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President Biden turns to Georgia to begin pitch for $4 trillion spending plan

President Biden turns to Georgia to begin pitch for $4 trillion spending plan
state of Georgia. President joe biden. And the first lady Doctor joe biden. You know your keyboard. Junior high. I I said your lover, I want. I was down harder disappointment was my close friend. But then you changed and it's soon departed and you know, he never showed his face again. That's why your love keeps lifting me higher. Hi, I'm I love kids. Uh huh. Wow. What a great crowd. Thanks for coming. Thank you. Long joe. And I had the chance to see our friends. We just saw them. President and former first lady carter. They are such a powerful reminder that serving our country isn't limited to the office. You hold the carters continue their work, making our country stronger every day and we are grateful and honored for their friendship and well, I'm so glad to be with all of you. Thank you for being here. From columbus to Albany making to Atlanta. I've always felt so at home here And I'm especially excited to be back in the state that said Raphael Warnock and john us off to the Senate and you know, Georgia, we could not have passed the american rescue plan without you. In some ways it's hard to believe that it's already been 100 days back in D. C. We're still getting to know our new home, figuring out where the light switches are and remembering to use coasters on the historic furniture. But in other ways we've packed so much into the time that's just flown by. I've already traveled to schools and community colleges across the country, visited vaccine sites and military bases and charted the course for are joining forces initiative. So thank you to all the military who are here and that's just my office across the administration. We've made historic progress all because of the historic leadership of my husband. Yeah. You hear them on in their horns where you joe. And what drew me to joe all those years ago was his fortitude. Beneath his kindness, his charm and good humor was a man of action who always kept his promises, did the necessary work and showed up when it mattered. And no. And that's why I have always believed that he would be the president that we need In the 1st 100 days of this administration. America is seeing the true character of the person that I have known for so long, whose heart is big enough to comfort the families of more than 500,000 lost, whose vision is ambitious enough to make the investment of a generation, whose determination is strong enough to bring americans from all walks of life together, whose commitment is steadfast enough to not only keep his promises but surpass them. Joe is a man for this moment. And with his leadership, we are rising. Yeah. I couldn't be more proud of what he's done in just 100 days or more hopeful of what we are going to do next. Please help me in welcoming my husband, the president of the United States joe biden. Mm your celebration. Hello George and the other county back there. I love you a lot of folks out here tonight. Well, I'm ready to go home because she never says that to me at home. This is worth the trip here and not. I am Jill's husband is obvious to everybody. I never get introduced as she's my wife. I'm her husband and you know, I'm proud to be. You know, I want to thank long time trend for being with us tonight. His story is the story of of an entire generation, but it's a story that goes back many generations, not just in South Vietnam and Asia writ large, but all over the world. And America. It's the reason why we're strong. We are the most diverse democracy in the world and we do. There's not a single thing, I mean this from the bottom of heart, there's not a single thing we can't do when we do it together. So thank you all. I want to thank my friend keisha Lance Bottoms and thanks to Democratic members of Congress centre. Also for Warnock, Representative Sanford Bishop and old friend Hank johnson and lucy McBath. And look, I want to make sure Representative Williams is here. I thought I saw her a moment ago. There you are. Okay. And Representative Carolyn Burdeau, you know, we need to work and help them keep their seats. It's important we run the first round, but there's more coming up. And my good friend and DNC chair Jaime Harrison from south Carolina and Stacy Abrams it could be anything she wants to be from whatever she chooses to president. I want to thank you Stacey for empowering the people to vote and to make their voices heard. You've been amazing. And most of all, I want to thank you the people of Georgia. No. Yeah, no, we'll give you a microphone, right? Oh yeah, yeah, folks. Mhm. Yeah. Georgia Georgia was 100 days ago today when I was inaugurated on the steps of the United States capitol to be your president. I was looking forward to coming back and seeing these guys, boy, Yeah, no, I agree with you. I'm working on a man. Give me another five days. Mhm. Folks, you all know what they're talking about. There should be no private prisons period. None period. That's what they're talking about. Private detention centers. They should not exist. And we are working to close all of them. So, folks, look, thank you. All right. Thank you. All right. Okay. Let him go. I don't know. I promise you. The only things that keep me from doing that is you keep moving. I promise you. Thank you folks. Look, let's spend 100 days since I first sat at my desk in the oval office and want to work for you and american people. I want to thank you. I want to thank the american people because I think we've gotten a lot done. I promised even before I was sworn in that I would get my 1st 100 days. 100 million covid vaccine shots in people's arms. We've lost over 550,000 Americans. Well, we delivered over 220 million covid shots. In the 1st 100 days. We vastly expanded access. We've got 100 million doses of vaccine enough for every single American. And we've done it by getting vaccines to some 40,000 pharmacies across the country, 700 community centers and now Now everyone over the age of 16 is now eligible to get vaccinated right away. So please do it. Get vaccinated now now now now mm. And we promised to deliver emergency relief to the millions of americans who are in financial distress and I might add through no fault of their own. So we got out $1,400 checks to the American people. And we kept that promise, 85 of households in America have gotten those checks. We've already sent out more than 160 million checks out the door and I want to stop here and give thanks to both your senators, senators us off and Warnock for making it happen because those two votes Have we not come back and you elected them? Those two votes made the difference that passed by a single vote. Yes. And that means we owe special thanks to the people of Georgia because of you the rest of the world. Because of your two senators, the rest of America was able to get the help they got. So far. The american rescue plan would not have passed so much. Have we gotten done? Like getting checks to people probably would not have happened. So if you ever wonder if elections make a difference, just remember what you did here in Georgia when you elected SF and Warnock you begin to change the environment. Look because of you. We passed one of the most consequential rescue bills in american history. So what do you know? What did you do? What would you do with your vote here in Georgia? Well, you changed America. You begin to change America and you're helping us prove that democracy, democracy can still deliver for the people. Look, I want to thank you for all of that. All America wants to thank you because here's what we mean by delivering for the people we created in the 1st 100 days. 1,300,000 new jobs. 1,300,000 jobs in 100 days. That's more do new jobs in the 1st 100 days of any president in history