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Right Mr 

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Speaker . The President of the United 

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States . 

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Thank you . Thank you . Thank you . 

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Members of Congress , I have the high 

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privilege and distinct honor to present 

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to you the President of the United 

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States . 

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Mr Speaker . 

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Thank you . You can smile . It's okay , 

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thank you . Thank you . Thank you . 

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Thank you . Please . 

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Mr Speaker Madam . Vice President , 

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our First lady and second gentlemen . 

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Good to see you guys up there . Members 

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of Congress , 

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by the way , Chief Justice , I may need 

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a court order . She gets to go to the 

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the game tomorrow next week . I have to 

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stay home . You gotta work something 

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out here . Members of the cabinet 

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leaders of our military , Chief Justice , 

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Associate Justice and Retired Justice , 

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the Supreme Court . And to you , my 

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fellow americans , you know , start 

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tonight by congratulating 118th 

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Congress . The new Speaker of the House 

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kevin McCarthy 

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speaker . I don't want to ruin your 

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reputation , but I look forward to 

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working with you . And I want to 

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congratulate the new leader of the 

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House democrats . The first african 

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american minority leader in history . 

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Hakeem jeffries 

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he wanted despite the fact I campaigned 

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for him . Congratulations . The longest 

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serving leader in the history of the 

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United States Senate mitch McConnell . 

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Where are you mitch ? 

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Congratulations , chuck , schumer . 

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Another uh , you know , another term is 

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Senate minority Leader . You know , I 

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think you uh , this time you have a 

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slightly bigger majority Mr leader , 

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you're the majority leader , but that 

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much bigger . Well , I'll tell you what 

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I want to give special special 

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recognition to someone who I think is 

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going to be considered the greatest 

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speaker in the history of the House of 

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representative nancy . Pelosi 

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folks . The story of America is a story 

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of progress and resilience of always 

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moving forward . Of never , ever giving 

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up . It's a story unique among all 

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nations . We're the only country that 

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has emerged from every crisis we've 

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ever entered stronger than we got into 

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it . Look , folks , that's what we're 

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doing again . Two years ago . The 

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economy is reeling . I stand here 

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tonight after we've created with the 

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help of many people in this room . 12 

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million new jobs . More jobs created in 

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two years than any presents created in 

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four years . Because of you all because 

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the American people . 

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Two years ago , 

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two years ago , Covid had shut 

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down . Our businesses were closed , our 

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schools were robbed of so much and 

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today . Covid no longer controls our 

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lives . And two years ago democracy 

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faces its greatest threat to the civil 

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war And today , though bruised , our 

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democracy remains unbowed and unbroken . 

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As we gather here tonight , we're 

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writing the next chapter in the great 

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american story , a story of progress 

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and resilience . When world leaders 

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asked me to define America and they do 

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believe it or not excited can define it 

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in one word and I mean this 

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possibilities . We don't think anything 

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is beyond our capacity . Everything is 

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a possibility . You know , we're often 

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told that democrats and republicans 

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can't work together . But over the past 

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two years , we've proved the cynics and 

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naysayers wrong . Yes , we disagreed 

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plenty . And yes , there were times 

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that democrats went alone . But time 

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and again democrats and republicans 

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came together , came together to defend 

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a stronger and safer europe . It came 

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together to past one in the one in the 

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generation . Once in a generation 

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infrastructure law , building bridges 

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connecting our nation and our people . 

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We came together to pass the most 

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significant law ever helping victims 

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exposed to toxic burn pits . And in 

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fact , 

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it's important . 

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In fact , I signed over 

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300 bipartisan pieces of 

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legislation since becoming president 

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from reauthorizing the Violence against 

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act , the respect for marriage act that 

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protects the right to marry the person 

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you love and to my republican friends , 

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if we could work together the last 

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Congress , there's no reason we can't 

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work together and find consensus on 

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important things in this Congress as 

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well . I think 

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folks , 

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you all are as formed as I am . But I 

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think the people sent us a clear 

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message fighting for the sake of 

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fighting power for the sake of power . 

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Conflict for the sake of conflict gets 

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us nowhere . That's always been my 

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vision of our country . And I know it's 

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many of yours to restore the soul of 

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this nation , to rebuild the backbone 

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of America America's middle class and 

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to unite the country . We've been sent 

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here to finish the job . In my view for 

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decades , the middle class has been 

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hollowed out and more than and not know 

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one administration , but for a long 

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time . Too many good paying 

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manufacturing jobs move overseas 

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factories closed down . Once thriving 

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cities and towns many of you represent 

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became shadows of what they used to be 

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along the way . Something else . We 

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lost pride , our sense of self 

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worth . I ran for president to 

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fundamentally change things to make 

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sure our economy works for everyone . 

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So we can all feel that pride in what 

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we do to build an economy from the 

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bottom up in the middle out , not from 

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the top down . Because when the middle 

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class does well , the poor have a 

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ladder up and the wealthy still do very 

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well . We all do well . 

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me for always quoting my dad , but my 

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dad used to say Joey a job's about a 

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lot more than a paycheck . Really would 

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say this . It's about a lot more than a 

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paycheck . It's about your dignity . 

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It's about respect . It's about being 

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able to look at kidney and say , honey , 

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it's gonna be okay and mean it . Well 

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folks , so let's look at the results . 

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We're not finished yet by any stretch 

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of imagination . But unemployment rate 

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is a 3.4% of 50 year low 

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near record . Near record 

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unemployment 

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Hispanic workers . We've already 

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created to help 800,000 good paying 

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manufacturing jobs . The fastest growth 

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in 40 years . Mhm . 

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Where is it written ? Where is it 

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written that America can't lead the 

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world in manufacturing and I don't know 

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where that's written for too many 

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decades . We imported projects and 

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exported jobs now . Thanks to what 

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you've all done , we're exporting 

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american products and creating american 

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jobs folks , 

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inflation inflation has been a global 

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problem because the pandemic disrupted 

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our supply chains and Putin's unfair 

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and brutal war in Ukraine disrupted 

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energy supplies as well as food 

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supplies , blocking all that grain in 

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Ukraine . But we're better positioned 

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than any country on earth right now . 

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But we have more to do . But here at 

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home inflation is coming down here at 

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home gas prices down a dollar 50 from 

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down not fast enough but coming down 

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inflation has fallen every month for 

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the last six months or take home pay 

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has gone up Additionally . Over the 

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last two years , a record 10 million 

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americans applied to start new 

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businesses . 10 million by the 

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way . Every time . 

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Every time someone starts in small 

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business is an act of hope and madam 

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Vice President . I want to thank you 

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for leading that effort to ensure that 

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small businesses have access to capital . 

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And the historic laws were enacted that 

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are going to just come into being 

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standing here last year , I shared with 

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you a story of american genius and 

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possibilities . Semiconductors , small 

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computer chips the size of a 

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fingerprint that power , everything 

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from cell phones , automobiles and so 

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much more . These chips were invented 

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in America . Let's get that straight . 

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They were invented in America . We used 

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to make 40% of the world's chips . 

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our edge . We're down to only producing 

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10% . We all saw what happened during 

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the pandemic when chip factories shut 

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down overseas . Today's automobiles 

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need 3000 chips , each of those 

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automobiles . But american automobiles 

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couldn't make enough cars because there 

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weren't enough chips . Car prices went 

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up . People got laid off . So did 

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everything from refrigerators to cell 

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phones . We can never let that happen 

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again . That's why that's why we came 

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together to pass the bipartisan chips 

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and science act . Mm 

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criticized for saying this , but I'm 

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not changing my view . We're gonna make 

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sure the supply chain for America 

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begins in America . The supply chain 

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begins in America . We've 

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we've already created 800,000 

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new manufacturing jobs . Without this 

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law . Before the law gets kicks in With 

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this new law , we're gonna create 

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hundreds of thousands of new jobs 

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across the country . I mean all across 

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the country throughout , not just the 

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coast , but through the middle of the 

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country as well . That's gonna come 

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from companies that have announced more 

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than $300 billion American 

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manufacturing over the next few years 

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Outside of Columbus . Ohio Intel is 

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building the semiconductor factories on 

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1000 acres , literally a field of 

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dreams . It's going to create 10,000 

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jobs . That one investment , 7000 

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construction jobs , 3000 jobs in those 

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factories . Once they're finished , 

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they call them factors Jobs , paying an 

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average of $130,000 a year and many do 

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not require a college degree 

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jobs 

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because we work together these jobs 

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where people don't have to leave home 

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to search for opportunity . It's just 

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getting started , Think about the new 

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homes , the small businesses , the big , 

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the medium sized business so much more 

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that's going to be needed to support 

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those 3000 , permanent jobs and the 

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factories that are going to be built . 

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Talk to mayors and governors , 

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democrats and republicans and they will 

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tell you what this means for their 

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communities . We're seeing these fields 

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of dreams transformed to the Heartland , 

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but to maintain the strongest economy 

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in the world , we need the best 

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infrastructure in the world , 

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folks . As you 

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all know , 

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We used to be number one in the world 

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infrastructure . We've sunk to 13th in 

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the world , the United States of 

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America , 13th in the world and 

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infrastructure , modern infrastructure . 

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But now we're coming back because we 

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came together and passed the bipartisan 

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infrastructure law , the largest 

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investment infrastructure since 

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President Eisenhower's interstate 

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highway system 

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folks 

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Already , we've , we've funded over 

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20,000 projects including major 

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airports from Boston to Atlanta to 

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Portland projects . We're gonna put 

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thousands of people to work rebuilding 

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our highways or bridges . Our railroads 

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are tunnels , ports , airports , clean 

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water , high speed Internet all across 

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America , urban , rural , tribal and 

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folks , we're just getting started . 

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We're just getting started . 

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And I mean it sincerely , I want to 

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thank my republican friends who voted 

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for the law and my republican friends 

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who voted against it as well . But I'm 

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still , I , I still get asked to fund 

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the projects in those districts as well . 

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But don't worry , I promised I'd be a 

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president for all americans . We'll 

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fund these projects and I'll see you at 

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the groundbreaking . 

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Look , 

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this law , this law will 

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further unite all of America projects 

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like Brent Spence bridge in Kentucky 

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over the Ohio River built 60 years ago , 

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badly needed repairs . One of the 

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nation's most congested freight routes 

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carrying $2 billion worth of freight 

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every single day across the Ohio River . 

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And folks been talking about fixing it 

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for decades , but we're really finally 

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going to get it done . I went there 

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last month with Democrats and 

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Republicans and from both states to 

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deliver a commitment of $1.6 billion 

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dollars for this project . 

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While I was there , I met a young woman 

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named Sarah who's here tonight . I know 

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where Sarah is the ship in the box . I 

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don't know Sarah . How are you ? Well , 

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Sarah for 30 years 

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for 30 years . I learned , she told me 

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she'd been a proud member of the 

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ironworkers , local 44 known as 

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known as the cowboys in the sky . 

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The folks who built Bill Cincinnati 

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Skyline . Sarah said she can't wait to 

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be 10 stories above the Ohio River 

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building that new bridge . God bless 

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her . That's pride . And that's , we're 

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also building , we're building back 

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pride . Look , we're also replacing 

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poisonous lead pipes that go into 10 

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million homes in America 

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400,000 school and childcare 

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centers . So every child in America , 

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every child can drink the water instead 

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of having permanent damage to their 

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brain . Look , we're making 

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sure we're making 

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sure that every 

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community , every community in America 

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has access to affordable , high speed 

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internet . No parent should have to 

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drive by Mcdonald's parking lot to help 

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them do their homework online with 

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their kids , which many thousands were 

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doing across the country . And when we 

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do these projects and again I get 

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criticized this , but I make no excuses 

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for it . We're gonna buy american . 

