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Ron Klain is an American lawyer and political advisor who served as the White House Chief of Staff under President Joe Biden from January 2021 to February 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Klain has had a long career in public service, including roles in various administrations and as a key advisor on significant policy issues. He is known for his expertise in crisis management and has played a pivotal role in handling major events during his tenure in government.
We know that there are people in our country who are trying to suppress the right to vote. We know that we need to fight that at the federal level, at the state and local level. And so obviously standing up for democracy is what the Biden…
The president believes we should have a $15 minimum wage. If it is ruled in order, then obviously that would allow it to move in this package. If it’s ruled out of order, we’re going to have to find other ways to get it done.
Let me be clear, we're going to get Neera Tanden confirmed that's what we're working for. And she will be -- she will prove her critics wrong as an outstanding budget director that works with people on both sides of the aisle.
Joe Biden intends to sign about a dozen executive orders on day one of his inauguration.
President Biden ran on addressing four great crises, COVID, the economy, systemic racism and the climate crisis.
We like Congress to act as quickly as possible. We understand Congress is going to hold hearings. They’re going to look at this. They’re going to make up their own minds. That’s the way the process should work. But we certainly want…
We think some of the things President Trump did to get tougher on China were overdue in terms of the mindset.
President Biden is not going to allow Iran to acquire nuclear capabilities, but we’re going to be consulting widely before we move forward on that.
Senator Schumer has made it clear he’s going to make sure the Senate does all of its business. That’s its constitutional obligations under impeachment, constitutional obligations to consent and national obligation to respond to the COVID…
With regard to getting people vaccinated, the Trump administration had the vaccine for 40 days and got about 11 million people vaccinated.
It’s just a very, very exciting time. I’m just so honored and thrilled to be part of what Joe Biden has led us to and be part of this effort going forward.
We saw from the president of the United States today was his willingness to take responsibility, take ownership of the response.
Those who are responsible are going to face consequences for it. And he's going to take steps as president to degrade the capacity of foreign actors to launch these kinds of attacks on our country. I want to be very clear. It's not just…
We're going to restore the independence and the integrity of the Justice Department. It's going to be the people's lawyer, not the president's lawyer.
I think it was important for the president-elect to address this directly tonight, to talk about the challenges to our democracy that have been posed over the six weeks since the election.
Congress needs to act this month to fund the vaccination effort that's going to unfold next year.
I think the dam broke on that tonight. We saw people who hadn't said anything before finally acknowledge this victory.
I think tonight, we're not just celebrating the victory of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, we're celebrating a victory for democracy.
The man who will serve as President Biden's White House chief of staff, Ron Klain, is going to join us live in just a moment to talk about that speech from president-elect Biden.
Joe Biden will become president of the United States in the midst of a ongoing crisis. That has to be a seamless transition.
He has not spoken, though, to senator McConnell. Look, I think Senator McConnell still seems to be insisting somehow that President Trump won the election. He didn't.
Right now there are officials Inside the department of health and human services who are busy planning a vaccination campaign for the months of February and March when Joe Biden will be president.
More Americans voted for Joe Biden in the history of this country. They voted for him because he promised them he would take action on these urgent crises starting on the first day.
The president-elect is the president-elect. He is entitled under the statute to get those kinds of briefings.
He is going to implement his COVID plan on day one. He's going to send to Congress immigration reform legislation on day one.
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