folks because of you. And we're here. Just a few more things that we need. We provided food nutrition assistance for Children and families so they don't go hungry, rental assistance to keep people from being evicted from their homes, loans to small businesses like longs to keep people, keep them open and people employed, We made Georgia eligible to expand Medicaid, which means another 500,000 Georgians can be covered. Mhm. Excuse me folks, health care should be right, not a privilege in America. And here's the thing I'm most proud of. We are on track to cut child poverty in half this year by having passed the child tax credit and how, mm but as much as we've done, you got a lot more to do. That's why I proposed the american jobs plan. It is, it's a once in a generation investment in America. It's the biggest jobs plan in this country since World War Two. And here's what it does. It creates jobs rebuilding, modernizing our roads, our highways, our bridges, our ports, our airports, It will provide clean drinking water for every american. Our 10 million homes in America And there are 40 400,000 schools and daycare centers that have lead pipes. We're drinking the water is a danger. We're going to replace 100 of those nations lead pipes and service lines. So every child can have a turn at the faucet and know what they're drinking is. Clean water folks. We're gonna provide reliable high speed internet everywhere in America, including rural America, 15 of Georgia households do not have internet at all. We're going to change that. And those infrastructure projects going to create millions of good paying jobs just installing them. We also know that two million women, two million women have dropped out of the workforce during this pandemic two million because too often they have to choose between whether or not they can get care for their child and their family or go to work. In the 21st century. Infrastructure isn't just steel and concrete, it's people and it's time we start paying people who come to our homes and care for people that love them and going to take care of them. And folks, you know, a lot of people talk about climate, they forget to mention the most important word. I made a promise when I was down here running that I would in fact, immediately rejoined the paris climate accord on day one, which we did, and I would have in the 1st 100 days a climate summit here in America, inviting all the world's polluters and all the world's emitters, including the biggest nations in the world. And they came everyone from Russia to china, to the european union India, all of them. And you know what, what came across every single one of those countries, whether they're going to meet their obligations or not, is finally understanding that taking care of saving the planet is going to create millions of good paying jobs, Millions of good paying jobs. We're gonna put engineers and construction workers, electricians, electrical workers, building efficient buildings and homes. We're gonna install 500,000 charging stations along the highways, we're going to rebuild. And there's no reason by the blades for windmills, turbines can't be built in Pittsburgh instead of Beijing. There's no reason there's no reason where american workers can't lead the world in the production of electric vehicles and the batteries that for pelvis, we can do what we need to do and saving the planet and yet create millions of good paying jobs, folks. And with all the investments in the american jobs plan, here's what we're gonna do. We're going to buy american. Let me explain what that means. You know, it's not a violation of any trade agreement. Every tax dollar that we in fact get for construction of anything is going to go to be used to buy american products made in America that create american jobs. That's the way it should be because look folks, Wall Street didn't build this country. You did the middle class did and unions built the middle class. And here's one final thing I want to mention about the american jobs plan. We got 500, we got $5 billion dollar investment in that plan for community violence intervention. There's a lot of work. We have to do, a lot of work we have to do. And I want you to know I was responsible for that. Mayor keisha bottoms, keisha lance bottoms. But folks, we not only have to invest in America, we need to invest in our families. We need to invest in things are families care about and need the most. That's why the american family plan does four things and we pay for it all one without raising the deficit. It adds four years more guaranteed public education in America. If we were building on our education system start today, like we did in the last century, did anybody think we'd say 12 years of education is enough to compete and win the competition of the 21st century? I don't think so. So when we did that last century it made America the best educated, best prepared nation in the world. But the rest of the world is caught up to us now. So my plan provides A universal preschool for every three and 4 year old in America. Everyone that's a game changer. It's a game changer. It also provides two years of free community college that's a game changer as well. Jill is a community college professor still teaching. She constantly says, joe community colleges can change the lives of students, as she always say, look, any country that educates us is going to out compete us. She'll be leading one of these efforts as well. Well, one more thing, we've got some great historical black universities and colleges in Georgia and we're going to be investing them and investing in them in increasing pell grants. They don't have, they don't have the back all the, the money that comes from the large universities, but their students are as competent to do anything in the future as anyone else. But here's the deal. We're going to provide Up to $47 billion 10 years to increase their capacity to do everything. But it was, you know, cybersecurity, all those things where the jobs of the future are the second thing we're gonna do provide quality, affordable child care. You know, I know I was a single dad for five years When my wife and daughter got killed right after I got elected, the United States Senators, a 29 year old kid. What happened was I was lucky. I had a daughter. I had two boys survived, My daughter and wife were killed, but my two boys survived. An unfortunate for me had an incredible family, my sister, my brother and my mother and father. They basically moved in and help me raise my kids because although I was a senator, I was listening to the poor senator in the history but not history, but in the years I was there, I couldn't afford the cost of daycare. I couldn't have forced the cost of childcare, but I had them, I don't know how I would have done it without them. And to understand how important child care can be under my plan, Most folks won't pay more than seven of their income for childcare as a max and the folks who need it the most and can't afford it all won't have to spend a dime. That's important. An American 3rd thing is American family plan will finally provide up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave. No one, no one should have to choose between a job and a paycheck or taking care of themselves a loved one, a parent or a spouse or a child. And 4th American family plan puts money directly into the pockets of millions of families. The american rescue plan we passed, we passed the child credit. We're going to expand that child credit to families for another five years. Families with two kids. That will mean that as much as $7,200 will go into their pockets every year, Georgia. This is a tax cut for more than two million families in Georgia. We're cutting taxes for people by a tax credit And we'll lift more than 170,000 Children out of poverty right here in America and cut child poverty and this year in half folks. So