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We're gonna buy american folks 

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and it's totally , It's totally 

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consistent with international trade 

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rules . Why America has been the law 

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since 1933 , but for too long past 

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administrations Democrat and Republican 

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have fought to get around it . Not 

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anymore . Tonight . I'm announcing new 

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standards require all construction 

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materials used in federal 

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infrastructure projects to be made in 

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America 

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made in America . 

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I mean it 

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lumber , glass drywall fiber 

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optic cable and I might watch american 

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roads bridges . American highways are 

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going to be made with american products 

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as well folks . My economic plan is 

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about investing in places and people 

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that have been forgotten . So many of 

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you listen to me tonight . I know you 

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feel it . So many of you felt like 

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you've just simply been forgotten made 

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the economic upheaval of the past four 

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decades . Too many people have been 

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left behind and treated like they're 

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invisible . Maybe that's you watching 

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from home . Remember the jobs that went 

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away ? You remember them , don't you ? 

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The folks at home remember them . You 

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wonder whether the path even exists 

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anymore for your Children to get ahead 

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without having to move away ? Well 

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that's why I get that . That's why 

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we're building an economy where no one 

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is left behind jobs are coming back . 

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Pride is coming back because choices we 

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made in the last several years . You 

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know , this is my view of blue collar 

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blue pin to rebuild America and make a 

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real difference in your lives at home . 

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For example , too many of you 

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lay in bed at night like my dad did 

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staring at the ceiling wondering what 

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in God's name's happens if your spouse 

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gets cancer or your child gets deadly 

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ill or something happens to you , What 

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are you gonna get the money to pay for 

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those medical bills ? You're gonna have 

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to sell the house or try to get a 

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second mortgage on it . I get it . I 

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get it with the inflation reduction act 

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that I signed in the law . We're taking 

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on powerful interests to bring health 

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care costs down so you can sleep better 

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at night with more security . You know , 

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we pay more for prescription drugs than 

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any nation in the world . We say it 

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again . We pay more for prescription 

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drugs than any major nation on earth . 

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For example , One in 10 Americans has 

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diabetes . Many of you in this chamber 

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do . And then the audience . But every 

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day millions need insulin to control 

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their diabetes so they can literally 

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stay alive . Insulin has been around 

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for over 100 years . The guy who 

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invented didn't even patent because he 

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wanted to be available for everyone . 

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It cost the drug companies roughly $10 

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a vial to make that insulin packaging 

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and all you may get up to $13 . But big 

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pharma has been unfairly charging 

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people hundreds of dollars $4-$500 a 

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month . Making record profits . 

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Not anymore . 

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Not anymore . 

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So , so many 

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things that we did are only now coming 

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to fruition . We said we were doing 

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this and we said we passed the law to 

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do it . But people didn't know because 

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the law didn't take effect until 

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january one of this year . We capped 

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the cost of insulin at $35 a month for 

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seniors on Medicaid . 

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People are just finding out . I'm 

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sure you're getting the same calls . 

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I'm getting , look , there are millions 

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of other americans who do not or not a 

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Medicare , including 200,000 young 

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people with Type one diabetes and need 

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this insulin to stay alive . Let's 

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finish the job this time . Let's cap 

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the cost of insult for everybody at $35 

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folks , Big 

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pharma is still going to do very well . 

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I promise you , I promise you they're 

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gonna do very well This law . So this 

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law also caps and won't go into effect 

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until 2025 Cost out of pocket 

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drug costs for seniors on Medicare at a 

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maximum of $2,000 a year . You don't 

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have to pay more than 2000 and no 

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matter how much your drug costs are . 

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Because you know why you all know it ? 

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Many of you like many of my family have 

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cancer . You know , the drugs can range 

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from $10 , 

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$15,000 for the cancer drugs . Drug 

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prices rise faster than inflation . 

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Drug companies are gonna have to pay 

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Medicare back . The difference . 

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Finally finally 

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giving Medicare the power to negotiate 

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drug prices , bring him down , 

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bringing down prescription drug costs . 

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Doesn't just save seniors money . It 

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cuts the federal deficit by billions of 

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dollars by hundreds of billions of 

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dollars Because these prescription 

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drugs are drugs purchased by 

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Medicare to make , keep their 

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commitment to the seniors . Well , 

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guess what ? Instead of paying four or 

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500 bucks a month , you're paying 15 . 

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That's a lot of savings for the federal 

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government . And by the way , why 

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wouldn't we want that now Some members 

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here are threatening and I know it's 

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not an official party position so I'm 

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not gonna exaggerate , but certainly to 

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repeal the inflation reduction act as 

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my coach . That's okay . That's fair 

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as my football coaches to say , lots of 

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luck in your senior year . 

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Make no mistake . If you try anything 

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to raise the cost of position jobs , I 

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will veto it . 

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Look , 

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I'm pleased to say more Americans 

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have health insurance now than ever in 

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history . A record 16 million people 

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enrolled in the Affordable Care Act and 

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thanks thanks for the Law I signed last 

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year , Saving millions of saving 

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$800 a year on their premiums by the 

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way that law was written And the 

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benefit expires in 2025 . So my plea to 

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some of you , at least in this audience , 

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let's finish the job and make these 

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savings permanent , expand coverage on 

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Medicaid . 

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Look , inflation reduction act is also 

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the most significant investment ever in 

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climate change . Ever 

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lower utility bills trading american 

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jobs leading the world to a clean 

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energy future . I visited the 

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devastating aftermath of record floods , 

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droughts , storms , and wildfires from 

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Arizona and Mexico to all the way up to 

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the Canadian border . More timber has 

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been burned and I've observed from 

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helicopters than the entire state of 

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Missouri and we don't have global 

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warming , not a problem . In addition 

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to emergency recovery from Puerto rico 

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to florida to Idaho , we're rebuilding 

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for the long term new electric grids 

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that are able to weather major storms 

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and not prevent those forest fires , 

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Roads and water systems will stand the 

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next big flood clean energy to cut 

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pollution and create jobs and 

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communities often left behind . We're 

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going to build 500,000 electric vehicle 

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charging stations installed across the 

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country by tens of thousands I . B . W . 

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Workers an we're helping 

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families save more than $1000 year with 

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tax credits to purchase electric 

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vehicles and efficient , efficient 

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appliances , energy efficient 

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appliances , historic conservation 

553
00:32:19,830 --> 00:32:22,500
efforts to responsible stewards of our 

554
00:32:22,500 --> 00:32:26,270
land . Let's face reality . The climate 

555
00:32:26,270 --> 00:32:28,437
crisis doesn't care if you're in a red 

556
00:32:28,437 --> 00:32:31,150
or blue state . It's an existential 

557
00:32:31,150 --> 00:32:34,400
threat . We have an obligation not to 

558
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,122
ourselves with our Children or 

559
00:32:36,122 --> 00:32:38,160
grandchildren to confront it . I'm 

560
00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:41,720
proud of how , how America at last is 

561
00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:44,070
stepping up to the challenge . We're 

562
00:32:44,070 --> 00:32:46,014
still gonna need oil and gas for a 

563
00:32:46,014 --> 00:32:49,700
while . But guess what ? No , we do . 

564
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:55,020
But there's so much more to do . We got 

565
00:32:55,020 --> 00:32:57,820
to finish the job . We pay for these 

566
00:32:57,820 --> 00:32:59,876
investments in our future by finally 

567
00:32:59,876 --> 00:33:01,764
making the wealthiest and biggest 

568
00:33:01,764 --> 00:33:03,820
corporations began to pay their fair 

569
00:33:03,820 --> 00:33:07,400
share . Just begin , 

570
00:33:13,710 --> 00:33:16,060
look , I'm a capitalist . I'm a 

571
00:33:16,060 --> 00:33:18,227
capitalist , but pay your fair share . 

572
00:33:18,910 --> 00:33:21,680
I think a lot of you at home , a lot of 

573
00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:23,624
you at home agree with me and many 

574
00:33:23,624 --> 00:33:26,260
people that , you know , the tax system 

575
00:33:26,270 --> 00:33:29,770
is not fair . It is not fair . 

576
00:33:34,450 --> 00:33:38,420
Look the idea 

577
00:33:39,580 --> 00:33:43,290
That in 20 , of the 

578
00:33:43,290 --> 00:33:45,234
largest corporations , America the 

579
00:33:45,234 --> 00:33:47,890
Fortune 500 made $40 billion 

580
00:33:47,890 --> 00:33:53,100
zero 

581
00:33:53,670 --> 00:33:57,660
folks . It's simply not fair . But now , 

582
00:33:57,660 --> 00:34:00,040
because of the law , I signed a billion 

583
00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:02,207
dollar companies have to pay a minimum 

584
00:34:02,207 --> 00:34:04,450
of 15% . God love them 

585
00:34:05,310 --> 00:34:09,020
15% . That's less than a nurse 

586
00:34:09,020 --> 00:34:09,770
page . 

587
00:34:14,410 --> 00:34:16,632
And I need to be crystal clear . I said 

588
00:34:16,632 --> 00:34:18,910
at the very beginning , under my plans , 

589
00:34:18,910 --> 00:34:20,799
as long as I'm president , nobody 

590
00:34:20,799 --> 00:34:23,280
earning less than $400,000 will pay an 

591
00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:25,850
additional penny in taxes . Nobody , 

592
00:34:25,860 --> 00:34:29,530
not one penny . Well , let's finish the 

593
00:34:29,540 --> 00:34:31,440
job . There's more to do . 

594
00:34:33,420 --> 00:34:35,360
We have to reward work , not just 

595
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:39,110
wealth Past my proposal for the 

596
00:34:39,110 --> 00:34:42,250
billionaire minimum tax . You know , 

597
00:34:42,260 --> 00:34:44,427
there's 1000 billionaires in America . 

598
00:34:44,427 --> 00:34:46,760
It's up from about 600 in the beginning , 

599
00:34:47,020 --> 00:34:49,640
but no billionaire should be paying a 

600
00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:51,807
lower tax rate than a school teacher , 

601
00:34:51,807 --> 00:34:54,780
a firefighter . I mean it think about 

602
00:34:54,780 --> 00:34:55,780
it . 

603
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:02,370
I mean , look , 

604
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,400
no , you are not enthusiastic about 

605
00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:11,850
that , but think about it . Think about 

606
00:35:11,850 --> 00:35:14,730
it . Have you noticed big oil just 

607
00:35:14,730 --> 00:35:17,090
reported his profits record profits 

608
00:35:18,250 --> 00:35:22,100
Last year . They made $200 billion 

609
00:35:22,100 --> 00:35:24,460
dollars in the midst of a global energy 

610
00:35:24,460 --> 00:35:28,200
crisis . I think it's outrageous 

611
00:35:28,910 --> 00:35:31,470
why they invested too little of that 

612
00:35:31,470 --> 00:35:33,748
profit , increased domestic production . 

613
00:35:34,300 --> 00:35:36,467
And when I talked to a couple and they 

614
00:35:36,467 --> 00:35:38,578
say we're afraid you're going to shut 

615
00:35:38,578 --> 00:35:40,744
down all the oil wells and all the oil 

616
00:35:40,744 --> 00:35:42,800
refineries anyway . So why should we 

617
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:44,800
invest in them ? I said we're gonna 

618
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:46,856
need oil for at least another decade 

619
00:35:46,856 --> 00:35:48,960
and that's gonna exceed . And beyond 

620
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,230
that we're gonna need it 

621
00:35:52,550 --> 00:35:56,230
production if they had in fact invested 

622
00:35:56,230 --> 00:35:58,286
in the production to keep gas prices 

623
00:35:58,286 --> 00:36:00,397
down . Instead , they used the record 

624
00:36:00,397 --> 00:36:02,508
profits to buy back their own stock , 

625
00:36:02,670 --> 00:36:04,860
rewarding of ceos and shareholders , 

626
00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:07,584
corporations ought to do the right 

627
00:36:07,584 --> 00:36:09,830
thing . That's why I propose we 

628
00:36:09,830 --> 00:36:11,886
quadruple the tax on corporate stock 

629
00:36:11,886 --> 00:36:14,260
buybacks and encourage long , long term 

630
00:36:14,260 --> 00:36:18,120
investments . They'll still make 

631
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:19,342
considerable profit . 

