NORTHFIELD, Minn. – President Biden launched a two-week cross-country trip to underscore new federal investments in agriculture and economic development. At a family-owned Minnesota pork farm, Biden said: “Because of these investments, we’re making sure family farms like this one stay in the family, and their children and grandchildren won’t have to leave home to make a living.” Biden pointed to the Inflation Reduction Act and the bipartisan Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act as key legislative achievements of “Bidenomics.” Yes, he used the term “Bidenomics.. These include significant spending on clean energy and climate change mitigation and improvements in roads, bridges, wastewater systems and broadband connectivity, he said.. The president began his remarks on foreign affairs. He reported the safe passage of foreign nationals, including Americans, and of injured Palestinians out of Gaza into Egypt. “We’re working nonstop to get Americans out of Gaza as soon and safely as possible,” Biden said. “This is a result of intense and urgent diplomacy with our partners in the region.”
Farm welcome. Biden is greeted by Brad Kluver, in plaid jacket, and his wife Katherine in a barn at their Dutch Creek hog operation. About 100 Northfield farm folks were there In the president’s party: U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
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Biden, on rural life: “Over the past few decades these communities lost more than jobs. They lost their sense of dignity, opportunity, pride. My plan is about investing in rural America, but it’s about something else as well: i\It’s about restoring pride in rural communities that have been left behind for far too long.”