how are we going to pay for all this? But with tax cuts for the middle class and working class families, how we're gonna pay for that? Well, it's real simple. It's about time the very wealthy and corporations start paying their fair share. It's about time. Cool. As simple as that. And folks, I'm not gonna bury the details, but I promise you, no one making under $400,000 a year is going to pay a single additional penny in tax. No one, as I said last night, The middle class, the working people of this country are already paying enough in taxes. It's time for the richest one of Americans and corporate America to start to do their part. Let me just give you a simple fact. Last year, for example, 55 of our largest corporations in America paid $0 in federal tax-0 And they made $40 billion, Not a penny in tax, folks, if in fact, we had a minimum book tax for corporations for the fortune, just a fortune 500 companies, just the minimum tax of 15% about all you'd sign up for 15% tax right now, If in fact, with just 15%,, We'd raised $230 billion dollars pay for all this. So folks, I'm not trying to punish anyone What we've got to make corporations making 40 billion pain zero is just not right. Something seriously wrong here. Georgia. I think a lot of, you know, I ran for president saying we had to heal the soul of this nation. That's what we have to do. And the conviction of George Floyd's murderer is now our opportunity to make some real progress to restore the soul of this country and we can do it, we can act rational police reform. We can root out systemic racism in our criminal justice system. And with real plans I outlined today, we have a real chance to deliver real equity across the board to everyone black, white, latino, asian, american, good jobs, good schools, affordable housing, clean air, clean water. Look being able to generate wealth and pass it down through generations. It's how most folks got there. But it means, how did most of the middle class folks, you know, who are caucasian or white? How did they make? Well, they were able to get enough money to buy a home and they build equity in that home and they build equity at home. They passed it on and they pass it on and that's how you build well. Well, we're going to make sure that african americans as well as make sure that Latinos and asian americans are able to build that kind of wealth. Look, when the vice president, I were Atlanta last month, we met with leaders of the africa of the asian american community in Georgia. Following the mass shootings here in Atlanta. It was a raw and powerful meeting in a very emotional moment and some criticized me for speaking out nationally about that hate crime. So I'm criticized me for saying how ugly and sinister it was. Well, since then, Because of the two senators you said, among others, the United States Senate passed the covid 19 hate crimes act protect asian american and pacific Islanders from the vicious hate crimes. We've seen too often, too long in the past 94 to 1. So don't tell me we can't make progress. It's the first step we have a lot more to do. You know, that's right. If we are to truly hill here in the soul America, we need to project that sacred, right and protected to vote. You know, in this state of dr king and john lewis, you know how precious and how precarious the right to vote is in november. And then again in january, your vote changed the world, not just north of the world, but it's celebrating that it's being attacked. More people voted For president in 2020 than any time in American history ever. They did it in the middle of a pandemic. What you've seen, What's happened here in Georgia with your state's laws. It's just wrong, wrong. And it's why we have to pass the voting rights protection laws coming through the Congress right now. H. R. One and john lewis voting rights act, both should be passed now. So folks, it's only been 100 days. But I have to tell you, I've never been more optimistic about the future in America, America is on the move again. We're choosing hope over fair truth over lies. Light over darkness and we're working. We're working again. We're dreaming again. We're discovering again and we're leading the world again. And you're proving democracy can deliver for the people. We just need to remember who we are. We are the United States of America. And there's nothing, nothing, nothing we cannot do if we do it together. So let's stay together. God bless you all! May God protect our troops. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Georgia. You know you're keep listening. Higher. Higher and higher. I I see two guys in the back. I want to come up here. I want. I was downhearted, disappointment was my close friend chain and it soon departed Raphael Warner High. Center us off. I said going off, Keep it high. All right. Mhm. Looking for my mask. I'm in trouble. I'm so glad faster. Found you. That's that one in a million girls. And now with arms around, I can stand up and face well, listen, Georgia, we need you. Keep my life going on. state of Georgia. President joe biden. And the first lady Doctor joe biden. You know your keyboard. Junior high. I I said your lover, I want. I was down harder disappointment was my close friend. But then you changed and it's soon departed and you know, he never showed his face again. That's why your love keeps lifting me higher. Hi, I'm I love kids. Uh huh. Wow. What a great crowd. Thanks for coming. Thank you. Long joe. And I had the chance to see our friends. We just saw them. President and former first lady carter. They are such a powerful reminder that serving our country isn't limited to the office. You hold the carters continue their work, making our country stronger every day and we are grateful and honored for their friendship and well, I'm so glad to be with all of you. Thank you for being here. From columbus to Albany making to Atlanta. I've always felt so at home here And I'm especially excited to be back in the state that said Raphael Warnock and john us off to the Senate and you know, Georgia, we could not have passed the american rescue plan without you. In some ways it's hard to believe that it's already been 100 days back in D. C. We're still getting to know our new home, figuring out where the light switches are and remembering to use coasters on the historic furniture. But in other ways we've packed so much into the time that's just flown by. I've already traveled to schools and community colleges across the country, visited vaccine sites and military bases and charted the course for are joining forces initiative. So thank you to all the military who are here and that's just my office across the administration. We've made historic progress all because of the historic leadership of my husband. Yeah. You hear them on in their horns where you joe. And what drew me to joe all those years ago was his fortitude. Beneath his kindness, his charm and good humor was a man of action who always kept his promises, did the necessary work and showed up when it mattered. And no. And that's why I have always believed that he would be the president that we need In the 1st 100 days of this administration. America is seeing the true character of the person that I have known for so long, whose heart is big enough to comfort the families of more than 500,000 lost, whose vision is ambitious enough to make the investment of a generation, whose determination is strong enough to bring americans from all walks of life together, whose commitment is steadfast enough to not only keep his promises but surpass them. Joe is a man for this moment. And with his leadership, we are rising. Yeah. I couldn't be more proud of what he's done in just 100 days or more hopeful of what we are going to do next. Please help me in welcoming my husband, the president of the United States joe biden. Mm your celebration. Hello George and the other county back there. I love