632
00:36:22,410 --> 00:36:24,540
Let's finish the job and close the 

633
00:36:24,540 --> 00:36:26,596
loopholes that allow very wealthy to 

634
00:36:26,596 --> 00:36:28,596
avoid paying their taxes instead of 

635
00:36:28,596 --> 00:36:30,429
cutting the number of audits for 

636
00:36:30,429 --> 00:36:32,651
wealthy taxpayers . I just signed a law 

637
00:36:32,651 --> 00:36:34,762
to reduce the deficit by $114 billion 

638
00:36:34,762 --> 00:36:37,670
dollars by cracking down on wealthy tax 

639
00:36:37,670 --> 00:36:41,010
cheats that's being fiscally 

640
00:36:41,010 --> 00:36:41,860
responsible 

641
00:36:45,780 --> 00:36:48,760
in the last two years . My 

642
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:50,871
administration has cut the deficit by 

643
00:36:50,871 --> 00:36:54,320
more than $1.7 trillion . 

644
00:36:54,330 --> 00:36:56,610
The largest deficit reduction in 

645
00:36:56,610 --> 00:36:59,940
American history . Under the previous 

646
00:36:59,940 --> 00:37:02,250
administration , the American deficit 

647
00:37:02,250 --> 00:37:05,060
went up four years in a row because 

648
00:37:05,060 --> 00:37:07,470
those record deficits no present added 

649
00:37:07,470 --> 00:37:10,220
more than the national debt . In 94 

650
00:37:10,220 --> 00:37:13,980
years of my predecessor . Nearly 25% of 

651
00:37:13,980 --> 00:37:16,640
the entire national debt that took over 

652
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,660
200 years to accumulate was added by 

653
00:37:19,660 --> 00:37:21,660
just one administration alone . The 

654
00:37:21,660 --> 00:37:23,980
last one . They're , the facts , check 

655
00:37:23,980 --> 00:37:27,720
it out , check it out . 

656
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:31,582
How did congress respond to that debt ? 

657
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:34,447
They did the right thing . They lifted 

658
00:37:34,447 --> 00:37:36,502
the debt ceiling three times without 

659
00:37:36,502 --> 00:37:38,502
preconditions or crisis , they paid 

660
00:37:38,502 --> 00:37:40,920
american bill to prevent an economic 

661
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:43,530
disaster in the country . So tonight 

662
00:37:43,530 --> 00:37:45,808
I'm asking the Congress to follow suit . 

663
00:37:46,470 --> 00:37:48,581
Let's commit here tonight to the full 

664
00:37:48,581 --> 00:37:50,803
faith and credit of the United States . 

665
00:37:50,803 --> 00:37:53,026
America will never ever be questioned . 

666
00:37:53,026 --> 00:37:55,770
So my many of some of my republican 

667
00:37:55,770 --> 00:37:58,220
friends want to take the economy 

668
00:37:58,220 --> 00:38:00,780
hostage . I get it . Unless I agree to 

669
00:38:00,780 --> 00:38:03,630
their economic plans . All of you at 

670
00:38:03,630 --> 00:38:05,852
home should know what those plans are . 

671
00:38:06,770 --> 00:38:08,992
Instead of making the wealthy pay their 

672
00:38:08,992 --> 00:38:11,048
fair share . Some republicans , some 

673
00:38:11,048 --> 00:38:13,103
republicans want Medicare and Social 

674
00:38:13,103 --> 00:38:15,326
Security Sunset . I'm not saying it's a 

675
00:38:15,326 --> 00:38:16,326
majority . 

676
00:38:18,870 --> 00:38:22,710
Let me give you anybody who doubts it . 

677
00:38:22,720 --> 00:38:25,620
Contact my office . I'll give you a 

678
00:38:25,630 --> 00:38:27,770
copy . I'll give you a copy of the 

679
00:38:27,770 --> 00:38:31,170
proposal . That means congress doesn't 

680
00:38:31,180 --> 00:38:35,180
vote . I'm glad to see you . And I'll 

681
00:38:35,190 --> 00:38:38,910
tell you why I enjoy conversion . You 

682
00:38:38,910 --> 00:38:41,350
know what I mean ? If Congress doesn't 

683
00:38:41,350 --> 00:38:43,406
keep the programs the way they are , 

684
00:38:43,406 --> 00:38:45,572
they go away . Other republicans say . 

685
00:38:45,572 --> 00:38:47,794
I'm not saying it's a majority of you . 

686
00:38:47,794 --> 00:38:47,190
I don't even think it's even a 

687
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:51,110
significant what is being proposed by 

688
00:38:51,110 --> 00:38:54,160
individuals . I'm not politely not 

689
00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:56,271
naming them , but it's being proposed 

690
00:38:56,271 --> 00:38:59,660
by some of you . Look , 

691
00:39:00,830 --> 00:39:04,570
folks , the idea is 

692
00:39:04,580 --> 00:39:07,130
that we're not gonna be , we're not 

693
00:39:07,130 --> 00:39:09,600
going to be moved into being threatened 

694
00:39:09,610 --> 00:39:11,554
to default on the debt if we don't 

695
00:39:11,554 --> 00:39:13,260
respond folks . 

696
00:39:25,090 --> 00:39:28,350
So folks , as we all apparently agree . 

697
00:39:29,430 --> 00:39:31,652
So security Medicare is off the off the 

698
00:39:31,652 --> 00:39:35,620
books now . All right , 

699
00:39:38,890 --> 00:39:41,840
All right , we got unanimity 

700
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:49,807
so scary . Medicare are a lifeline for 

701
00:39:49,807 --> 00:39:52,029
millions of seniors . Americans have to 

702
00:39:52,029 --> 00:39:53,918
pay into them from the very first 

703
00:39:53,918 --> 00:39:55,973
paycheck they started . So tonight , 

704
00:39:55,973 --> 00:39:58,307
let's all agree . And we apparently are . 

705
00:39:58,307 --> 00:39:59,807
Let's stand up for seniors 

706
00:40:06,460 --> 00:40:10,100
stand up and show them will not cut 

707
00:40:10,100 --> 00:40:12,210
Social Security . We will not cut 

708
00:40:12,210 --> 00:40:16,210
Medicare . Those benefits belong to the 

709
00:40:16,210 --> 00:40:18,321
american people . They earned it . If 

710
00:40:18,321 --> 00:40:20,432
anyone tries to cut Social Security , 

711
00:40:20,432 --> 00:40:22,654
which apparently no one's going to do , 

712
00:40:22,820 --> 00:40:24,987
and if anyone tries to stop Medicare , 

713
00:40:25,230 --> 00:40:28,750
I'll stop them . I'll veto it . Look , 

714
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:31,230
I'm not gonna allow them to take away . 

715
00:40:31,240 --> 00:40:33,018
Be taken away . Not today . Not 

716
00:40:33,018 --> 00:40:35,184
tomorrow . Not ever . But apparently , 

717
00:40:35,184 --> 00:40:37,129
it's not gonna be a problem . Next 

718
00:40:37,129 --> 00:40:39,790
month , when I offer my fiscal plan , I 

719
00:40:39,790 --> 00:40:42,012
asked my republican friends to lay down 

720
00:40:42,012 --> 00:40:44,400
their plan as well . I really mean it . 

721
00:40:44,550 --> 00:40:46,810
Let's sit down together and discuss our 

722
00:40:46,810 --> 00:40:50,520
mutual plans together . Let's do 

723
00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:50,990
that . 

724
00:40:59,790 --> 00:41:03,380
I can tell you the plan , I'm gonna 

725
00:41:03,380 --> 00:41:05,380
show is going to cut the deficit by 

726
00:41:05,380 --> 00:41:07,547
another $2 trillion and it won't cut a 

727
00:41:07,547 --> 00:41:09,380
single bit of Medicare or Social 

728
00:41:09,380 --> 00:41:11,602
Security . In fact , we're gonna extend 

729
00:41:11,602 --> 00:41:13,658
the Medicare trust fund at least two 

730
00:41:13,658 --> 00:41:15,769
decades , because that's gonna be the 

731
00:41:15,769 --> 00:41:17,936
next argument . How do we make keep it 

732
00:41:17,936 --> 00:41:19,936
solvent . Right , Well , I will not 

733
00:41:19,936 --> 00:41:22,269
raise taxes . Anyone making under 400 g , 

734
00:41:22,269 --> 00:41:24,440
but we'll pay for it the way we talked 

735
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:26,551
about by making sure that the wealthy 

736
00:41:26,551 --> 00:41:28,551
and big corporations pay their fair 

737
00:41:28,551 --> 00:41:30,440
share . Look , look , look here , 

738
00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:33,610
here's the deal . They are just taking 

739
00:41:33,610 --> 00:41:35,610
advantage of the tax code . They're 

740
00:41:35,610 --> 00:41:37,443
taking advantage of the American 

741
00:41:37,443 --> 00:41:39,610
consumer . Here's my message to all of 

742
00:41:39,610 --> 00:41:41,790
you out there . I have your back . 

743
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:43,967
We're already preventing Americans and 

744
00:41:43,967 --> 00:41:45,800
receiving surprise medical bills 

745
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:48,510
stopping $1 billion , surprise bills 

746
00:41:48,510 --> 00:41:51,770
per month . So far . We're protecting 

747
00:41:53,230 --> 00:41:56,820
seniors life savings by cracking down 

748
00:41:56,820 --> 00:42:00,060
in nursing homes that commit fraud and 

749
00:42:00,060 --> 00:42:02,004
danger , patient safety prescribed 

750
00:42:02,004 --> 00:42:04,227
drugs that are not needed . Millions of 

751
00:42:04,227 --> 00:42:06,227
americans can now save thousands of 

752
00:42:06,227 --> 00:42:08,393
dollars because they can finally get a 

753
00:42:08,393 --> 00:42:10,560
hearing aid over the counter without a 

754
00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:12,350
prescription . Look , 

755
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:18,030
capitalism without competition is not 

756
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:21,340
capitalism , it's extortion , it's 

757
00:42:21,340 --> 00:42:24,470
exploitation . Last year , I cracked 

758
00:42:24,470 --> 00:42:26,526
down with the help of many of you on 

759
00:42:26,526 --> 00:42:28,581
foreign shipping companies that were 

760
00:42:28,581 --> 00:42:30,748
making you pay higher prices for every 

761
00:42:30,748 --> 00:42:32,970
good coming into the country , I signed 

762
00:42:32,970 --> 00:42:35,192
a bipartisan bill to cut shipping costs 

763
00:42:35,192 --> 00:42:37,081
by 90% helping American farmers , 

764
00:42:37,081 --> 00:42:39,660
businessmen and consumers let's finish 

765
00:42:39,660 --> 00:42:42,210
the job . Pass the bipartisan 

766
00:42:42,210 --> 00:42:44,321
legislation , strengthen , strengthen 

767
00:42:44,321 --> 00:42:46,480
antitrust enforcement and for big and 

768
00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:48,790
prevent big online platforms giving 

769
00:42:48,790 --> 00:42:51,240
their own products an unfair advantage . 

