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Parris Island, SC Brigadier General Field, Sergeant Major Garcia, Lieutenant Colonel Kearney, thank you and Tonya and Alma for hosting us today. I’m grateful for all that you and your staff have done to make this visit possible. Good morning, Marines! My father, Donald Jacobs, the son of an Italian immigrant, joined the Navy three years after Pearl Harbor was attacked. He was just 17—not old enough to serve, and so he needed to get permission from his mom to enlist. He became a Signalman in the Pacific, and later, used the G.I. Bill to go to college. His service defined his life.…

Bill Signed: S. 467 Official news published at https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/legislation/2023/06/30/bill-signed-s-467/

In America, no person should face discrimination simply because of who they are or who they love. The Supreme Court’s disappointing decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis undermines that basic truth, and painfully it comes during Pride month when millions of Americans across the country join together to celebrate the contributions, resilience, and strength of the LGBTQI+ community. While the Court’s decision only addresses expressive original designs, I’m deeply concerned that the decision could invite more discrimination against LGBTQI+ Americans. More broadly, today’s decision weakens long-standing laws that protect all Americans against discrimination in public accommodations – including people of color, people with…

This fight is not over. I will have more to announce when I address the nation this afternoon. My Administration’s student debt relief plan would have been the lifeline tens of millions of hardworking Americans needed as they try to recover from a once-in-a-century pandemic. Nearly 90 percent of the relief from our plan would have gone to borrowers making less than $75,000 a year, and none of it would have gone to people making more than $125,000. It would have been life-changing for millions of Americans and their families. And it would have been good for economic growth, both…