President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Kentucky next week, a state ravaged by storms that have left at least 37 dead and hundreds still unaccounted for.
The White House has been busy adding events to Joe Biden’s public schedule next week amid the president’s second period of isolation, this time with a rebound COVID-19 infection. He is yet to test negative after disclosing his rebound positivity last Saturday.
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The first couple will fly to eastern Kentucky next Monday, where they will meet Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) and first lady Britainy Beshear “to visit families affected by the devastation from recent flooding and survey recovery efforts at a local Federal Emergency Management Agency State Disaster Recovery Center,” according to the White House.
“We are doing everything that we can with FEMA and other agencies across the administration to be helpful to the state of Kentucky,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said this week. “I’ve said this before, but our hearts go out to the families who have lost loved ones and just lost so much in this period of time.”
The president had been scheduled to sign bipartisan burn pits legislation in a Rose Garden ceremony on Monday. That has been moved to Wednesday. The Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promises to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act, or PACT Act, was drafted to expand healthcare access and benefits for toxics-exposed veterans and their survivors.
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He is also set to sign his semiconductor bill into law next Tuesday. CHIPS and Science Act proponents contend it will invest in domestic manufacturing and innovation while bolstering economic and national security.