770
00:42:59,750 --> 00:43:01,930
My administration has also taken on 

771
00:43:01,940 --> 00:43:04,970
junk fees . Those hidden surcharges too 

772
00:43:04,970 --> 00:43:06,970
many companies used to make you pay 

773
00:43:06,970 --> 00:43:09,210
more . For example , we're making 

774
00:43:09,210 --> 00:43:11,570
airlines show you the full ticket price 

775
00:43:11,570 --> 00:43:14,800
upfront , refund your money if your 

776
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:16,960
flight is canceled or delayed . We 

777
00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:20,540
reduced exorbitant bank overdrafts by 

778
00:43:20,540 --> 00:43:22,651
saving consumers more than $1 billion 

779
00:43:22,651 --> 00:43:25,620
dollars a year For cutting credit card 

780
00:43:25,620 --> 00:43:28,740
late fees by 75% from 

781
00:43:28,740 --> 00:43:30,900
$30 to $8 . 

782
00:43:32,860 --> 00:43:36,670
Look junk 

783
00:43:36,670 --> 00:43:40,100
fees may not matter to very wealthy , 

784
00:43:40,100 --> 00:43:42,267
but they matter to most other folks in 

785
00:43:42,267 --> 00:43:44,433
homes like the one I grew up in . Like 

786
00:43:44,433 --> 00:43:46,656
many of you did they add up to hundreds 

787
00:43:46,656 --> 00:43:48,544
of dollars a month . They make it 

788
00:43:48,544 --> 00:43:50,544
harder for you to pay your bills or 

789
00:43:50,544 --> 00:43:52,600
afford that family trip ? I know how 

790
00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:54,322
unfair it feels when a company 

791
00:43:54,322 --> 00:43:56,544
overcharges you and gets away with it . 

792
00:43:56,544 --> 00:43:58,970
Not anymore . We've written a bill to 

793
00:43:58,970 --> 00:44:01,137
stop at all . It's called the junk fee 

794
00:44:01,137 --> 00:44:03,580
prevention act . We're going to ban 

795
00:44:03,580 --> 00:44:06,690
surprise resort fees that hotels charge 

796
00:44:06,690 --> 00:44:08,801
on your on your bill . Those fees can 

797
00:44:08,801 --> 00:44:11,230
cost up to $90 a night at hotels that 

798
00:44:11,240 --> 00:44:13,050
aren't even resorts . 

799
00:44:15,550 --> 00:44:19,260
We , the idea that cable internet and 

800
00:44:19,260 --> 00:44:22,310
cellphone companies can charge you 200 

801
00:44:22,310 --> 00:44:24,850
or more if you decide to switch another 

802
00:44:24,850 --> 00:44:28,690
provider , give me a break , we can 

803
00:44:28,690 --> 00:44:31,000
stop service fees on tickets to 

804
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:33,111
concerts and sporting events and make 

805
00:44:33,111 --> 00:44:35,167
companies just close all the fees up 

806
00:44:35,167 --> 00:44:37,278
front And will prohibit airlines from 

807
00:44:37,278 --> 00:44:39,990
charging $50 round trip for family just 

808
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:42,710
to be able to sit together . Baggage 

809
00:44:42,710 --> 00:44:45,300
fees are bad enough . Airlines can't 

810
00:44:45,300 --> 00:44:47,133
treat your child like a piece of 

811
00:44:47,133 --> 00:44:50,160
baggage americans are tired of being , 

812
00:44:50,900 --> 00:44:53,122
we're tired of being played for suckers 

813
00:44:54,980 --> 00:44:58,710
so past past the 

814
00:44:58,720 --> 00:45:00,942
junk free prevention act . So companies 

815
00:45:00,942 --> 00:45:04,270
stop ripping us off for too long . 

816
00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:06,850
Workers are getting stiffed but not 

817
00:45:06,850 --> 00:45:09,220
anymore . We're getting we're beginning 

818
00:45:09,220 --> 00:45:11,490
to restore the dignity of work . For 

819
00:45:11,490 --> 00:45:14,500
example , I I should have known this , 

820
00:45:14,500 --> 00:45:17,610
but I didn't until two years ago , 30 

821
00:45:17,610 --> 00:45:19,900
million workers have to sign non 

822
00:45:19,900 --> 00:45:22,560
compete agreements With the jobs they 

823
00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:26,150
take 30 million . So a cashier 

824
00:45:26,690 --> 00:45:29,420
at a burger place , can't walk across 

825
00:45:29,420 --> 00:45:32,230
town and take the same job , another 

826
00:45:32,230 --> 00:45:34,508
burger place and make a few bucks more . 

827
00:45:34,508 --> 00:45:36,730
It just changed , but I just changed it 

828
00:45:36,730 --> 00:45:39,260
because we exposed it . That was part 

829
00:45:39,260 --> 00:45:42,070
of the deal . Guys look it up , but not 

830
00:45:42,070 --> 00:45:44,730
anymore . We're banning those 

831
00:45:44,730 --> 00:45:46,619
agreements . So companies have to 

832
00:45:46,619 --> 00:45:48,730
compete for workers and pay them what 

833
00:45:48,730 --> 00:45:48,290
they're worth . 

834
00:45:55,060 --> 00:45:56,171
And I must tell you 

835
00:45:59,140 --> 00:46:01,251
this is bound to get a response to my 

836
00:46:01,251 --> 00:46:04,800
friends on my left with the right , I'm 

837
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:07,140
so sick and tired of companies breaking 

838
00:46:07,140 --> 00:46:09,084
the law by preventing workers from 

839
00:46:09,084 --> 00:46:12,250
organizing pass the pro act because 

840
00:46:12,260 --> 00:46:14,570
business have a right , workers have a 

841
00:46:14,570 --> 00:46:15,903
right to form a union . 

842
00:46:18,540 --> 00:46:20,484
Let's guarantee all workers have a 

843
00:46:20,484 --> 00:46:23,350
living wage . Let's make sure working 

844
00:46:23,350 --> 00:46:25,406
parents can afford to raise a family 

845
00:46:25,406 --> 00:46:27,461
with sick days , paid family medical 

846
00:46:27,461 --> 00:46:30,140
leave , affordable child care . 

847
00:46:33,140 --> 00:46:35,730
That's gonna enable millions of more 

848
00:46:35,730 --> 00:46:37,952
people to go and stay at work and let's 

849
00:46:37,952 --> 00:46:40,500
restore the full child tax credit , 

850
00:46:41,270 --> 00:46:43,470
which gave tens of millions of parents 

851
00:46:43,470 --> 00:46:45,660
some breathing room and cut child 

852
00:46:45,660 --> 00:46:47,827
poverty in half to the lowest level in 

853
00:46:47,827 --> 00:46:49,938
history . And by the way , when we do 

854
00:46:49,938 --> 00:46:51,660
all these things , we increase 

855
00:46:51,660 --> 00:46:53,660
productivity , we increase economic 

856
00:46:53,660 --> 00:46:56,390
growth . So let's finish the job and 

857
00:46:56,390 --> 00:46:58,557
get more families access to affordable 

858
00:46:58,557 --> 00:47:01,000
quality housing . Let's get seniors 

859
00:47:01,010 --> 00:47:03,177
want to stay in their homes , the care 

860
00:47:03,177 --> 00:47:05,232
they need to do . So let's give more 

861
00:47:05,232 --> 00:47:07,288
breathing room to millions of family 

862
00:47:07,288 --> 00:47:09,343
caregivers looking after their loved 

863
00:47:09,343 --> 00:47:12,750
ones , pass my plan . So we get seniors 

864
00:47:12,750 --> 00:47:14,972
and people with disabilities , the home 

865
00:47:14,972 --> 00:47:17,710
care and services they need and support 

866
00:47:18,910 --> 00:47:21,120
the workers who are doing God's work . 

867
00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:25,560
These plans are fully paid for and we 

868
00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:28,610
can afford to do them , restoring the 

869
00:47:28,610 --> 00:47:30,332
dignity of work , means making 

870
00:47:30,332 --> 00:47:32,443
education an affordable ticket to the 

871
00:47:32,443 --> 00:47:34,610
middle class . You know , when we made 

872
00:47:34,610 --> 00:47:36,660
public education , 12 years of it 

873
00:47:36,660 --> 00:47:40,000
universal in the last century we made 

874
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:41,944
the best educated , best paid , we 

875
00:47:41,944 --> 00:47:44,000
became the best educated , best paid 

876
00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:46,222
nation in the world . The rest of those 

877
00:47:46,222 --> 00:47:49,170
caught up . It's caught up . Jill . My 

878
00:47:49,170 --> 00:47:51,470
wife who teaches full time , has an 

879
00:47:51,470 --> 00:47:54,050
expression , Hope I get it right kid 

880
00:47:54,860 --> 00:47:57,440
Any nation that out educates us is 

881
00:47:57,440 --> 00:47:59,680
gonna out compete . Us . Any nation 

882
00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:02,320
that education can out compete us folks , 

883
00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:05,220
we all know 12 years of education is 

884
00:48:05,220 --> 00:48:06,942
not enough to win the economic 

885
00:48:06,942 --> 00:48:08,630
competition of 21st century . 

886
00:48:10,840 --> 00:48:12,729
We want to have the best educated 

887
00:48:12,729 --> 00:48:15,040
workforce . Let's finish the job 

888
00:48:16,290 --> 00:48:19,490
by providing access to preschool for 

889
00:48:19,490 --> 00:48:22,030
three and four years old . Studies show 

890
00:48:22,030 --> 00:48:23,919
that Children go to preschool are 

891
00:48:23,919 --> 00:48:26,360
nearly 50% more likely to finish high 

892
00:48:26,360 --> 00:48:28,527
school and go on to earn a two or four 

893
00:48:28,527 --> 00:48:30,693
year degree no matter their background 

894
00:48:30,693 --> 00:48:32,760
that came from , Let's give public 

895
00:48:32,760 --> 00:48:34,204
school teachers a raise . 

896
00:48:45,920 --> 00:48:49,580
We're making progress by reducing 

897
00:48:49,580 --> 00:48:52,210
student debt , increasing pell grants 

898
00:48:52,220 --> 00:48:54,520
for working and middle class families . 

899
00:48:54,530 --> 00:48:57,130
Let's finish the job and connect 

900
00:48:57,130 --> 00:48:58,963
students to career opportunities 

901
00:48:58,963 --> 00:49:00,852
starting in high school , provide 

902
00:49:00,852 --> 00:49:02,686
access to two years of community 

903
00:49:02,686 --> 00:49:04,797
college , the best career training in 

904
00:49:04,797 --> 00:49:06,630
America . In addition to being a 

905
00:49:06,630 --> 00:49:08,741
pathway to a four year degree , let's 

906
00:49:08,741 --> 00:49:10,852
offer every american a path to a good 

907
00:49:10,852 --> 00:49:13,019
career . Whether they go to college or 

908
00:49:13,019 --> 00:49:16,790
not , folks , 

909
00:49:18,760 --> 00:49:20,927
folks in the midst of the covid crisis 

910
00:49:21,340 --> 00:49:22,890
when schools were closed 

911
00:49:25,900 --> 00:49:28,067
and we were shutting down everything . 

912
00:49:28,510 --> 00:49:30,566
Let's recognize how far we came in . 

913
00:49:30,566 --> 00:49:32,788
The fight against the pandemic itself . 

914
00:49:33,860 --> 00:49:36,460
While the virus is not gone . Thanks , 

915
00:49:36,460 --> 00:49:38,571
the resilience of the american people 

916
00:49:38,571 --> 00:49:40,700
and the ingenuity of medicine . We've 

917
00:49:40,700 --> 00:49:43,300
broken the covid grip on us . Covid 

918
00:49:43,300 --> 00:49:46,400
deaths are down by 90% . We've saved 

919
00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:48,920
millions of lives and opened up our 

920
00:49:48,920 --> 00:49:51,160
country . We opened our country back up 

921
00:49:51,170 --> 00:49:53,226
and soon we'll end the public health 

922
00:49:53,226 --> 00:49:55,850
emergency . But 

923
00:49:57,300 --> 00:49:59,633
that's called a public health emergency . 