you a lot of folks out here tonight. Well, I'm ready to go home because she never says that to me at home. This is worth the trip here and not. I am Jill's husband is obvious to everybody. I never get introduced as she's my wife. I'm her husband and you know, I'm proud to be. You know, I want to thank long time trend for being with us tonight. His story is the story of of an entire generation, but it's a story that goes back many generations, not just in South Vietnam and Asia writ large, but all over the world. And America. It's the reason why we're strong. We are the most diverse democracy in the world and we do. There's not a single thing, I mean this from the bottom of heart, there's not a single thing we can't do when we do it together. So thank you all. I want to thank my friend keisha Lance Bottoms and thanks to Democratic members of Congress centre. Also for Warnock, Representative Sanford Bishop and old friend Hank johnson and lucy McBath. And look, I want to make sure Representative Williams is here. I thought I saw her a moment ago. There you are. Okay. And Representative Carolyn Burdeau, you know, we need to work and help them keep their seats. It's important we run the first round, but there's more coming up. And my good friend and DNC chair Jaime Harrison from south Carolina and Stacy Abrams it could be anything she wants to be from whatever she chooses to president. I want to thank you Stacey for empowering the people to vote and to make their voices heard. You've been amazing. And most of all, I want to thank you the people of Georgia. No. Yeah, no, we'll give you a microphone, right? Oh yeah, yeah, folks. Mhm. Yeah. Georgia Georgia was 100 days ago today when I was inaugurated on the steps of the United States capitol to be your president. I was looking forward to coming back and seeing these guys, boy, Yeah, no, I agree with you. I'm working on a man. Give me another five days. Mhm. Folks, you all know what they're talking about. There should be no private prisons period. None period. That's what they're talking about. Private detention centers. They should not exist. And we are working to close all of them. So, folks, look, thank you. All right. Thank you. All right. Okay. Let him go. I don't know. I promise you. The only things that keep me from doing that is you keep moving. I promise you. Thank you folks. Look, let's spend 100 days since I first sat at my desk in the oval office and want to work for you and american people. I want to thank you. I want to thank the american people because I think we've gotten a lot done. I promised even before I was sworn in that I would get my 1st 100 days. 100 million covid vaccine shots in people's arms. We've lost over 550,000 Americans. Well, we delivered over 220 million covid shots. In the 1st 100 days. We vastly expanded access. We've got 100 million doses of vaccine enough for every single American. And we've done it by getting vaccines to some 40,000 pharmacies across the country, 700 community centers and now Now everyone over the age of 16 is now eligible to get vaccinated right away. So please do it. Get vaccinated now now now now mm. And we promised to deliver emergency relief to the millions of americans who are in financial distress and I might add through no fault of their own. So we got out $1,400 checks to the American people. And we kept that promise, 85 of households in America have gotten those checks. We've already sent out more than 160 million checks out the door and I want to stop here and give thanks to both your senators, senators us off and Warnock for making it happen because those two votes Have we not come back and you elected them? Those two votes made the difference that passed by a single vote. Yes. And that means we owe special thanks to the people of Georgia because of you the rest of the world. Because of your two senators, the rest of America was able to get the help they got. So far. The american rescue plan would not have passed so much. Have we gotten done? Like getting checks to people probably would not have happened. So if you ever wonder if elections make a difference, just remember what you did here in Georgia when you elected SF and Warnock you begin to change the environment. Look because of you. We passed one of the most consequential rescue bills in american history. So what do you know? What did you do? What would you do with your vote here in Georgia? Well, you changed America. You begin to change America and you're helping us prove that democracy, democracy can still deliver for the people. Look, I want to thank you for all of that. All America wants to thank you because here's what we mean by delivering for the people we created in the 1st 100 days. 1,300,000 new jobs. 1,300,000 jobs in 100 days. That's more do new jobs in the 1st 100 days of any president in history folks because of you. And we're here. Just a few more things that we need. We provided food nutrition assistance for Children and families so they don't go hungry, rental assistance to keep people from being evicted from their homes, loans to small businesses like longs to keep people, keep them open and people employed, We made Georgia eligible to expand Medicaid, which means another 500,000 Georgians can be covered. Mhm. Excuse me folks, health care should be right, not a privilege in America. And here's the thing I'm most proud of. We are on track to cut child poverty in half this year by having passed the child tax credit and how, mm but as much as we've done, you got a lot more to do. That's why I proposed the american jobs plan. It is, it's a once in a generation investment in America. It's the biggest jobs plan in this country since World War Two. And here's what it does. It creates jobs rebuilding, modernizing our roads, our highways, our bridges, our ports, our airports, It will provide clean drinking water for every american. Our 10 million homes in America And there are 40 400,000 schools and daycare centers that have lead pipes. We're drinking the water is a danger. We're going to replace 100 of those nations lead pipes and service lines. So every child can have a turn at the faucet and know what they're drinking is. Clean water folks. We're gonna provide reliable high speed internet everywhere in America, including rural America, 15 of Georgia households do not have internet at all. We're going to change that. And those infrastructure projects going to create millions of good paying jobs just installing them. We also know that two million women, two million women have dropped out of the workforce during this pandemic two million because too often they have to choose between whether or not they can get care for their child and their family or go to work. In the 21st century. Infrastructure isn't just steel and concrete, it's people and it's time we start paying people who come to our homes and care for people that love them and going to take care of them. And folks, you know, a lot of people talk about climate, they forget to mention the most important word. I made a promise when I was down here running that I would in fact, immediately rejoined the paris climate accord on day one, which we did, and I would have in the 1st 100 days a climate summit here in America, inviting all the world's polluters and all the world's emitters, including the biggest nations in the world. And they came everyone from Russia to china, to the european union India, all of them. And you know what, what came across every single one of those countries, whether they're going to meet their obligations or not, is finally understanding that taking care of saving the planet is going to create millions of good paying jobs, Millions of good paying jobs. We're gonna put engineers and construction workers, electricians, electrical workers, building efficient buildings and homes. We're gonna install 500,000 charging stations along the highways, we're going to rebuild. And