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tv   Campaign 2024 President Biden Remarks in Scranton PA  CSPAN  April 16, 2024 7:01pm-7:05pm EDT

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whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? >> saturday watch american history tv's "congress investigates" as we explore major investigations in our country's history by the u.s. house and senate. each week, authors and historians will tell the story, we'll see footage from the period. the 1950's mccarthy era hearings, among the first televised hearings. the senate committee explored whether communists had infiltrated the state department and army. the investigation resulted in the censure of wisconsin senator joseph mccarthy for his actions. watch on c-span2. >> president biden spoke to voters during a campaign stop in scranton, pennsylvania. in his remarks the president said he'll restore the child tax care credit and provide a tax credit for first-time homeowners. he also comments on the economic
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policies of the trump administration and their impact on the middle class. pres. biden: hello, scranton. thank you, thank you, thank you. [crowd chanting "four more years"] pres. biden: i think i should go home now. except i'm already home. thank you, thank you, thank you. [cheers and applause] please. take a seat if you have one. thank you for that introduction and for your work as an educator. you know, it's great to meet your family, including your
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husband michael, whose uncle, jimmy mcnulty, was a former mayor and grew up with me in scranton, pennsylvania. thanks to the mayor, excuse me, i was going to talk about the old man, paige cognetti, for that welcome. she's been with me all along the way. it's always great to be with one of the best governors, i mean that sincerely, josh shapiro. [cheers and applause] pres. biden: i think josh, people are always tired of hearing me talk about kranton, but you know, scranton is a place that climb into your heart and never leaves. i mean that sincerely. it's home that's a special thing, it's in your heart. for me, it was 2446 north washington avenue, just a block
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away from amy's house. we used to come back after morning mass at st. paul's on sunday, st. clair's wasn't built until i had moved. my grandfather, who worked for the newspaper, and my uncle, would hold court around the kitchen table with a guy who was sort of the david broder of the pennsylvania press, scranton press. you think i'm kidding, i wasn't. but anyway. and he would -- they'd come and have breakfast at the table. and a kid could wander around the table where the adults were sitting but you could never sit at the table. and i would walk up and stand next to my grandpa, while he wag conversation. and they're talking about what -- they'd talk about what was going on in the neighborhood. they'd talk about what was going on in the world. they were all learned men. and i learned a lot here in scranton. i learned that money doesn't determine your worth. br

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