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Vice President Kamala Harris visits Seattle

This Wednesday, Oct. 26, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris made her first visit to Seattle since being elected in 2020. Harris was accompanied by Senator Patty Murray, along with Environmental Protection Administrator, Michael Regan. 

Kern’s Music Shop sign welcoming Harris and Murray in downtown Seattle.
Sophia Bruscato | The Seattle Collegian Kern’s Music Shop sign welcoming Harris and Murray in downtown Seattle.

On Wednesday morning, attending an event at Lumen Field, Harris spoke about her and President Joe Biden’s novel investments in environmentally-friendly school buses, subsidized by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which was approved by Congress in 2021. 

Vice President Harris speaks at Wednesday morning's event in Seattle.
The Seattle Times Vice President Harris speaks at Wednesday morning’s event in Seattle.

Students from local schools attended the event, meeting with the vice president and learning about the electric school buses which will be obtained by over 300 school districts throughout the country who will receive about $1 billion dollars in grants with which to make the purchases. Harris and Regan announced the grant awards this morning during the event in Seattle. Some of the districts awarded are Alaska, Anniston, Alabama, Wrangell, Wyoming, and West Virginia, among others. Besides Seattle, major urban areas such as New York, Houston, and Dallas, were also granted money for the cause. 

The grants are part of the Biden-⁠Harris Action Plan for Building Better School Infrastructure, which aims to provide public schools with “modern, clean, energy efficient facilities and transportation – delivering health and learning benefits to children and school communities, saving school districts money, and creating good union jobs,” according to The White House. 

Seattle Police Department provides security behind federal government’s vehicles.
Sophia Bruscato | The Seattle Collegian Seattle Police Department provides security behind federal government’s vehicles.

Scouted by heavy security, including the Seattle Police Department and the U.S. Secret Service, the vice president’s visit affected Seattle’s transit, causing delays and detours in the city’s traffic. 

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Content Editor at Seattle Collegian

Sophia is an internationally published author with her book Primeira Pessoa, as well as a young classical singer. Born and raised in Brazil, music, writing, and Astronomy are her greatest passions. She believes the greatest role of a writer is to bring forth the truth, the honesty, and the humanity that echoes within each one of us. Journalism, while Art, is for her a portrait of the fraternity of the Earth. At the moment, she works for both The Seattle Collegian and the M. Rosetta Hunter Art Gallery, while completing her AA degree with a focus on Anthropology & English.

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