there's no reason by the blades for windmills, turbines can't be built in Pittsburgh instead of Beijing. There's no reason there's no reason where american workers can't lead the world in the production of electric vehicles and the batteries that for pelvis, we can do what we need to do and saving the planet and yet create millions of good paying jobs, folks. And with all the investments in the american jobs plan, here's what we're gonna do. We're going to buy american. Let me explain what that means. You know, it's not a violation of any trade agreement. Every tax dollar that we in fact get for construction of anything is going to go to be used to buy american products made in America that create american jobs. That's the way it should be because look folks, Wall Street didn't build this country. You did the middle class did and unions built the middle class. And here's one final thing I want to mention about the american jobs plan. We got 500, we got $5 billion dollar investment in that plan for community violence intervention. There's a lot of work. We have to do, a lot of work we have to do. And I want you to know I was responsible for that. Mayor keisha bottoms, keisha lance bottoms. But folks, we not only have to invest in America, we need to invest in our families. We need to invest in things are families care about and need the most. That's why the american family plan does four things and we pay for it all one without raising the deficit. It adds four years more guaranteed public education in America. If we were building on our education system start today, like we did in the last century, did anybody think we'd say 12 years of education is enough to compete and win the competition of the 21st century? I don't think so. So when we did that last century it made America the best educated, best prepared nation in the world. But the rest of the world is caught up to us now. So my plan provides A universal preschool for every three and 4 year old in America. Everyone that's a game changer. It's a game changer. It also provides two years of free community college that's a game changer as well. Jill is a community college professor still teaching. She constantly says, joe community colleges can change the lives of students, as she always say, look, any country that educates us is going to out compete us. She'll be leading one of these efforts as well. Well, one more thing, we've got some great historical black universities and colleges in Georgia and we're going to be investing them and investing in them in increasing pell grants. They don't have, they don't have the back all the, the money that comes from the large universities, but their students are as competent to do anything in the future as anyone else. But here's the deal. We're going to provide Up to $47 billion 10 years to increase their capacity to do everything. But it was, you know, cybersecurity, all those things where the jobs of the future are the second thing we're gonna do provide quality, affordable child care. You know, I know I was a single dad for five years When my wife and daughter got killed right after I got elected, the United States Senators, a 29 year old kid. What happened was I was lucky. I had a daughter. I had two boys survived, My daughter and wife were killed, but my two boys survived. An unfortunate for me had an incredible family, my sister, my brother and my mother and father. They basically moved in and help me raise my kids because although I was a senator, I was listening to the poor senator in the history but not history, but in the years I was there, I couldn't afford the cost of daycare. I couldn't have forced the cost of childcare, but I had them, I don't know how I would have done it without them. And to understand how important child care can be under my plan, Most folks won't pay more than seven of their income for childcare as a max and the folks who need it the most and can't afford it all won't have to spend a dime. That's important. An American 3rd thing is American family plan will finally provide up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave. No one, no one should have to choose between a job and a paycheck or taking care of themselves a loved one, a parent or a spouse or a child. And 4th American family plan puts money directly into the pockets of millions of families. The american rescue plan we passed, we passed the child credit. We're going to expand that child credit to families for another five years. Families with two kids. That will mean that as much as $7,200 will go into their pockets every year, Georgia. This is a tax cut for more than two million families in Georgia. We're cutting taxes for people by a tax credit And we'll lift more than 170,000 Children out of poverty right here in America and cut child poverty and this year in half folks. So how are we going to pay for all this? But with tax cuts for the middle class and working class families, how we're gonna pay for that? Well, it's real simple. It's about time the very wealthy and corporations start paying their fair share. It's about time. Cool. As simple as that. And folks, I'm not gonna bury the details, but I promise you, no one making under $400,000 a year is going to pay a single additional penny in tax. No one, as I said last night, The middle class, the working people of this country are already paying enough in taxes. It's time for the richest one of Americans and corporate America to start to do their part. Let me just give you a simple fact. Last year, for example, 55 of our largest corporations in America paid $0 in federal tax-0 And they made $40 billion, Not a penny in tax, folks, if in fact, we had a minimum book tax for corporations for the fortune, just a fortune 500 companies, just the minimum tax of 15% about all you'd sign up for 15% tax right now, If in fact, with just 15%,, We'd raised $230 billion dollars pay for all this. So folks, I'm not trying to punish anyone What we've got to make corporations making 40 billion pain zero is just not right. Something seriously wrong here. Georgia. I think a lot of, you know, I ran for president saying we had to heal the soul of this nation. That's what we have to do. And the conviction of George Floyd's murderer is now our opportunity to make some real progress to restore the soul of this country and we can do it, we can act rational police reform. We can root out systemic racism in our criminal justice system. And with real plans I outlined today, we have a real chance to deliver real equity across the board to everyone black, white, latino, asian, american, good jobs, good schools, affordable housing, clean air, clean water. Look being able to generate wealth and pass it down through generations. It's how most folks got there. But it means, how did most of the middle class folks, you know, who are caucasian or white? How did they make? Well, they were able to get enough money to buy a home and they build equity in that home and they build equity at home. They passed it on and they pass it on and that's how you build well. Well, we're going to make sure that african americans as well as make sure that Latinos and asian americans are able to build that kind of wealth. Look, when the vice president, I were Atlanta last month, we met with leaders of the africa of the asian american community in Georgia. Following the mass shootings here in Atlanta. It was a raw and powerful meeting in a very emotional moment and some criticized me for speaking out nationally about that hate crime. So I'm criticized me for saying how ugly and sinister it was. Well, since then, Because of the two senators you said, among others, the United States Senate passed the covid 19 hate crimes act protect asian american and pacific Islanders from the vicious hate crimes. We've seen too often, too long in the past 94 to 1. So don't tell me we can't make progress. It's the first step we have a lot