John Podesta, founder of the Center for American Progress, released the following statement:
In his first 100 days in office, President Biden has set our country on a path to build back better and he’s making big progress already, with more ahead.
On January 20, America was a nation in crisis. Collectively, we were reeling from the January 6 white supremacist, insurrectionist attack on our Capitol. Nearly 200,000 Americans per day were being diagnosed with COVID-19, while 400,000 of our parents, siblings, neighbors, and friends had already perished from the disease in less than a year’s time. Despite promising to vaccinate 20 million people by the end of 2020, the previous White House vaccinated less than 3 million. Our standing in the world on pressing issues such as the climate fight and our relationship with our allies had been left severely diminished.
As the coronavirus pandemic drags on, some forms of the arts are finding ways to continue at least in some capacity in our new socially-distanced reality. But live music, which relied on closely packing venues with fans, remains silenced. That’s why live venues are banding together to ask for help to “save our stages.” coronavirus Dec 5, 2020
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Washington, D.C. — John Podesta, founder of the Center for American Progress, released the following statement today on the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Today marks a fresh chapter in American history. In the wake of a historic election, one that received the largest turnout in over a century and […]
STATEMENT: Gensler, Chopra Nominations Signal New Era for Financial Regulation and Consumer Protection, Say CAP Experts
Date: January 20, 2021
Contact: Allison Preiss
Washington, D.C. This week, President-elect Biden announced his intent to nominate Gary Gensler as the next chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Rohit Chopra as the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. After his first stint at the CFPB, Chopra joined the Center for American Progress in 2015 as a senior fellow to work on issues facing young people and the economy, including the impact of growing student debt burdens.
In response,
Andres Vinelli, vice president for Economic Policy at CAP, released the following statement: