Mayra Macías
@lachicamayra
Executive Director at @BuildingBack_US, @ppact Board
Educator, organizer, & lover of vibrant colors. @LatinoVictoryus, @OFA_FL, @FLADems, @Yale alum.
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01-06-2009 06:43:01
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Very good meeting today with President Biden and a few fellow Latino & Latina leaders. We talked about Biden-Harris Administration’s accomplishments & continued efforts to open up economic opportunity and advance key Hispanic priorities, including more outreach to our community. Thank you…
.Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández’s motion to recommit—which pointed out the fact that Republicans’ mining bill would allow foreign adversarial nations to mine American land for free—passed the House.
This almost never happens.
“This month, we celebrate the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) communities, whose ingenuity, grit, and perseverance have pushed our great American experiment forward.” Thank you President Biden whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
What a way to kick off National Small Business Week!
President Biden’s Administration delivered an all-time high – 28.4% – of federal contract dollars to small businesses in the last fiscal year, exceeding its goal by +5%. wkow.com/news/economy/b…
As @usichgov chair, I hosted 40+ mayors from across the country to talk about our efforts to end homelessness.
HHS & Department of Housing and Urban Development have made federal funds and flexibilities available to support evidence-based solutions, and we look forward to working with U.S. Mayors to implement them.
Congratulations, Eugene Daniels! We’re so proud of your leadership. You belong in every room you find yourself in!
Today Vice President Kamala Harris kicked off her Economic Opportunity Tour in Atlanta, GA.
She will be traveling across the country to uplift how the
Biden-Harris Administration has built economic opportunity and delivered for the American people.
Check out more from the first stop ⤵️
The power of clemency is immeasurable.
TY President Biden & Vice President Kamala Harris for taking this action to address the harmful legacy of the War on Drugs.
We must use clemency every chance we get to end mass incarceration & set our communities on a path to healing.
reuters.com/world/us/biden…
Gracias a Antonieta Cadiz y Angela Barranco por organizar esta cumbre Latina en español con líderes de varios sectores (gubernamental, pequeños negocios, NGOs, organizaciones cívicas) para hablar sobre el plan de energía limpia de President Biden ⚡️
This is a big big deal. If you have traveled via airplane, you know how frustrating it is to feel like you're being taken at every turn and it's a hassle to get funds you are owed back. That ends today. Thank you President Biden & Secretary Pete Buttigieg!
“It is no accident that this president is overseeing the single-biggest federal investment in tackling the climate crisis in our nation’s history.” —Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on President Biden’ bold climate actions
Today, President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are taking historic action on the country’s long-term care infrastructure, including implementing staffing standards at nursing homes and improving care worker wages through Medicaid. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
'These union wins have helped raise wages and demonstrate once again that the middle-class built America and that unions are still building and expanding the middle class for all workers.' -President Biden Biden
Read more from Rhett Buttle on the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse and how the BIL can mitigate future tragedies:
'This tragedy also highlights the importance of the projects being funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.'
forbes.com/sites/rhettbut…