Joe Biden to visit Arizona to tout Inflation Reduction Act - The Arizona Republic
Joe Biden to visit Arizona to tout Inflation Reduction Act
President Joe Biden coming to Arizona to talk about climate change, clean energy
Dan Nowicki
President Joe Biden is returning to Arizona next month as part of a Western swing touting the Inflation Reduction Act's impact on fighting climate change and progress on boosting the clean-energy and manufacturing industries.
Biden will visit Arizona, New Mexico and Utah from Monday, Aug. 7, to Thursday, Aug. 10.
Besides climate change and clean energy, Biden is expected to talk about other key priorities, the White House said.
The White House did not immediately provide any other details about Biden's trip.
Arizona is considered a swing state in next year's presidential election. Biden carried the state in 2020 over then-President Donald Trump but has been struggling in the polls here this year.
Biden's first trip to Arizona as president came in December 2022 when he visited a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plant under construction in north Phoenix.
Vice President Kamala Harris made two recent stops in Arizona. She spoke in January at a transmission line groundbreaking in Tonopah and in July discussed some of the top concerns facing the state's Indigenous communities.
This is a developing story. Check back to azcentral.com for updates.
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