and i said it before, i ll say it again, how dare they. vice president also announced at that event, that president biden issued a new presidential memorandum protecting access to medication abortion nationwide. a short time ago, i spoke with jennifer klein, director of the white house gender policy council who lies with the vice president today for that speech. jennifer cline, thank you so much for joining us. director cline, let s start with the vice president s speech today. talk to me about what you in the vice president wanted to convey, especially on such an important day? today, was supposed to be the day to mark the 50th anniversary of roe v. wade. instead, we were commemorating the fact that roe v. wade was overturned, so people on this country no longer have the constitutional right, to privacy that s long protected the right to get an abortion in this country. the vice president s speech
classified documents. and what we need, are the facts. we lead to special prosecutors that are investigating, getting the facts. and when we have them, we should look at how we tighten the classified material. but let s be very clear, what you were saying before, it s very clear. joe biden when they were found, opened it, turned it over to the justice department. appointed a special prosecutor, so people would not accuse us of being on the other, case archives went looking for these documents, he referred to tune them over. they need to get subpoenas. documents were hidden, moved to different rooms. a very different way in which this is being handled. does the process need to be improved? clearly, i think we need to look at that. i think the way these two situations have been handled, it would appear that some documents were taken very deliberately. i don t have all the facts, we need the facts, but i do not believe this was the case for president biden. but we need the facts.
it would appear that some documents were taken very deliberately. i don t have all the facts, we need the facts, but i do not believe this was the case for president biden. but we need the facts. that s what both special prosecutor they re gonna do. i hope they do it expeditiously. let me ask you about this proposal from republicans, a new national sales tax under that plan, everything from health care to gas, to groceries would come under a 30% tax. is this really what struggling american families need right now? is that a realistic solution? i want to say. this decision be a gift to democrats if they actually were to get i think there s enough ways to prevent this from happening. but what if we do to working americans, middle class families across this country, it s increase their taxes by thousands of dollars each year. and i don t wish that on anyone. and it was not, for millionaires and billionaires, i would save them $100,000 in taxes. but this is been talked about it wou
issues, enough to create these kinds of organizations and his administration, especially at this turning moment in our country, and what is it meant to you to be the first person to lead it? i think that s, before this decision came down it was clear, we have a ways to go to achieve to gender equality in this country and around the world. and one of the things i ve been particularly privileged to be able to do, is work through the council, on both global and domestic issues. matthew said, this decision on what we ve seen transpire since at. has made really clear, the works not over. and having a president who first of all, saw fit to have a gender policy council, and to prioritize gender equality in the work that we do, in the biden harris administration and as we started to have the first female vice president, lou it has been an honor of course
gonna take, i don t know what it s gonna take anymore to actually get us back. is there any other issue you face as a congresswoman, that leads you to have this kind of despair about fixing such a problem in this country? while there s other issues to that. i wish we could, let s be blunt. immigration are no better. and instead of all of us coming together, coming together and listening to each other, trying to find solutions, we d rather just do this bickering with immigration reform, and gun reform in this country for decades. and we can never come together. it s getting worse, not better. i want to get your reaction if i can switching gears for a moment. and talk about politics to the additional classified documents found at president biden s presidency. you heard your democratic colleague there, joe manchin, saying that the trump and biden documents intuitions were quote, basically the same. how do you think biden has handled the matter so far. and do you agree with manch