The Biden administration said Friday it would again delay a decision on a regulation aiming to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes, citing the “historic attention” and “immense amount of feedback” on the controversial proposal by the Food and Drug Administration.
“This rule has garnered historic attention and the public comment period has yielded an immense amount of feedback, including from various elements of the civil rights and criminal justice movement,” Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement.
Well, Biden isn’t holding up the student debt forgiveness programs. The environmental crisis can’t be solved by a single administration. He has done a few things regarding medical debt, like convincing credit companies to wipe 70% of bad medical debt from credit records and prevent them from listing new ones under certain thresholds. He also worked to expand the ACA so more people could get Medicaid. The American Rescue Plan allocated $10 billion to assist unhoused individuals. He increased Pell grants for college. He proposed free community colleges (it did not pass). Voting Rights Advancement Act. Executive actions to prevent discrimination of LGBT. He is currently trying to get the national minimum wage up to $15/hr.
Yeah his actions and inactions regarding Israel and Palestine have been very poorly received.
So, ya know, there are things happening. This is one thing. You should blame the media for focusing on it, not Biden for suggesting it.