more to do. You know, that's right. If we are to truly hill here in the soul America, we need to project that sacred, right and protected to vote. You know, in this state of dr king and john lewis, you know how precious and how precarious the right to vote is in november. And then again in january, your vote changed the world, not just north of the world, but it's celebrating that it's being attacked. More people voted For president in 2020 than any time in American history ever. They did it in the middle of a pandemic. What you've seen, What's happened here in Georgia with your state's laws. It's just wrong, wrong. And it's why we have to pass the voting rights protection laws coming through the Congress right now. H. R. One and john lewis voting rights act, both should be passed now. So folks, it's only been 100 days. But I have to tell you, I've never been more optimistic about the future in America, America is on the move again. We're choosing hope over fair truth over lies. Light over darkness and we're working. We're working again. We're dreaming again. We're discovering again and we're leading the world again. And you're proving democracy can deliver for the people. We just need to remember who we are. We are the United States of America. And there's nothing, nothing, nothing we cannot do if we do it together. So let's stay together. God bless you all! May God protect our troops. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Georgia. You know you're keep listening. Higher. Higher and higher. I I see two guys in the back. I want to come up here. I want. I was downhearted, disappointment was my close friend chain and it soon departed Raphael Warner High. Center us off. I said going off, Keep it high. All right. Mhm. Looking for my mask. I'm in trouble. I'm so glad faster. Found you. That's that one in a million girls. And now with arms around, I can stand up and face well, listen, Georgia, we need you. Keep my life going on.
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President Biden turns to Georgia to begin pitch for $4 trillion spending plan
In the closing days of his presidential campaign, Joe Biden swung through the Georgia town where Franklin Delano Roosevelt coped with polio, making the case that government can be a force for good. Now, 100 days after taking office, Biden has returned to the state trying to sell voters on his ambitious vision.The president hoped on Thursday to rally supporters behind his $4 trillion plans to rebuild America's aging infrastructure and vastly expand the government's social safety net. As the nation takes steps to move past the devastating pandemic, he argues that now is the time for the government to spend more on its citizens and raise taxes on the extremely wealthy to cover the cost.The Georgia trip is part of an effort to gain momentum for the massive — and expensive — agenda Biden articulated during his first address to a joint session of Congress. It's a dramatic shift from nearly four decades of politics in which leaders from both parties have spoken of a need to contain government "In another era when our democracy was tested, Franklin Roosevelt reminded us—In America we do our part," Biden told lawmakers Wednesday night. "That's all I'm asking. That we all do our part."There's special significance in Biden's decision to make Georgia his first stop after the address. He was the first Democratic presidential contender to carry the state since Bill Clinton in 1992.Biden won by fewer than 12,000 votes out of more than 5 million cast. The state, long a Republican stronghold, is now a political battleground that will feature closely watched races for Senate and governor next year. It will almost certainly be one of the most competitive states during the 2024 presidential campaign. Before an evening car rally in Duluth, Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, first visited former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, at their home in Plains, Georgia. Carter's defeat to Republican Ronald Reagan in 1980 ushered in an era in which calls for smaller government and lower taxes for big business and the wealthy were embraced as a tonic for economic growth.Biden, who established himself as moderate during his decades in elected office but has moved to a more progressive approach to governing in the early days of his presidency, offered a rebuttal Wednesday that Reagan's "trickle-down economics has never worked."For their part, Republicans are resisting Biden's calls for more spending but are still fine-tuning their argument and steering clear of attacking him personally."I think the president is hard to vilify. I think he's well intentioned. I think he was warmly received in a personal way," said Sen. Roy Blunt, a member of the Republican leadership. "But the proposals he made are overwhelming in terms of a new footprint for the government, and a new level of government spending."It's no accident Biden chose Gwinnett County to serve as the backdrop to begin making his case for his spending plan. A fast-growing suburban Atlanta county northeast of downtown, Gwinnett has become a source of Democratic support in the state.Gwinnett stands out for its racial and ethnic diversity, with fast-growing Asian American and Hispanic populations and a thriving business community of immigrants and first-generation citizens. The county anchors Georgia's 7th Congressional District, which freshman Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux flipped in 2020 to give Democrats control of both suburban House districts along metro Atlanta's northern ring. Biden is also scheduled to travel to Pennsylvania and Virginia in the days ahead to promote his spending plan.The push for $4 trillion in federal spending is a considerable gamble. Biden is governing with the most slender of majorities in Congress, and even some in his own party have blanched at the price tag of his proposals. Biden has repeatedly pressed his contention that his plans would put Americans back to work, restoring the millions of jobs lost to the virus. In his speech to Congress, he laid out an extensive proposal for universal preschool, two years of free community college, $225 billion for child care and monthly payments of at least $250 to parents. His ideas target frailties that were uncovered by the pandemic, and he argues that economic growth will best come from taxing the rich to help the middle class and the poor.In his first three months in office, Biden has signed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill — passed without a single GOP vote — and has shepherded direct payments of $1,400 per person to more than 160 million households. Hundreds of billions of dollars in aid will soon arrive for state and local governments, enough money that overall U.S. growth this year could eclipse 6% — a level not seen since 1984. Administration officials are betting that it will be enough to bring back all 8.4 million jobs lost to the pandemic by next year.A significant amount proposed just Wednesday would ensure that eligible families receive at least $250 monthly per child through 2025, extending the enhanced tax credit that was part of Biden's COVID-19 aid. There would be more than $400 billion for subsidized child care and free preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds.An additional combined $425 billion would go to permanently reduce health insurance premiums for people who receive coverage through the Affordable Care Act, as well as a national paid family and medical leave program. Further spending would be directed toward Pell Grants, historically Black and tribal institutions and to allow people to attend community college tuition-free for two years. ___Madhani reported from Chicago. Associated Press writers Bill Barrow in Atlanta, Jonathan Lemire in New York and Darlene Superville, Lisa Mascaro and Josh Boak in Washington contributed to this report.

