small business manufacturing incubator in Allentown hosted by the Allentown Economic Development Corporation. Emhoff spoke with mead makers, pharmaceutical heads, and restaurant owners about their struggles in the pandemic.
“You’ve had long-term family restaurants that have been there 20 years and they’ve had to close and let all the employees go and give all the food away,” Emhoff says, “A party planning business that literally shut down and all the employees were women and they couldn’t really come back to work and teach their kids online school,” Emhoff says.
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Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff visiting Allentown for ‘Getting America Back on Track’ tour
Updated May 05, 2021;
Posted May 04, 2021
Douglas Emhoff, husband of Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, speaks as he visits the Biden for President PennsylvaniaÕs Voter Activation Center on Oct. 28, 2020, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Matt Smith | For NJ Advance MediaMatt Smith | For NJ Advance Medi
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The Second Gentleman can’t get enough of the Queen City.
Almost seven months after Douglas Emhoff first visited Allentown, when he was campaigning for wife/then-Sen. Kamala Harris and Joe Biden before the November election that would take them to the White House, Emhoff is returning to Allentown on Wednesday.