Remarks by President Biden in Press Gaggle
Press Conference
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I've been talking to the UAW. Obviously, I'm concerned. I think that there should be a circumstance where the jobs that are being displaced and replaced with new jobs, they should go to the -- the first choice should go to the UAW members that have had the job and the salary should be commensurate.
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I -- I did see it on television.
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Handsome guy. Won- -- wonderful guy.
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I'm not at liberty to speak to that precisely. But as you know, because you and I have talked about this --
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-- I find no surprise in what happened. But we're trying to nail down precisely. I don't have anything to say to you about that right now.
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Yes, I can. As a matter of fact, I signed off this morning on a proposal we have to present to the Congress a request for additional funding for a new vaccine that is ne- -- necessary -- that works. And tentatively -- not decided finally yet -- tentatively, it is recommended that -- it will likely be recommended that everybody get it no matter whether they've gotten it before or not.
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Let me choose my words. I -- I don't -- I don't remember them speaking to any of the issues. I mean, there was a lot of talk, but what are they going to do to deal with economic growth? What are they going to do to deal with the notion that -- maintaining the job pace that we have now? What are they going to do deal with education? They talk about education like it was a -- I mean, (inaudible) getting rid of the Department of Education, cut 100,000 teachers. I mean, I don't -- I don't quite get where they're going.
I kept trying to figure out -- I didn't watch the whole debate. I was on a phone call for part of it. But I -- I didn't learn much.
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No, I didn't. I didn't have -- I didn't have an interest or an inclination.
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None.
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I have -- there's no such request and no such interest.
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Okay.
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I probably di- --
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I mean, I was in and out, getting a call. But probably what I saw consecutively -- I probably saw at least an hour and 20 minutes of it.
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Well, you know what I mean. You know -- no, I got the gist.
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I tell you: If I had your biceps, I would feel better.
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I've been to Tahoe before. Not here, but I've been out here a number of times when Harry Reid was the Leader and a senator campaigning for a lot of the candidates.
It's magnificent. It's magnificent.
Thank you all so very much.
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