In the closing days of his presidential campaign, Joe Biden swung through the Georgia town where Franklin Delano Roosevelt coped with polio, making the case that government can be a force for good. Now, 100 days after taking office, Biden has returned to the state trying to sell voters on his ambitious vision.

The president hoped on Thursday to rally supporters behind his $4 trillion plans to rebuild America's aging infrastructure and vastly expand the government's social safety net. As the nation takes steps to move past the devastating pandemic, he argues that now is the time for the government to spend more on its citizens and raise taxes on the extremely wealthy to cover the cost.

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The Georgia trip is part of an effort to gain momentum for the massive — and expensive — agenda Biden articulated during his first address to a joint session of Congress. It's a dramatic shift from nearly four decades of politics in which leaders from both parties have spoken of a need to contain government

"In another era when our democracy was tested, Franklin Roosevelt reminded us—In America we do our part," Biden told lawmakers Wednesday night. "That's all I'm asking. That we all do our part."

There's special significance in Biden's decision to make Georgia his first stop after the address. He was the first Democratic presidential contender to carry the state since Bill Clinton in 1992.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive for a rally at Infinite Energy Center, to mark his 100th day in office, Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Duluth, Ga.
Evan Vucci / AP Photo
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive for a rally at Infinite Energy Center, to mark his 100th day in office, Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Duluth, Ga.

