Day: August 21, 2023

Remarks by President Biden Paying Respects to the Lives Lost in Maui and Reaffirming His Commitment to Supporting Residents
21 Aug

Remarks by President Biden Paying Respects to the Lives Lost in Maui and Reaffirming His Commitment to Supporting Residents

Politics
Lahaina Banyan Tree ParkLahaina, Hawaii 12:47 P.M. HST THE PRESIDENT:  Well, hello, people of Maui.  You’ve shown such absolute, incredible courage, and that’s not hyperbole.  I want you to know, on behalf of the United States of America and all the nation, the American people stand with you.  Governor Josh Green, you’ve been incredible.  From the day we’ve spoken on this, you’ve been way ahead of the curve.  Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke; Brian Schantz [Schatz], our senator; Senator Mazie Hir- — by the way, Mazie, I told my granddaughter, whose name is Maisy as well — she said, “That’s why I like…
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0,000 Dollars for Nursing Care for Just 0,000 In Cash
21 Aug

$500,000 Dollars for Nursing Care for Just $100,000 In Cash

Business
WESTBOROUGH, MA, USA, August 4, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ — Long Term Nursing care expense is the great fear of the baby boomer generation. A Massachusetts firm has solved the Long-Term care puzzle for middle class Americans. Legacy Financial Advisors Inc. in coordination with local legal professionals and the Legacy Insurance Brokerage has solved the crisis with a plan they call ECHIP, The Elder Care Health Insurance Plan. The solution to the national crisis of escalating long term care cost for services can be achieved in 3 steps:1.) Comprehensive legal documentation for loved ones to step in financially. 2.) Selecting the Medicare insurance…
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces First-Ever Grants to Fix More Than 160 Fish Culverts Across the Country, Supporting Jobs, the Environment, Tribal communities, and Commercial Fishing
21 Aug

Biden-Harris Administration Announces First-Ever Grants to Fix More Than 160 Fish Culverts Across the Country, Supporting Jobs, the Environment, Tribal communities, and Commercial Fishing

Travel
As Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s new culvert grant program will support and promote sustainable communities WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced a total of $196 million going to 59 Tribal, state, and local governments that will fix or remove 169 culvert barriers to improve fish passage. Outdated culverts and other infrastructure can cause roads to flood and severely restrict or altogether block fish passage, which is key to the health of fish runs and important to commercial and recreational fishing, and the health of Tribal…
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces First-Ever Grants to Fix More Than 160 Fish Culverts Across the Country, Supporting Jobs, the Environment, Tribal communities, and Commercial Fishing
21 Aug

U.S. Department of Transportation Providing Hawaii $3 Million in ‘Quick Release’ Emergency Relief Funding for Traffic Management and Repairs to Infrastructure Damaged by Wildfires in Lahaina

Travel
Monday, August 21, 2023 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the immediate availability of $3 million in “quick release” (QR) Emergency Relief (ER) funds, the current total QR requested by the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT), to offset costs associated with traffic management services and repairs to infrastructure needed as a result of damage caused by wildfires in Lahaina on the island of Maui earlier this month.  “The nation watched with broken hearts as wildfires took lives and livelihoods in Maui – and the nation will stand with Maui as it rebuilds,” said U.S.…
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Remarks by President Biden Paying Respects to the Lives Lost in Maui and Reaffirming His Commitment to Supporting Residents
21 Aug

Statement from National Security Council Spokesperson Adrienne Watson on the 10 Year Anniversary of the Ghouta Chemical Weapons Attack

Politics
Ten years ago today, the Assad regime conducted a gruesome chemical attack on the Damascus suburb of Ghouta that killed more than 1,400 people, many of them children. The horrifying images from that early morning still haunt us to this day, and they drive this Administration’s efforts to rid the world of chemical weapons and to secure a safer future for all Syrians. No child, in Syria or anywhere else in the world, should live in fear of these heinous weapons. On this somber date, we remember and honor all the victims and survivors of the Assad regime’s use of chemical…
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