WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- President Biden issued the following statement on Aug. 27, 2023, on the shooting in Jacksonville, Florida: * * * On Saturday, our nation marked the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington -- a seminal moment in our history and in our work towards equal opportunity for all Americans. But this day of remembrance and commemoration ended with yet another American community wounded by an act of gun violence, reportedly fueled by hate-filled animus and carried out with two  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on Aug. 28, 2023, ahead of a meeting with the organizers of the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington and members of the King family: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Kamala and I wanted to convene this incredible group of civil rights leaders for a simple reason: to thank them; and to tell them what they tell us -- we know we got a lot more work to do; and also remind them that what they do matters   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following statement on Aug. 26, 2023: * * * Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas released the following statement this evening regarding the racially-motivated shooting earlier today in Jacksonville, FL: "The Department of Homeland Security is closely monitoring the situation surrounding this afternoon's racially-motivated shooting in Jacksonville, Florida that led to the tragic, senseless death of thre  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following statement on Aug. 27, 2023, on the shooting in Jacksonville, Florida: * * * On Saturday, as Americans marked the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, a gunman armed with an assault-style rifle and handgun opened fire at a Jacksonville store just blocks away from a Historically Black University, taking the lives of three Black Americans. Already, federal law enforcement has opened a civil rights investigation into  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing on Aug. 28, 2023, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Stephen Benjamin, director of the Office of Public Engagement: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hello. Welcome back, everybody. Okay. A couple of things. Good afternoon. Q: Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: This Saturday, our nation marked the six- -- 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, a seminal moment in our history and in our work towards equa  more