Welcome it in the senate. Thank you, i look forward to your questions. Do you know any reason personal or otherwise that would in any way stop you from serving . No i do not. Do you know any reason to respond to any summons before any Committee Committee of the congress if you are confirmed . Ms. Yellen i will testify before a committee of congress. And finally, do you commit to providing a prompt response in writing to any questions addressed to you by any senator of this committee . Ms. Yellen yes, i commit to that. In regard to that last one, i think senator biden as a senator would agree with me that when the Trump Administration first came in, they issued some sort of a regulation that they were going to only answer questions for committee chairman. We finally got them off of that but i dont know if they answered every question or not. They probably did not but i hope we dont hear that from this administration, that you have to be chairman of a committee to get an answer to your q
Government gets involved. If you pay people more to be unemployed than they would to be employed good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to Kingswood Community center. Actually, thats the one down i used to work. Its a joke. Anyway, its great to be here. And back at a place where, you know, i want to thank Wayne Jefferson for having us here at the Hicks Anderson center. Being from delaware, everybody knew who hicks was. He was deeply involved in social justice issues and the politics of the state for a long time, and was very much engaged back in the days after dr. King was assassina assassinated, and the city was in flames. And he was a good friend. A good friend. And i want to thank him for i used to work over on the east side. And i got to know hicks very well because he did a lot of work over there as well. And, you know, folks here at this center, as wayne will tell you, are going gods work. This Community Center gives people hope and a place to belong. I saw hope as a senator when, as
Remarks on his build back better the economy. Ss he talks about fighting systemic racism through his economic plan and takes questions from reporters. This runs an hour. Mr. Biden good afternoon, everyone. It is great to be here and back where i want to thank William Jefferson for having us here. In delaware, everyone knew who hicks was. He was involved in social justice issues and politics in the state for a long time and was very much engaged back in the days when doctor king was assassinated and the city was in flames. He was a good friend. A good friend. I want to thank him. I used to work on the east i used to work on the east side and i got to know hicks very well because he did a lot of work over there as well and folks here at this center are doing gods work. This Community Center gives people hope and a place to belong i saw hope as a senator when i watch my son become attorney general, beau biden, he would attend mass at sacred heart just up the street and then walk with his
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