924
00:50:00,240 --> 00:50:03,200
But we'll remember the toll in pain 

925
00:50:03,210 --> 00:50:05,920
that's never gonna go away . More than 

926
00:50:05,920 --> 00:50:08,142
a million americans lost their lives to 

927
00:50:08,142 --> 00:50:11,120
covid a million families . Grieving 

928
00:50:11,970 --> 00:50:15,340
Children , orphaned , empty chairs , 

929
00:50:15,340 --> 00:50:17,173
the dining room table constantly 

930
00:50:17,173 --> 00:50:19,630
reminding you that she used to sit 

931
00:50:19,630 --> 00:50:22,800
there remembering them . 

932
00:50:23,730 --> 00:50:26,620
We remain vigilant . We still need to 

933
00:50:26,620 --> 00:50:28,787
monitor dozens of variants and support 

934
00:50:28,787 --> 00:50:30,940
new vaccines and treatments . So 

935
00:50:30,940 --> 00:50:32,996
congress needs to fund these efforts 

936
00:50:32,996 --> 00:50:35,200
and keep America safe . And as we 

937
00:50:35,200 --> 00:50:38,930
emerge from this crisis stronger . 

938
00:50:39,550 --> 00:50:41,217
We also got to double down on 

939
00:50:41,217 --> 00:50:43,770
prosecuting criminals who stole relief 

940
00:50:43,770 --> 00:50:45,881
money meant to keep workers and small 

941
00:50:45,881 --> 00:50:47,120
businesses afloat 

942
00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:02,420
before I came to office . You remember 

943
00:51:03,530 --> 00:51:05,752
during that campaign , the big issue is 

944
00:51:05,752 --> 00:51:07,720
about inspector generals who would 

945
00:51:07,720 --> 00:51:09,664
protect taxpayers dollars from the 

946
00:51:09,664 --> 00:51:13,200
sidelines . They were fired . Many 

947
00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:16,420
people say we don't need them and fraud 

948
00:51:16,420 --> 00:51:20,270
became rampant last year I told you the 

949
00:51:20,270 --> 00:51:23,820
watchdogs are back Since then . Since 

950
00:51:23,820 --> 00:51:25,653
then we've recovered billions of 

951
00:51:25,653 --> 00:51:27,940
taxpayers dollars . Now let's triple 

952
00:51:27,940 --> 00:51:30,162
the anti fraud strike force going after 

953
00:51:30,162 --> 00:51:32,384
these criminals , double the statute of 

954
00:51:32,384 --> 00:51:34,496
limitations on these crimes and crack 

955
00:51:34,496 --> 00:51:36,440
down on identity fraud by criminal 

956
00:51:36,440 --> 00:51:38,773
syndicates stealing billions of dollars , 

957
00:51:38,773 --> 00:51:40,884
billions of dollars from the american 

958
00:51:40,884 --> 00:51:44,500
people . And the data 

959
00:51:44,500 --> 00:51:47,250
shows that for every dollar we put in 

960
00:51:47,250 --> 00:51:49,194
the fighting fraud tax get back at 

961
00:51:49,194 --> 00:51:52,220
least 10 times as much it matters . It 

962
00:51:52,220 --> 00:51:55,650
matters . Look , Covid left his 

963
00:51:55,650 --> 00:51:58,800
scars Like the spike in violent crime 

964
00:51:58,800 --> 00:52:01,950
in 2021st year of the pandemic . 

965
00:52:02,950 --> 00:52:05,117
We have an obligation to make sure all 

966
00:52:05,117 --> 00:52:07,860
people are safe . Public safety depends 

967
00:52:07,860 --> 00:52:10,400
on public trust as all of us know but 

968
00:52:10,400 --> 00:52:13,650
too often that trust is violated , join 

969
00:52:13,650 --> 00:52:16,120
us tonight . Are the parents of Tyree 

970
00:52:16,120 --> 00:52:18,460
Nichols . Welcome . 

971
00:52:32,500 --> 00:52:35,080
I had to bury Tyree last week . 

972
00:52:38,770 --> 00:52:40,770
As many of you personally know , 

973
00:52:41,260 --> 00:52:43,038
there's no word to describe the 

974
00:52:43,038 --> 00:52:45,316
heartache of grief , of losing a child . 

975
00:52:45,316 --> 00:52:48,180
But imagine imagine if you lost that 

976
00:52:48,180 --> 00:52:51,570
child at the hands of the law , imagine 

977
00:52:52,430 --> 00:52:54,374
having to worry whether his son or 

978
00:52:54,374 --> 00:52:56,430
daughter came home from walking down 

979
00:52:56,430 --> 00:52:58,597
the street playing in the park or just 

980
00:52:58,597 --> 00:53:01,800
driving a car . Most of us in here 

981
00:53:02,410 --> 00:53:05,620
have never had to have the talk . The 

982
00:53:05,620 --> 00:53:08,060
talk that brown and black parents have 

983
00:53:08,060 --> 00:53:10,171
had to have with their Children . Bow 

984
00:53:10,171 --> 00:53:12,610
Hunter , Ashley and my Children , I 

985
00:53:12,610 --> 00:53:14,950
never had to have a talk with him . I 

986
00:53:14,950 --> 00:53:16,894
never had to tell them if a police 

987
00:53:16,894 --> 00:53:18,839
officer pulls you over , turn your 

988
00:53:18,839 --> 00:53:20,617
interior lights on right away , 

989
00:53:22,540 --> 00:53:25,510
don't reach your license , keep your 

990
00:53:25,510 --> 00:53:29,110
hands on the steering wheel . Imagine 

991
00:53:29,110 --> 00:53:31,277
having to worry like that every single 

992
00:53:31,277 --> 00:53:33,520
time your kid got in the car . 

993
00:53:35,150 --> 00:53:37,317
Here's what Tyree's mother shared with 

994
00:53:37,317 --> 00:53:39,750
me when I spoke to her when I asked her 

995
00:53:39,750 --> 00:53:41,861
how she finds the courage to carry on 

996
00:53:41,861 --> 00:53:45,190
and speak out the faith of God , she 

997
00:53:45,190 --> 00:53:48,610
said her son was quote a beautiful soul 

998
00:53:48,770 --> 00:53:50,937
and something good will come of this . 

999
00:53:54,100 --> 00:53:56,267
Imagine how much courage and character 

1000
00:53:56,267 --> 00:53:59,550
that takes . It's up to us to all of us . 

1001
00:54:00,090 --> 00:54:01,590
We all want the same thing 

1002
00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:04,790
neighborhoods free of violence . Law 

1003
00:54:04,790 --> 00:54:07,030
enforcement of enforcement earns the 

1004
00:54:07,030 --> 00:54:10,260
community's trust just as every cop 

1005
00:54:10,260 --> 00:54:12,204
when they pin on that badge in the 

1006
00:54:12,204 --> 00:54:14,260
morning has a right to be able to go 

1007
00:54:14,260 --> 00:54:16,427
home at night . So does everybody else 

1008
00:54:16,427 --> 00:54:19,270
out there . Our Children have a right 

1009
00:54:19,270 --> 00:54:20,492
to come home safely . 

1010
00:54:22,750 --> 00:54:26,120
Equal protection under the law as a 

1011
00:54:26,130 --> 00:54:28,640
covenant we have with each other in 

1012
00:54:28,640 --> 00:54:29,530
America . 

1013
00:54:33,800 --> 00:54:37,410
We know police officers put their lives 

1014
00:54:37,410 --> 00:54:39,688
on the line every single night and day . 

1015
00:54:40,130 --> 00:54:42,352
And we know we asked them in many cases 

1016
00:54:42,352 --> 00:54:44,241
to do too much to be counselors , 

1017
00:54:44,241 --> 00:54:46,074
social workers , psychologists , 

1018
00:54:46,074 --> 00:54:48,186
responding to drug overdoses , mental 

1019
00:54:48,186 --> 00:54:50,408
health crisis and so much more . In one 

1020
00:54:50,408 --> 00:54:52,686
sense , we asked much too much of them . 

1021
00:54:52,686 --> 00:54:54,908
I know most cops and their families are 

1022
00:54:54,908 --> 00:54:57,074
good , decent , honorable people . The 

1023
00:54:57,074 --> 00:54:59,580
vast majority if they risk 

1024
00:55:09,260 --> 00:55:12,100
and they risk their lives every time 

1025
00:55:12,100 --> 00:55:15,280
they put that shield on . But what 

1026
00:55:15,280 --> 00:55:17,447
happened to Tyrion Memphis happens too 

1027
00:55:17,447 --> 00:55:21,100
often . We have to do better give law 

1028
00:55:21,100 --> 00:55:23,156
enforcement the real training . They 

1029
00:55:23,156 --> 00:55:26,080
need hold them to higher standards . 

1030
00:55:26,260 --> 00:55:29,250
Help them succeed in keeping us safe . 

1031
00:55:30,100 --> 00:55:32,211
We also need more first responders to 

1032
00:55:32,211 --> 00:55:34,267
professionals to address the growing 

1033
00:55:34,267 --> 00:55:36,044
mental health , substance abuse 

1034
00:55:36,044 --> 00:55:37,989
challenges more resources , reduce 

1035
00:55:37,989 --> 00:55:40,240
violent crime and gun crime , more 

1036
00:55:40,240 --> 00:55:43,240
community intervention program , more 

1037
00:55:43,240 --> 00:55:45,351
investments , housing , education and 

1038
00:55:45,351 --> 00:55:46,351
job training . 

1039
00:55:49,080 --> 00:55:51,980
All this could help prevent violence in 

1040
00:55:51,980 --> 00:55:54,740
the first place . When police officers 

1041
00:55:56,250 --> 00:55:58,306
where police departments violate the 

1042
00:55:58,306 --> 00:56:00,580
public trust , they must be held 

1043
00:56:00,580 --> 00:56:01,270
accountable 

1044
00:56:04,550 --> 00:56:05,780
with the support 

1045
00:56:09,070 --> 00:56:12,390
you can support of the families of 

1046
00:56:12,390 --> 00:56:15,440
victims , civil rights groups and law 

1047
00:56:15,440 --> 00:56:17,720
enforcement . I signed an executive 

1048
00:56:17,720 --> 00:56:21,100
order for all federal officers banning 

1049
00:56:21,100 --> 00:56:23,570
chokeholds restricting no knock 

1050
00:56:23,570 --> 00:56:25,740
warrants and other key elements of the 

1051
00:56:25,740 --> 00:56:28,450
George Floyd act . Let's commit 

1052
00:56:28,450 --> 00:56:30,617
ourselves to make the words of Tyler's 

1053
00:56:30,617 --> 00:56:33,590
mom . True . Something good must come 

1054
00:56:33,590 --> 00:56:36,110
from this . Something good . 

1055
00:56:38,990 --> 00:56:39,990
And all of us , 

1056
00:56:43,740 --> 00:56:44,750
All of us . 

1057
00:56:54,140 --> 00:56:54,500
Mhm 

1058
00:57:01,160 --> 00:57:03,327
folks . It's difficult but it's simple 

1059
00:57:03,327 --> 00:57:06,210
all of us in this chamber , we need to 

1060
00:57:06,210 --> 00:57:09,140
rise to this moment . We can't turn 

1061
00:57:09,140 --> 00:57:12,200
away . Let's do what we know in our 

1062
00:57:12,200 --> 00:57:16,030
hearts that we need to do . Let's come 

1063
00:57:16,030 --> 00:57:18,086
together to finish the job on police 

1064
00:57:18,086 --> 00:57:21,350
reform . Do something , do something . 

