Joseph Robinette Biden

“ When we invest in the American people, it’s not just those at the top that make our economy grow. They’re the ones that make it grow: ordinary Americans. We saw the economy gain traction in March as the American Rescue Plan moved and got passed, bringing new hope to our country. ”

“ First, the new economic strategy we’ve launched: one focused on building from the bottom up and the middle out, and one that puts government on the side of working people — and that rewards work, not wealth. ”

“ Independent analysis shows that if we pass this plan, the economy will create 19 million jobs — good jobs, blue-collar jobs, jobs that pay well. That’s long-term jobs for pipefitters, healthcare workers, those who work in the steel factories and the cutting-edge labs as well.
The new report out this week shows that nearly 90 percent of the infrastructure jobs created in the American Jobs Plan can be filled by people who don’t have a college degree. Seventy-five percent of those good-paying jobs don’t need a associate’s degree. ”

“ Too many Americans are acting as if this fight is over. It is not. I’ve told people that if my administration did the hard work of getting shots to all Americans in the next few months and if the American people continued to do their part — mask up, practice social distancing — we could have a more normal July 4th. ”

“ Credit for this progress belongs not to me, but to the American people — hardworking women and men who have struggled through this pandemic, never given up, and are determined to get the country back on track, as well as their families. ”

“ Q Is there a risk, sir, if raising taxes could slow the economy? THE PRESIDENT: Raising taxes, the studies show, will not slow the economy at all. Asking corporate America just to pay their fair share will not slow the economy at all. It will make the economy function better and will create more energy. Q Mr. President, Mitch McConnell says he’s going to fight your administration every step of the way. What is your reaction to that? THE PRESIDENT: (Laughs.) If the Republicans argue that we don’t need infrastructure, it need not — they’ve been talking about the need for it for years now. ”

“ If the Republicans decide that we need it but they’re not going to pay for it — it’s just going to increase the deficit; if the Republicans say the next phase of my plan — we don’t need to invest in VA hospitals and keep the sacred obligation we made to so many Americans ”

“ So we’ve made significant progress on that front, but the fight is far from over. We know that vaccines are safe and effective. We’re vaccinating more people than any other country on Earth. We also have progress on jobs and progress on vaccinations. ”

“ By April 7th — next week — over 130 million households will have gotten their $1,400 per-person rescue check. Funds are on their way to local communities to put educators, healthcare workers, home healthcare aides, police, firefighters, sanitary workers back on the job. ”

“ And so, cases are going up again. The virus is spreading more rapidly in many places. Deaths are going up in some states. So I ask, I plead with you: Don’t give back the progress we’ve all so — fought so hard to achieve. ”