Vice President Harris Touts Jobs Plan In Guilford County Stops

Vice President Kamala Harris made stops in Guilford County Monday to push the White House's American Jobs Plan.

Harris visited Guilford Technical Community College, where she called the measure a once-in-a-lifetime investment in America's future.

She said the White House plan would be the biggest investment in jobs since World War II and promised they'd be good jobs.

”A majority of the jobs we will create through the American Jobs Plan will require at most six months of training after high school," she said. "We're also going to create as many as two million new registered apprenticeship slots.” 

She emphasized the tens of billions of dollars in workforce training that the measure seeks, much of which could be offered at community colleges like Guilford Tech. She also said the plan improves workplace access for women, saying "hardhats are actually unisex."

Harris later toured the Thomas Built Buses plant in High Point. The Biden-Harris plan seeks to electrify at least 20% of school buses nationally. 

The plan would also expand broadband access in rural areas and clean up the country's water infrastructure by removing hazardous lead pipes.

Republicans have criticized the $2.3-trillion proposal as too costly.

It's Harris's first visit to North Carolina since being sworn in. She made a campaign stop at Smith High School in Greensboro in 2019 while running for president.