President Biden visits Fort Worth on Tuesday to promote veterans programs, but won't meet with the parents of ex-Marine Trevor Reed, who's in a Russian prison...
Updated at 2:20 p.m. with Biden arriving in Fort Worth.
Reed’s parents, increasingly desperate since Russia invaded Ukraine, will resort to demonstrating outside his event to keep up pressure for release of their son. Trevor’s father called it “an act of desperation.” “Trevor Reed has been held in a Russian prison with little to no access to badly-needed health care or communication with his family, and his situation is only going to get worse given the political climate in Russia,” Cornyn said Tuesday. “This Administration must do more to free Americans held hostage in Russia. President Biden meeting with the Reed family while in Texas on a day he is touting the importance of caring for our veterans would be a welcome start.
Biden also refuted complaints by Texas Republicans and others that his energy policies have choked the U.S. oil and gas industry and made the country more reliant on Russian energy, noting that U.S. production during his first year as president topped the level during Donald Trump’s first year.