1065
00:57:22,180 --> 00:57:24,291
That was the plea of parents who lost 

1066
00:57:24,291 --> 00:57:26,402
their Children in Uvalde . I met with 

1067
00:57:26,402 --> 00:57:28,458
every one of them do something about 

1068
00:57:28,458 --> 00:57:32,240
gun violence . Thank God thank 

1069
00:57:32,250 --> 00:57:36,180
God we did passing the most sweeping 

1070
00:57:36,180 --> 00:57:38,069
gun safety law in three decades . 

1071
00:57:40,820 --> 00:57:43,490
That includes things like that . The 

1072
00:57:43,490 --> 00:57:45,434
majority of responsible gun owners 

1073
00:57:45,434 --> 00:57:48,340
already support enhanced background 

1074
00:57:48,340 --> 00:57:50,340
checks for 18 to 21 years old . Red 

1075
00:57:50,340 --> 00:57:52,790
flag laws keeping guns out of the hands 

1076
00:57:52,790 --> 00:57:54,457
of people who are a danger to 

1077
00:57:54,457 --> 00:57:56,568
themselves and others but we know our 

1078
00:57:56,568 --> 00:58:00,290
work is not done , join us tonight is 

1079
00:58:00,290 --> 00:58:03,780
Brandon say a 26 year old hero 

1080
00:58:03,790 --> 00:58:06,610
Brandon put his college dreams on hold 

1081
00:58:06,620 --> 00:58:09,750
to be at his mom's side mom's side when 

1082
00:58:09,750 --> 00:58:11,306
she was dying from cancer . 

1083
00:58:15,400 --> 00:58:16,210
And Brandon . 

1084
00:58:23,470 --> 00:58:25,690
Brandon now works at the dance studio 

1085
00:58:25,690 --> 00:58:28,400
started by his grandparents two weeks 

1086
00:58:28,400 --> 00:58:31,330
ago during the lunar new year 

1087
00:58:31,330 --> 00:58:34,130
celebrations . He heard the studio door 

1088
00:58:34,130 --> 00:58:36,480
closed . He saw a man standing there 

1089
00:58:36,480 --> 00:58:39,530
pointing semiautomatic pistol . Adam 

1090
00:58:40,330 --> 00:58:42,950
he thought he was going to die . But he 

1091
00:58:42,950 --> 00:58:45,480
thought about the people inside . In 

1092
00:58:45,480 --> 00:58:47,536
that instant he found the courage to 

1093
00:58:47,536 --> 00:58:49,758
act and wrestled a semiautomatic pistol 

1094
00:58:49,758 --> 00:58:51,813
away from the gunman who had already 

1095
00:58:51,813 --> 00:58:54,130
killed 11 people another dance studio , 

1096
00:58:54,140 --> 00:58:57,250
11 he saved lives . 

1097
00:58:58,860 --> 00:59:01,400
It's time we do the same . Banned 

1098
00:59:01,400 --> 00:59:04,620
assault weapons . Now banned them . 

1099
00:59:04,620 --> 00:59:07,690
Now . Once and for all , 

1100
00:59:12,970 --> 00:59:16,280
I led the fight to do that in 1994 , 

1101
00:59:17,340 --> 00:59:21,270
10 years that ban was law 

1102
00:59:21,270 --> 00:59:23,600
and mass shootings went down after we 

1103
00:59:23,600 --> 00:59:25,267
let it expire in the republic 

1104
00:59:25,267 --> 00:59:27,760
administration , mass shootings tripled . 

1105
00:59:27,770 --> 00:59:30,140
Let's finish the job and ban these 

1106
00:59:30,140 --> 00:59:32,840
assault weapons . And let's also come 

1107
00:59:32,840 --> 00:59:35,370
together on immigration . Make it a 

1108
00:59:35,370 --> 00:59:37,148
bipartisan issue . Once again , 

1109
00:59:42,880 --> 00:59:45,920
we know we now have a record number of 

1110
00:59:45,920 --> 00:59:48,198
personnel working to secure the border , 

1111
00:59:48,198 --> 00:59:51,500
arresting 8000 human smugglers seizing 

1112
00:59:51,500 --> 00:59:54,730
over £23,000 of fentaNYL . In just the 

1113
00:59:54,730 --> 00:59:57,430
last several months , We've launched a 

1114
00:59:57,430 --> 01:00:00,260
new border plan last month , unlawful 

1115
01:00:00,260 --> 01:00:02,860
migration from Cuba Haiti Nicaragua and 

1116
01:00:02,860 --> 01:00:06,160
Venezuela has come down 97% of the 

1117
01:00:06,160 --> 01:00:08,400
consequence of that . But American 

1118
01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:10,490
border problems won't be fixed until 

1119
01:00:10,490 --> 01:00:13,330
Congress acts if we don't pass my 

1120
01:00:13,330 --> 01:00:15,940
comprehensive immigration reform at 

1121
01:00:15,940 --> 01:00:17,829
least pass my plan to provide the 

1122
01:00:17,829 --> 01:00:19,884
equipment and officers to secure the 

1123
01:00:19,884 --> 01:00:20,884
border 

1124
01:00:25,730 --> 01:00:28,550
and a pathway to citizenship for 

1125
01:00:28,550 --> 01:00:31,430
dreamers . Those on temporary status 

1126
01:00:31,430 --> 01:00:34,730
Farmworkers , essential workers here in 

1127
01:00:34,730 --> 01:00:37,350
the people's house . It's our duty to 

1128
01:00:37,360 --> 01:00:39,360
protect all the people's rights and 

1129
01:00:39,360 --> 01:00:41,750
freedoms . Congress must restore the 

1130
01:00:41,750 --> 01:00:43,290
right and the 

1131
01:00:48,810 --> 01:00:52,050
congress must restore the right that 

1132
01:00:52,050 --> 01:00:54,830
was taken away and roe V wade and 

1133
01:00:54,830 --> 01:00:56,360
protect roe v wade . 

1134
01:01:01,480 --> 01:01:04,540
Give every woman a constant right . The 

1135
01:01:04,540 --> 01:01:06,262
vice president and I are doing 

1136
01:01:06,262 --> 01:01:08,430
everything to protect access to 

1137
01:01:08,430 --> 01:01:11,990
reproductive healthcare and safeguard 

1138
01:01:11,990 --> 01:01:14,620
patient safety . But already more than 

1139
01:01:14,620 --> 01:01:16,453
a dozen states are unfortunate . 

1140
01:01:16,453 --> 01:01:18,564
Extreme abortion bans make no mistake 

1141
01:01:18,564 --> 01:01:20,342
about it . If congress passes a 

1142
01:01:20,342 --> 01:01:22,430
national ban , I will veto it . 

1143
01:01:24,200 --> 01:01:25,720
But let's also pass . 

1144
01:01:28,930 --> 01:01:30,740
It's also passed the bipartisan 

1145
01:01:30,740 --> 01:01:34,630
equality act to ensure L B G L G b T Q . 

1146
01:01:34,640 --> 01:01:36,807
Americans especially transgender young 

1147
01:01:36,807 --> 01:01:39,140
people can live with safety and dignity . 

1148
01:01:39,140 --> 01:01:40,660
Our strength , 

1149
01:01:45,020 --> 01:01:47,430
our strength is not just the example of 

1150
01:01:47,430 --> 01:01:50,590
our power but the power of our example . 

1151
01:01:51,330 --> 01:01:54,680
Let's remember the world's watching . I 

1152
01:01:54,680 --> 01:01:56,740
spoke in this chamber one year ago , 

1153
01:01:56,750 --> 01:01:58,472
just days after Vladimir Putin 

1154
01:01:58,472 --> 01:02:00,472
unleashed his brutal attack against 

1155
01:02:00,472 --> 01:02:03,440
Ukraine . A murderous assault evoking 

1156
01:02:03,440 --> 01:02:05,750
images of death and destruction europe 

1157
01:02:05,750 --> 01:02:08,430
suffered in World War two . Putin's 

1158
01:02:08,430 --> 01:02:11,920
invasion has been a test for the ages . 

1159
01:02:11,930 --> 01:02:15,310
Test for America . A test for the world . 

1160
01:02:17,040 --> 01:02:18,984
Would we stand from the most basic 

1161
01:02:18,984 --> 01:02:20,990
principles when we stand for 

1162
01:02:20,990 --> 01:02:23,320
sovereignty , we stand for the right of 

1163
01:02:23,320 --> 01:02:25,820
people to live free of charity . When 

1164
01:02:25,820 --> 01:02:28,240
we stand for the defense of democracy 

1165
01:02:29,270 --> 01:02:31,790
for such defense matters to us because 

1166
01:02:31,790 --> 01:02:34,700
it keeps peace and prevents open season 

1167
01:02:34,700 --> 01:02:36,756
on would be aggressive and threatens 

1168
01:02:36,756 --> 01:02:40,480
our prosperity . One 

1169
01:02:40,480 --> 01:02:43,630
year later , we know the answer . 

1170
01:02:43,650 --> 01:02:47,410
Yes we would and we did . We 

1171
01:02:47,420 --> 01:02:48,020
did . 

1172
01:02:52,210 --> 01:02:55,150
And together we did what America always 

1173
01:02:55,150 --> 01:02:58,550
does it our best . We lead . We United 

1174
01:02:58,550 --> 01:03:02,090
NATO . We build a global coalition . We 

1175
01:03:02,090 --> 01:03:04,460
stood against Putin's aggression . We 

1176
01:03:04,460 --> 01:03:06,682
stood with the Ukrainian people tonight 

1177
01:03:06,690 --> 01:03:08,746
were once again joined by Ukrainians 

1178
01:03:08,746 --> 01:03:10,690
Ambassador . The United States she 

1179
01:03:10,690 --> 01:03:12,857
represents , not her just her nation , 

1180
01:03:12,857 --> 01:03:14,634
but the courage of her people . 

1181
01:03:14,634 --> 01:03:17,460
Ambassador . Our ambassador is here . 

1182
01:03:17,470 --> 01:03:19,800
United were in united our support of 

1183
01:03:19,800 --> 01:03:22,050
your country . Will you stand so we can 

1184
01:03:22,050 --> 01:03:23,439
all take a look at you . 

1185
01:03:25,940 --> 01:03:26,950
Thank you 

1186
01:03:33,580 --> 01:03:35,691
because we're going to stand with you 

1187
01:03:37,510 --> 01:03:38,990
as long as it takes , 

1188
01:03:45,540 --> 01:03:47,818
our nation is working for more freedom , 

1189
01:03:47,818 --> 01:03:50,010
more dignity , more , more peace , not 

1190
01:03:50,010 --> 01:03:52,750
just in europe , but everywhere before 

1191
01:03:52,750 --> 01:03:55,210
I came to office , the story was about 

1192
01:03:55,220 --> 01:03:57,387
how the people's republic of China was 

1193
01:03:57,387 --> 01:03:59,790
increasing its power and America was 

1194
01:03:59,790 --> 01:04:02,670
failing in the world . Not anymore . 

1195
01:04:03,880 --> 01:04:06,030
We made clear and I may give my 

1196
01:04:06,030 --> 01:04:08,141
personal conversation which have been 

1197
01:04:08,141 --> 01:04:10,460
many with President Xi that we seek 

1198
01:04:10,460 --> 01:04:13,480
competition . Not conflict , but I will 

1199
01:04:13,480 --> 01:04:16,900
make no apologies that we're investing 

1200
01:04:16,910 --> 01:04:19,620
and to make America stronger investing . 

1201
01:04:19,620 --> 01:04:21,731
American innovation and industry will 

1202
01:04:21,731 --> 01:04:23,953
define the future that China intends to 

1203
01:04:23,953 --> 01:04:26,360
be dominated , investing in our 

1204
01:04:26,360 --> 01:04:28,910
alliances and working with our allies 

1205
01:04:28,910 --> 01:04:31,000
to protect advanced technologies so 

1206
01:04:31,000 --> 01:04:32,944
they will not be used against us . 

