On 5/13/2022, Joe Biden participated in the US-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Special Summit in DC before departing for Delaware for another weekend vacation. Biden referred to Kamala Harris as “President Harris” in his meeting with the Southeast Asian leaders, “An Indo-Pacific that is free and open, stable and prosperous and resilient and secure is what we are all seeking,” Biden said. “That’s why I asked President Harris to travel to the region last August and that’s why last October at our virtual summit, I announced $100 million to support for programs to strengthen US-ASEAN cooperation.” Joe Biden has done this many times.
At one point Biden said, “John Kerry has forgotten more about climate security than anyone I know.” He said, “And by the way, I see Secretary Kerry down there. And, John, thanks for letting me into your old house. Appreciate it. John has forgotten about — more about, in my view, the needs we have for climate security than anyone that I know. Thanks, John, for being here. I want to talk about that a little bit as we go into this here — in this — the rest of the day.”
On 5/13/2022, Joe Biden delivered remarks on the American Rescue Plan from the Rose Garden. A reporter asked Joe Biden about the baby formula shortage after he ignored questions about the crisis Thursday evening. Joe Biden appeared visibly annoyed when asked about the baby formula crisis. Biden said he will finally answer a question on the issue because “all of a sudden it’s on the front page of every newspaper.” A reporter asked, “I’ll ask you two. First, about what we’re doing here, if you can, about — there are some concerns about leniency of prosecutors right now … And separately, your concerns, if you have any, on bail reform. And then I have a separate one, a lot of parents are watching about baby formula. Do you have a message to those parents that you can share while they’re listening?”
Biden: Well, three questions. I’ll answer the baby formula question because, all of a sudden, it’s on the front page of every newspaper. And that’s important that it — I — be responded to. But, look, with regard to the leniency of prosecutors, that has, on balance, not been the biggest problem — the leniency of prosecutors. In the past, the hardest have been the intensity of prosecutors, people getting long sentences … anyway.
Reporter: Mr. President, Republicans have said that your administration should have anticipated this baby formula shortage before. Are you satisfied with your administration’s response so far? And some of the steps that you and your administration are taking now, including loosening these import requirements next week, should you have taken those steps sooner, before parents got to these shelves and couldn’t find formula?
Biden: If we’d been better mind readers, I guess we could have, but we moved as quickly as the problem became apparent to us. And we have to move with caution as well as speed, because we got to make sure what we’re getting is, in fact, first-rate product. That’s why the FDA has to go through the process.
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