U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visits Arizona
PHOENIX - Vice President Kamala Harris is set to visit Arizona on July 6, according to officials with her office.
In a statement, officials said the Vice President is traveling to Phoenix and the Gila River Indian Community, as part of their "Investing In America Tour."
The trip, according to officials, is to "highlight the Biden-Harris Administration’s ongoing commitment to Tribal Nations and Native communities."
This is not the first time the Vice President has visited Arizona in 2023. On Jan. 19, VHarris visited the state to highlight federal efforts to create a "clean energy economy."
VP Kamala Harris speaks at Tonopah clean energy groundbreaking
Harris visited Tonopah for the groundbreaking of the Ten West Link Transmission Line, an energy infrastructure project intended to connect power grids in Arizona and California.
During that trip, Harris visited Tonopah for the groundbreaking of a transmission line project that is intended to connect Arizona and California's power grids.
"This electricity will be clean electricity," said Vice President Harris, at the groundbreaking. "Solar panels and wind turbines do not produce toxic fumes that poison our air, or dangerous chemicals that poison our water, and the energy delivered by these lines will not just be cleaner, it will also be cheaper, and all of this also creates jobs."
United States Vice President Kamala Harris, in a photo taken in October 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Berenger)