PHOENIX — Vice President Kamala Harris visited Phoenix and the Gila River Indian Community on Thursday.
Watch VP Harris' speech in Arizona below:
The visit is part of the "Investing in America Tour," a tour meant "to highlight how President Biden’s Investing in America agenda is driving a manufacturing and clean energy boom, rebuilding America’s infrastructure, lowering costs, and creating good-paying jobs," according to a release.
"We have a duty to address the deep disparities that persist across Indian country," Harris said while in Laveen. "We have a duty to make sure that all Native people the opportunity to thrive."
Harris noted the administration has invested $500 million in Native entrepreneurs and small businesses.
The vice president also touched on how climate change is impacting Native American communities.
"Native people have served as responsible stewards of our environment for millennia," Harris said, "In order to create enduring solutions to the climate crisis, we must then rely on the knowledge and the experience of Native communities."
She added that the administration is investing billions of dollars in "Native-led" climate-resilient infrastructure projects.
Vice President Harris, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm previously visited Tonopah in January to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Ten West Link transmission line.
