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Re: The Shining City Upon a Hill
And what exactly do these articles have to do with me?
You specifically said I didn't trust the vaccine.
This is what you posted. "You, along with democrat leaders are the same one who told people to not trust the vaccine"
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Biden HHS nominee Rachel Levine becomes first openly transgender federal official confirmed by US Senate
Dr. Rachel Levine, Pennsylvania's former top health official, earned confirmation Wednesday in the Senate to become the new assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The vote was 52-48. It marked the first time in U.S. history the Senate confirmed an openly transgender federal official.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called the confirmation vote another significant "milestone" after Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg became the first openly gay Cabinet member to be confirmed by the Senate in February.
"The Biden administration has brought many historic firsts into its ranks," Schumer said Wednesday prior to the vote. "... The confirmation of Rachel Levine represents another important milestone for the American LGBTQ community. She will be the first openly transgender official ever confirmed by the United States Senate. The arc of history is long, but it keeps bending in the direction of justice."
In addition to handling medical, public health and social services programs, the HHS department is responsible for sheltering the influx of unaccompanied migrant children crossing into the United States once they are released from border patrol custody.
Schumer said he hoped Levine's prominent position in the Biden administration will further break down stereotypes.
"As transgender Americans suffer higher rates of abuse, homelessness and depression than almost every other group, it's important to have national figures like Dr. Levine, who by virtue of being in the public spotlight, will help break down barriers of ignorance and fear," Schumer said
A Harvard-educated pediatrician and former Pennsylvania physician general, Levine was appointed to be Pennsylvania Health Secretary by Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf in 2017, making her one of the few transgender people serving in elected or appointed positions nationwide. She is a professor in pediatrics at the Penn State College of Medicine.
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The Treasury Department has disbursed 127 million economic relief payments worth $325 billion authorized by the massive COVID-19 aid bill signed by President Biden earlier this month.
The department announced Wednesday that a second batch of direct deposits, checks and prepaid debit cards that have begun to arrive this week includes roughly 37 million payments totaling $83 billion. Roughly 17 million of those payments, totaling $38 billion, were sent out through direct deposits, 15 million were sent via check and 5 million were sent via card.
The Treasury Department has already disbursed 90 million payments totaling $242 billion in the first batch that went out starting March 12, the day after Biden signed the $1.2 trillion measure.
During an event marking Equal Pay Day, Biden hailed the disbursement of the 100-millionth check authorized by his relief plan, "and many more are on the way."Comment
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A contract manufacturer helping to produce Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine has begun delivering millions of doses after the Food and Drug Administration cleared them for emergency use late Tuesday.
Catalent, a "fill-finish" facility that bottles vaccines, revealed in a tweet that FDA had authorized its Bloomington, Ind., factory to begin shipping out shots. The company started sending out vaccine immediately after receiving permission from FDA, said one person familiar with the situation.Comment
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