Democrats see laws they passed last year as route back to majority
BALTIMORE — Without the agenda-setting power of the majority, House Democrats were huddling with President Joe Biden and a slew of administration officials to focus on implementing laws they passed with one-party control of the last Congress.
The House Democrats 2023 Issues Conference that runs through the end of the week also includes discussions about how to make sure voters know about what they did, as they focus on taking back the speaker’s gavel in 2024. Appearing Wednesday evening, Biden thanked the lawmakers for the unity they showed in the prior Congress.
“Working together, we made historic progress toward that vision of building from the middle out and the bottom up,” Biden said. “Where the hell is it written that we can’t lead the world in manufacturing again? I don’t buy it. I don’t buy it.”
Biden brought a prop, a sample of a sign bearing his name and the name of the new Frederick Douglass rail tunnel that is being built just down the road, as just one example of the projects that will become reality as part of the legislative agenda of his first two years.
“We’re going to bring together every element of the federal government, we’re going to invest wisely and quickly through a process that will attract more private sector investment as well,” the president said. “We’ve gone so far to print signs, as indicated, and let people know what — who’s bringing in this project.”
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