1207
01:04:32,944 --> 01:04:35,920
Modernizing our military , to safeguard 

1208
01:04:35,920 --> 01:04:37,976
stability and determination to deter 

1209
01:04:37,976 --> 01:04:41,120
aggression . Today were the strongest 

1210
01:04:41,120 --> 01:04:43,120
position in decades to compete with 

1211
01:04:43,120 --> 01:04:45,009
china or anyone else in the world 

1212
01:04:45,009 --> 01:04:47,710
anywhere else in the world . Not 

1213
01:04:47,710 --> 01:04:48,960
committed . 

1214
01:04:54,720 --> 01:04:56,887
I'm committed to work with china where 

1215
01:04:56,887 --> 01:04:58,998
we can advance american interests and 

1216
01:04:58,998 --> 01:05:01,220
benefit the world , but make no mistake 

1217
01:05:01,220 --> 01:05:03,331
about it . As we made clear last week 

1218
01:05:03,331 --> 01:05:05,553
if China threatens our sovereignty , we 

1219
01:05:05,553 --> 01:05:07,664
will act to protect our country . And 

1220
01:05:07,664 --> 01:05:08,664
we did 

1221
01:05:12,920 --> 01:05:16,290
look , let's be 

1222
01:05:16,290 --> 01:05:18,880
clear when in the competition should 

1223
01:05:18,880 --> 01:05:21,450
unite all of us . We face serious 

1224
01:05:21,450 --> 01:05:23,830
challenges across the world . But in 

1225
01:05:23,830 --> 01:05:25,830
the past two years democracies have 

1226
01:05:25,830 --> 01:05:27,552
become stronger , not weaker , 

1227
01:05:27,552 --> 01:05:29,386
autocracy has grown weaker , not 

1228
01:05:29,386 --> 01:05:32,370
stronger . Name me a world leader who 

1229
01:05:32,370 --> 01:05:34,670
changed places with Xi Jinping name me 

1230
01:05:34,670 --> 01:05:38,660
one name me one America's 

1231
01:05:38,660 --> 01:05:40,493
rally in the world to meet those 

1232
01:05:40,493 --> 01:05:42,493
challenges from climate , to global 

1233
01:05:42,493 --> 01:05:44,327
health , to food insecurity , to 

1234
01:05:44,327 --> 01:05:46,549
terrorism , to territorial aggression . 

1235
01:05:46,860 --> 01:05:48,916
Allies are stepping up spending more 

1236
01:05:48,916 --> 01:05:51,030
and doing more . Look , 

1237
01:05:52,930 --> 01:05:54,763
the bridges were forming between 

1238
01:05:54,763 --> 01:05:56,819
partners in the pacific and those in 

1239
01:05:56,819 --> 01:05:58,986
the atlantic and those who bet against 

1240
01:05:58,986 --> 01:06:01,097
America learning how wrong they are . 

1241
01:06:01,097 --> 01:06:03,350
It's never ever been a good bet to bet 

1242
01:06:03,350 --> 01:06:04,810
against America . Never . 

1243
01:06:18,920 --> 01:06:19,550
Well , 

1244
01:06:22,830 --> 01:06:25,120
when I came to office most assured that 

1245
01:06:25,120 --> 01:06:27,880
bipartisanship assumed was impossible , 

1246
01:06:28,830 --> 01:06:31,130
but never believed it . That's why a 

1247
01:06:31,130 --> 01:06:33,186
year ago I offered a unity agenda to 

1248
01:06:33,186 --> 01:06:35,360
the nation . As I stood here , we made 

1249
01:06:35,360 --> 01:06:37,670
real progress together , we passed the 

1250
01:06:37,670 --> 01:06:39,670
law and make it easy for doctors to 

1251
01:06:39,670 --> 01:06:41,614
prescribe effective treatments for 

1252
01:06:41,614 --> 01:06:44,430
opioid addiction . We passed for gun 

1253
01:06:44,430 --> 01:06:46,041
safety law , making historic 

1254
01:06:46,041 --> 01:06:48,160
investments in mental health . We 

1255
01:06:48,160 --> 01:06:50,200
launched the R . P . H . Drive for 

1256
01:06:50,200 --> 01:06:52,089
breakthrough in the fight against 

1257
01:06:52,089 --> 01:06:54,200
cancer . Alzheimer's and diabetes and 

1258
01:06:54,200 --> 01:06:58,120
so much more . We passed the Heath 

1259
01:06:58,120 --> 01:07:00,400
Robinson Pact act named after the late 

1260
01:07:00,400 --> 01:07:02,344
Iraq war veteran whose story about 

1261
01:07:02,344 --> 01:07:05,170
exposure to toxic burn kits I shared 

1262
01:07:05,170 --> 01:07:06,390
here last year , 

1263
01:07:17,260 --> 01:07:19,482
I understand something about those burn 

1264
01:07:19,482 --> 01:07:21,593
pits but there's so much more to do . 

1265
01:07:21,850 --> 01:07:24,500
We can do it together . Joining us 

1266
01:07:24,500 --> 01:07:27,970
tonight is a father named Doug from 

1267
01:07:27,970 --> 01:07:30,870
Newton , New Hampshire . He wrote Jill 

1268
01:07:30,880 --> 01:07:34,400
my wife a letter and me as well about 

1269
01:07:34,400 --> 01:07:37,060
his courageous daughter , Courtney , a 

1270
01:07:37,060 --> 01:07:39,650
contagious laugh . His sister's best 

1271
01:07:39,650 --> 01:07:42,710
friend , her sister's best friend . He 

1272
01:07:42,710 --> 01:07:44,654
shared a story all too familiar to 

1273
01:07:44,654 --> 01:07:46,766
millions of americans and many of you 

1274
01:07:46,766 --> 01:07:48,877
in the audience . Courtney discovered 

1275
01:07:48,877 --> 01:07:52,290
pills in high school . It spiraled into 

1276
01:07:52,290 --> 01:07:55,090
addiction and eventually death from a 

1277
01:07:55,090 --> 01:07:58,150
fentaNYL overdose . She was just 20 

1278
01:07:58,150 --> 01:08:01,520
years old describing the last eight 

1279
01:08:01,520 --> 01:08:04,200
years without her . Doug said there's 

1280
01:08:04,200 --> 01:08:08,190
no worse pain if their families 

1281
01:08:08,190 --> 01:08:10,720
turned pain to purpose working to end 

1282
01:08:10,720 --> 01:08:14,700
the stigma and change laws , he 

1283
01:08:14,700 --> 01:08:16,700
told us he wants to start a journey 

1284
01:08:16,700 --> 01:08:19,760
toward american recovery . Doug are 

1285
01:08:19,760 --> 01:08:22,490
with you , fentaNYL is killing more 

1286
01:08:22,490 --> 01:08:24,830
than 70,000 Americans a year . 

1287
01:08:27,800 --> 01:08:31,040
Big you got it . 

1288
01:08:39,730 --> 01:08:42,330
So let's launch a major surge to stop 

1289
01:08:42,330 --> 01:08:44,610
fentaNYL production in the sale and 

1290
01:08:44,610 --> 01:08:46,830
trafficking with more drug detection 

1291
01:08:46,830 --> 01:08:48,886
machines , inspection , cargo , stop 

1292
01:08:48,886 --> 01:08:51,310
pills and powder at the border . 

1293
01:08:54,780 --> 01:08:57,630
Working with curries like Fedex to 

1294
01:08:57,630 --> 01:09:01,620
expect more packages for drugs , strong 

1295
01:09:01,620 --> 01:09:03,620
penalties to crack down on fentaNYL 

1296
01:09:03,620 --> 01:09:05,750
trafficking . Second , let's do more 

1297
01:09:05,750 --> 01:09:07,694
mental health , especially for our 

1298
01:09:07,694 --> 01:09:09,861
Children when millions of young people 

1299
01:09:09,861 --> 01:09:12,083
are struggling with bullying violence , 

1300
01:09:12,083 --> 01:09:14,139
trauma . Were them greater access to 

1301
01:09:14,139 --> 01:09:16,250
mental health characters schools , we 

1302
01:09:16,250 --> 01:09:17,972
must finally hold social media 

1303
01:09:17,972 --> 01:09:20,410
companies accountable for experimenting 

1304
01:09:20,410 --> 01:09:22,577
or doing running Children for profit . 

1305
01:09:23,240 --> 01:09:25,018
There's time to pass bipartisan 

1306
01:09:25,018 --> 01:09:28,410
legislation to stop big tech from 

1307
01:09:28,420 --> 01:09:30,610
collecting personal data on our kids 

1308
01:09:31,070 --> 01:09:34,810
and teenagers online . Fan targeted 

1309
01:09:34,810 --> 01:09:37,070
advertising to Children and impose 

1310
01:09:37,070 --> 01:09:39,420
stricter limits on the personal data 

1311
01:09:39,420 --> 01:09:41,531
that companies collect on all of us . 

1312
01:09:41,531 --> 01:09:44,450
3rd , let's do more to keep this 

1313
01:09:44,450 --> 01:09:48,160
nation's one truly sacred obligation to 

1314
01:09:48,160 --> 01:09:50,382
equip those we send into harm's way and 

1315
01:09:50,382 --> 01:09:52,493
care for them and their families when 

1316
01:09:52,493 --> 01:09:54,382
they come home job training , job 

1317
01:09:54,382 --> 01:09:56,216
placement for veterans and their 

1318
01:09:56,216 --> 01:09:58,104
spouses as they come to return to 

1319
01:09:58,104 --> 01:10:00,360
civilian life helping veterans for the 

1320
01:10:00,360 --> 01:10:02,527
rent because no one should be homeless 

1321
01:10:02,527 --> 01:10:04,527
in America , especially someone who 

1322
01:10:04,527 --> 01:10:07,260
served the country . Mm 

1323
01:10:18,630 --> 01:10:21,290
Denis McDonough , Denis McDonough is 

1324
01:10:21,290 --> 01:10:25,100
here of the V . A . We had our first 

1325
01:10:25,110 --> 01:10:27,110
real discussion when I asked him to 

1326
01:10:27,110 --> 01:10:29,910
take the job . I'm glad he did . We 

1327
01:10:29,910 --> 01:10:32,230
were losing up to 25 veterans a day and 

1328
01:10:32,580 --> 01:10:36,270
suicide . Now we're losing 17 today to 

1329
01:10:36,270 --> 01:10:38,930
the silent scourge of suicide . 17 

1330
01:10:38,930 --> 01:10:42,460
veterans a day are committing suicide 

1331
01:10:42,470 --> 01:10:45,030
more than all the people being killed 

1332
01:10:45,030 --> 01:10:47,990
in the wars folks 

1333
01:10:48,010 --> 01:10:50,690
via is doing everything they can , 

1334
01:10:50,700 --> 01:10:53,250
including expanding mental health 

1335
01:10:53,250 --> 01:10:56,430
screening , proven programs of recruits , 

1336
01:10:56,430 --> 01:10:58,510
veterans to help other veterans 

1337
01:10:58,510 --> 01:11:00,732
understand what they're going through . 

