NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA — Vice President Kamala Harris is in New Hampshire for the first time since 2019.
Her trip included stops in Plymouth and Concord, New Hampshire, to highlight how the American Jobs Plan would expand broadband coverage and workforce development, according to Harris' office.
Harris was greeted at Laconia Municipal Airport by Gov. Chris Sununu, a Republican, and Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan and Rep. Chris Pappas.
Hassan joined Harris at a listening session on the American Jobs Plan’s investments in broadband at New Hampshire Electric Cooperative in Plymouth in the morning.
"The pandemic made so clear that some of our most vulnerable, those that need health care the most, can't get to a doctor. But we have this thing called telemedicine where you can get diagnosed, you can get treatment, if -- if -- you have access to broadband," Harris said.
For her stop in Concord, the vice president toured IBEW Local 490 with apprentices and staff before she spoke about the American Jobs Plan’s investments in workforce development and infrastructure.
"Some people will say, 'That's a really ambitious plan, that's a lot,'" Harris said. "Well, sometimes it takes a lot of courage, a lot of vision, a lot of faith in the American people -- yeah, that's a lot -- to do the things that reflect who were are and have been as a nation in our greatest moment."
Harris was scheduled to depart New Hampshire for her return to Washington, D.C., about 4:45 p.m.
Harris last visited the Granite State in September 2019, when she was still a U.S. senator running for president, and spoke at the New Hampshire Democratic Party Convention. Friday is her first time in New Hampshire since she was sworn into office in January.
“We are thrilled to welcome Vice President Harris to New Hampshire," the state's Democratic Party wrote in a statement. "Granite Staters are already seeing the positive impacts of the Biden-Harris administration."
Harris' visit follows one from first lady Jill Biden last month when she spoke at the Christa McAuliffe Elementary School in Concord.