MESSAGE OF THE DAY

1. “Help is Here” Tour Highlights How American Rescue Plan Helps Schools

This week, the President launched the “Help Is Here” tour to communicate directly and clearly with Americans about how the American Rescue Plan is helping them and their families, and making sure they understand how to utilize benefits available to them.

Today, the tour highlights help for schools.
- The First Lady will travel to Concord, New Hampshire and underscore how the American Rescue Plan provides $130 billion to help schools serve all students and help achieve the President’s goal to open the majority of K-8 schools within the first 100 days in office.
- The Second Gentleman will convene a listening session in Albuquerque, New Mexico with working women, including teachers, to highlight how the American Rescue Plan will safely reopen schools and provide direct relief to families.
- And, Education Secretary Cardona will do a remote local media tour to talk about school re-openings.

Last week, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law, and now help is here for the American people.
- Democrats came together and answered the American people’s call for help.
House and Senate Republicans turned their back on the American people and played games with the relief package families need — and not a single one voted for the bill. This relief package is supported by a bipartisan majority of the public.
- Poll after poll has found that the American Rescue Plan has broad support from the public.

Republicans must explain why they voted against a package that will help millions of Americans suffering from the effects of the public health and economic crises and why they think Americans do not deserve direct relief. The bill will:
- Get money to those who are hurting with $1,400 checks to Americans and extended unemployment insurance.
- Get more shots in arms with a national vaccination program.
- Get children back in school with resources to reopen schools quickly and safely.

In his address to the nation last week, President Biden announced that he would be directing all states to open vaccination eligibility to all American adults by May 1.

Despite Trump’s failures, President Biden is delivering for the American people and continues to ramp up vaccine production and distribution.
- The U.S. is now administering an average of more than 2.4 million doses per day.
- Over the weekend, the U.S. reported nearly 6 million vaccinations in just two days.

As of Tuesday, more than 72 million people in the United States had received at least one dose of the vaccine, including more than 39 million people who have been fully vaccinated.

Republicans for years — including the last four years — did nothing to help with the nation's immigration issues. Republicans should come back from the border with a commitment to helping President Biden solve the problem, rather than pulling political stunts.

The president is taking action to repair the damage done by Trump’s disastrous policies and working to address the immediate challenge at the border.

Our hearts are broken over the senseless shootings in the Atlanta area. We pray for the victims and their families and stand in solidarity with the AAPI community.

We commend the quick work from law enforcement and hope a speedy investigation will provide answers and justice for this tragic violence.

We’ve seen a rise in violence against AAPI communities that has no place in America. We stand together with the entire AAPI community in metro Atlanta and across the nation in calling out racism and xenophobia.

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Angelo Fernández Hernández

Communications Associate

Democratic National Committee