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WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (KUNA) -- US President Joe Biden on Thursday affirmed the resolve of his administration to act for the implementation of its economic, social and political vision for equality among the Americans despite Republican obstruction.
He said in a speech on the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Dedication of the Martin Luther King Memorial, "We all deserve to be treated equally throughout our lives."
"I've never seen a time when working folks did well that the wealthy didn't do very well. Look, it's the core of our administration's economic vision and it's a fundamental paradigm shift for this nation," President Biden stated.
"For the first time in a couple of generations, we're going to be investing in working families, putting them first, and helping them get ahead rather than the wealthy and the biggest and most powerful people out there.
"The most un-American thing that any of us can imagine, the most undemocratic and the most unpatriotic, and yet sadly not unprecedented, time and time again we have witnessed threats to the right to vote and free and fair elections come to fruition.
"Each time we fought back and we have to continue to fight today," he went on.
"King said his goal was, 'Redeem the soul of America,'" Biden recalled, adding, "That's what's at stake here. The soul of America. And we know that's not the work of a single day or single administration or even a single generation.
"But here we stand with Dr. King to show out of struggle, there's progress. Out of despair, there's hope.
"From the promise of equality and opportunity of jobs, justice, and freedom, we see Black excellence, American excellence," he concluded.
The marking of the 10th anniversary and dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr., memorial in the nation's capital came a day after Senate Republicans blocked the consideration of the Freedom to Vote Act, a new compromise piece of legislation to reform federal elections. (end)
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