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Vice President Kamala Harris will welcome a group of state and local officials to the White House on Wednesday as the administration seeks to draw attention to key elements of President Joe Biden’s cornerstone legislative achievement.
Harris will headline a half-day White House Summit on the American Rescue Plan, the $1.9 trillion economic package Biden signed into law in the depths of the dual-pronged economic and public health crisis in 2021.
The summit will detail a series of specific state and local efforts and more than $40 billion in funding for workforce development across industries. At its core, it’s viewed by administration officials as a way to…