1338
01:11:00,732 --> 01:11:03,740
Get them the help they need . We got to 

1339
01:11:03,740 --> 01:11:07,680
do more . And fourth last year , 

1340
01:11:07,680 --> 01:11:09,490
Jill and I reignited the cancer 

1341
01:11:09,490 --> 01:11:12,060
Moonshot that I was able to start with 

1342
01:11:12,060 --> 01:11:14,116
President Obama asked me to lead our 

1343
01:11:14,116 --> 01:11:16,360
administration on this issue . Our goal 

1344
01:11:16,360 --> 01:11:19,250
is to cut the cancer death rates At 

1345
01:11:19,250 --> 01:11:22,870
least by 50% in the next 25 years turn 

1346
01:11:22,870 --> 01:11:24,870
more cancer from death sentences to 

1347
01:11:24,870 --> 01:11:27,990
treatable diseases provide more support 

1348
01:11:27,990 --> 01:11:30,350
for patients and their families . It's 

1349
01:11:30,350 --> 01:11:32,580
personal to so many of us , so many of 

1350
01:11:32,580 --> 01:11:36,110
us this audience joining us 

1351
01:11:36,770 --> 01:11:40,160
are Morris and candies . An Irishman 

1352
01:11:40,160 --> 01:11:42,049
and a daughter of immigrants from 

1353
01:11:42,049 --> 01:11:44,160
Panama . They met and fell in love in 

1354
01:11:44,160 --> 01:11:46,216
new york city and got married in the 

1355
01:11:46,216 --> 01:11:48,438
same chapel , Jill and I got married in 

1356
01:11:48,438 --> 01:11:50,382
new york city kindred spirits . He 

1357
01:11:50,382 --> 01:11:52,327
wrote us a letter about his little 

1358
01:11:52,327 --> 01:11:55,190
daughter Eva and I saw her just before 

1359
01:11:55,190 --> 01:11:58,240
I came over . She was just a year old 

1360
01:11:58,240 --> 01:12:00,462
when she was diagnosed with rare kidney 

1361
01:12:00,462 --> 01:12:03,350
disease cancer after 26 blood 

1362
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transfusions , 11 rounds of radiation , 

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01:12:07,070 --> 01:12:10,320
eight rounds of chemo , chemo , one 

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01:12:10,320 --> 01:12:13,470
kidney removed . Given a 5% survival 

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01:12:13,470 --> 01:12:16,060
rate . He wrote how in the darkest 

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01:12:16,060 --> 01:12:18,350
moments he thought if she goes , I 

1367
01:12:18,350 --> 01:12:20,750
can't stay many of you have been 

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01:12:20,750 --> 01:12:23,760
through that as well . I understand 

1369
01:12:23,760 --> 01:12:26,670
that like so many of you . He read 

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01:12:26,670 --> 01:12:28,670
Jill's book describing our family's 

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01:12:28,670 --> 01:12:31,040
cancer journey and how we tried to 

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steal moments of joy where we could 

1373
01:12:33,590 --> 01:12:36,900
with both for them that glimmer of joy 

1374
01:12:36,900 --> 01:12:39,930
was the half smile of their baby girl 

1375
01:12:40,690 --> 01:12:43,600
meant everything to . They never gave 

1376
01:12:43,600 --> 01:12:46,680
up hope little Eva never gave up hope 

1377
01:12:47,370 --> 01:12:51,070
She turns four next month . They 

1378
01:12:51,080 --> 01:12:54,790
just found out Amy is beating the odds 

1379
01:12:55,030 --> 01:12:57,600
is on our way to being cured of cancer . 

1380
01:12:58,440 --> 01:13:00,662
And she's watching from the White House 

1381
01:13:00,662 --> 01:13:02,829
tonight and she's not asleep already . 

1382
01:13:04,740 --> 01:13:06,480
The lives we can save 

1383
01:13:13,140 --> 01:13:15,251
for the lives we can say in the lives 

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01:13:15,251 --> 01:13:17,690
we've lost . Let's just be a truly 

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01:13:17,690 --> 01:13:19,930
american moment that rallies the 

1386
01:13:19,930 --> 01:13:21,930
country in the world together and 

1387
01:13:21,930 --> 01:13:24,640
proved that we can still do big things . 

1388
01:13:24,650 --> 01:13:26,830
20 years ago into the leadership of 

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01:13:26,830 --> 01:13:29,450
President Bush and countless advocates 

1390
01:13:29,450 --> 01:13:31,172
and champions . He undertook a 

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01:13:31,172 --> 01:13:33,240
bipartisan effort through pepfar to 

1392
01:13:33,240 --> 01:13:35,480
transform the global fight against HIV 

1393
01:13:35,480 --> 01:13:38,670
AIDS . It's been a huge success . He 

1394
01:13:38,670 --> 01:13:41,760
thought big . He thought large . He 

1395
01:13:41,760 --> 01:13:45,590
moved , I believe we can do the same 

1396
01:13:45,590 --> 01:13:46,701
thing with cancer . 

1397
01:13:51,620 --> 01:13:54,970
Let's end cancer as we know it cure 

1398
01:13:54,970 --> 01:13:58,350
some cancers once and for all 

1399
01:13:59,570 --> 01:14:02,430
folks , there's one reason why we've 

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01:14:02,430 --> 01:14:04,541
been able to do all of these things . 

1401
01:14:04,870 --> 01:14:07,950
Our democracy itself , it's the most 

1402
01:14:07,950 --> 01:14:11,340
fundamental thing of all with democracy . 

1403
01:14:11,350 --> 01:14:14,120
Everything is possible without it . 

1404
01:14:14,130 --> 01:14:16,930
Nothing is The last few years our 

1405
01:14:16,930 --> 01:14:19,170
democracy has been threatened an attack 

1406
01:14:19,180 --> 01:14:22,270
put at risk put to the test in this 

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01:14:22,270 --> 01:14:25,090
very room on January the 6th . And then 

1408
01:14:25,090 --> 01:14:28,650
just a few months ago , an unhinged 

1409
01:14:28,950 --> 01:14:31,810
big lie A sale and unleashed a 

1410
01:14:31,810 --> 01:14:34,070
political violence in the home of the 

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01:14:34,070 --> 01:14:35,514
then speaker of the House 

1412
01:14:35,514 --> 01:14:37,860
Representatives using the very same 

1413
01:14:37,860 --> 01:14:40,680
language the insurrectionists used as 

1414
01:14:40,680 --> 01:14:42,902
they stalked these halls and chanted on 

1415
01:14:42,902 --> 01:14:44,736
January six here tonight in this 

1416
01:14:44,736 --> 01:14:46,970
chamber is the man who bears the scars 

1417
01:14:46,970 --> 01:14:49,600
of that brutal attack . But it's as 

1418
01:14:49,610 --> 01:14:51,610
tough and as strong as resilient as 

1419
01:14:51,610 --> 01:14:53,860
they get . My friend paul , Pelosi paul 

1420
01:14:53,860 --> 01:14:54,860
standard , 

1421
01:15:10,690 --> 01:15:12,634
but such a heinous act should have 

1422
01:15:12,634 --> 01:15:16,240
never happened . We must all speak out . 

1423
01:15:16,250 --> 01:15:18,472
There's no place for political violence 

1424
01:15:18,472 --> 01:15:20,472
in America . We have to protect the 

1425
01:15:20,472 --> 01:15:22,528
right to vote , not suppress the fat 

1426
01:15:22,528 --> 01:15:24,750
fundamental right on the results of our 

1427
01:15:24,750 --> 01:15:26,750
elections , not subvert the will of 

1428
01:15:26,750 --> 01:15:28,917
people . We have to uphold the rule of 

1429
01:15:28,917 --> 01:15:28,160
law and restore trust in our 

1430
01:15:28,160 --> 01:15:31,060
institutions of democracy . We must 

1431
01:15:31,060 --> 01:15:34,050
give hate and extremism in any form . 

1432
01:15:34,060 --> 01:15:35,650
No safe harbor . 

1433
01:15:41,230 --> 01:15:44,660
Democracy must not be a 

1434
01:15:44,660 --> 01:15:48,510
partisan issue . It's an american issue 

1435
01:15:50,140 --> 01:15:52,362
every generation of americans has faced 

1436
01:15:52,362 --> 01:15:54,584
a moment where they have been called to 

1437
01:15:54,584 --> 01:15:56,751
protect our democracy , defended stand 

1438
01:15:56,751 --> 01:15:59,930
up for it . And this is our moment . My 

1439
01:15:59,930 --> 01:16:02,830
fellow americans , we meet tonight at 

1440
01:16:02,830 --> 01:16:04,820
an inflection point . One of those 

1441
01:16:04,820 --> 01:16:07,530
moments that only a few generations 

1442
01:16:07,530 --> 01:16:11,110
ever face with the direction we now 

1443
01:16:11,110 --> 01:16:13,860
take is going to decide the course of 

1444
01:16:13,860 --> 01:16:16,910
this nation for decades to come . We're 

1445
01:16:16,910 --> 01:16:19,560
not bystanders of history . We're not 

1446
01:16:19,560 --> 01:16:21,393
powerless before the forces that 

1447
01:16:21,393 --> 01:16:24,610
confront us . It's within our power of 

1448
01:16:24,610 --> 01:16:27,980
we , the people we're facing the test 

1449
01:16:27,980 --> 01:16:31,120
of our time . We have to be the nation . 

1450
01:16:31,120 --> 01:16:32,787
We've always been at our best 

1451
01:16:32,787 --> 01:16:36,060
optimistic , hopeful , forward looking . 

1452
01:16:36,070 --> 01:16:38,070
A nation of the braces . Light over 

1453
01:16:38,070 --> 01:16:41,540
dark , hope over fear unity , stability 

1454
01:16:41,540 --> 01:16:44,380
over chaos . We have to see each other 

1455
01:16:44,380 --> 01:16:46,102
not as enemies , but as fellow 

1456
01:16:46,102 --> 01:16:49,810
americans were good people . The only 

1457
01:16:49,810 --> 01:16:52,150
nation in the world built on an idea , 

1458
01:16:52,850 --> 01:16:53,810
the only one 

1459
01:17:01,250 --> 01:17:05,040
other nations are defined by 

1460
01:17:05,040 --> 01:17:08,500
geography , ethnicity . But we're the 

1461
01:17:08,500 --> 01:17:12,230
only nation based on an idea that all 

1462
01:17:12,230 --> 01:17:14,520
of us , every one of us is created 

1463
01:17:14,520 --> 01:17:17,650
equal in the image of God , a nation 

1464
01:17:17,650 --> 01:17:19,817
that stands as a beacon of the world , 

1465
01:17:20,750 --> 01:17:24,130
a nation in a new age of possibilities . 

1466
01:17:24,730 --> 01:17:27,320
So I've come to fulfill my 

1467
01:17:27,320 --> 01:17:29,680
constitutional obligation to report in 

1468
01:17:29,680 --> 01:17:32,000
the State of the Union . And here's my 

1469
01:17:32,000 --> 01:17:34,900
report because the soul of this nation 

1470
01:17:34,900 --> 01:17:37,530
is strong . Because the backbone , the 

1471
01:17:37,530 --> 01:17:39,530
backbone of this nation is strong . 

1472
01:17:39,530 --> 01:17:41,641
Because the people of this nation are 

1473
01:17:41,641 --> 01:17:43,586
strong . The state of the Union is 

1474
01:17:43,586 --> 01:17:44,586
strong . 

1475
01:18:03,430 --> 01:18:06,120
I'm not new to this place . I stand 

1476
01:18:06,120 --> 01:18:08,231
here tonight having served as long as 

1477
01:18:08,231 --> 01:18:10,342
about any one of you have ever served 

1478
01:18:10,342 --> 01:18:13,410
here . But I've never been more 

1479
01:18:13,410 --> 01:18:15,830
optimistic about our future , about the 

1480
01:18:15,830 --> 01:18:18,140
future America . We just remember who 

1481
01:18:18,140 --> 01:18:21,270
we are . We're the United States of 

1482
01:18:21,270 --> 01:18:23,580
America and there's nothing nothing 

1483
01:18:23,580 --> 01:18:25,490
beyond our capacity if we do it 

1484
01:18:25,490 --> 01:18:27,740
together , God bless you all and may 

1485
01:18:27,740 --> 01:18:31,000
God protect our truth . Thank you