Vice President delivers remarks to workers at Yellowstone National Park

Date:

1:45 PM

Local Time:

11:45 AM MT

As part of Recovery Summer, Vice President Biden will visit Yellowstone and Grand Canyon National Parks, where $25 million in Recovery Act funding is creating jobs and jump-starting previously-deferred construction and maintenance projects. More than 1,000 workers have already been part of the seventeen Recovery Act projects at Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon. Overall, there are 800 Recovery Act projects underway at National Parks across the country this summer – eight times as many as there were last summer.

Press Access:

Open Press

Press Info:

Media must RSVP with the NAME, MEDIA OUTLET, PHONE AND EMAIL for each person planning to cover the event to press@ovp.eop.gov by Sunday, July 25, at 12:00 NOON MT.