Ahead of the Orange County visit, Biden also signed an executive order directing the Department of Health and Human Services to explore other ways of driving down prescription drug costs.
The order directs HHS to submit a report in 90 days for not only reducing drug costs, but also promoting access to"innovative drug therapies" for Medicare recipients, according to the White House.
Biden began his California visit late Wednesday afternoon when he arrived at Los Angeles International Airport. "That's exactly what you're doing. That's exactly what you're doing. But it's being funded in part through this infrastructure law -- through local taxes and the infrastructure law. This project, the extension of the Metro Purple Line, it's gonna cover one of L.A.'s busiest areas and job centers."
"We're building a new four-lane road to the Port of Los Angeles to make it easier for the trucks to drive up to the container terminal, load up their goods for transport," he said."And the port of Long Beach, one of the busiest container ports in the nation, we're going to deepen the channel so ships can move in and out of the harbor faster."
"... We just have to remember who we are. We are the United States of America, and there's nothing, nothing that's beyond our capacity, nothing, when we decide we're going to do it together." Biden interacted with workers and said he was placing a"takeout order for Bass." When he took out cash to pay for the food he ordered, a worker told him he would get a 50%"public service" discount. Biden gave the cashier $60 and told him to give the next customer a free meal. Biden's food bill was $16.45 -- covering two quesadillas and six tacos.
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