Biden won by fewer than 12,000 votes out of more than 5 million cast. The state, long a Republican stronghold, is now a political battleground that will feature closely watched races for Senate and governor next year. It will almost certainly be one of the most competitive states during the 2024 presidential campaign.

Before an evening car rally in Duluth, Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, first visited former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, at their home in Plains, Georgia.

Carter's defeat to Republican Ronald Reagan in 1980 ushered in an era in which calls for smaller government and lower taxes for big business and the wealthy were embraced as a tonic for economic growth.

Biden, who established himself as moderate during his decades in elected office but has moved to a more progressive approach to governing in the early days of his presidency, offered a rebuttal Wednesday that Reagan's "trickle-down economics has never worked."

For their part, Republicans are resisting Biden's calls for more spending but are still fine-tuning their argument and steering clear of attacking him personally.

"I think the president is hard to vilify. I think he's well intentioned. I think he was warmly received in a personal way," said Sen. Roy Blunt, a member of the Republican leadership. "But the proposals he made are overwhelming in terms of a new footprint for the government, and a new level of government spending."

It's no accident Biden chose Gwinnett County to serve as the backdrop to begin making his case for his spending plan. A fast-growing suburban Atlanta county northeast of downtown, Gwinnett has become a source of Democratic support in the state.

President Joe Biden picks a dandelion to give first lady Jill Biden as they walk on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington to board the Marine One, Thursday, April 29, 2021.
Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP Photo
President Joe Biden picks a dandelion to give first lady Jill Biden as they walk on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington to board the Marine One, Thursday, April 29, 2021.

Gwinnett stands out for its racial and ethnic diversity, with fast-growing Asian American and Hispanic populations and a thriving business community of immigrants and first-generation citizens. The county anchors Georgia's 7th Congressional District, which freshman Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux flipped in 2020 to give Democrats control of both suburban House districts along metro Atlanta's northern ring.

Biden is also scheduled to travel to Pennsylvania and Virginia in the days ahead to promote his spending plan.

The push for $4 trillion in federal spending is a considerable gamble. Biden is governing with the most slender of majorities in Congress, and even some in his own party have blanched at the price tag of his proposals.

Biden has repeatedly pressed his contention that his plans would put Americans back to work, restoring the millions of jobs lost to the virus. In his speech to Congress, he laid out an extensive proposal for universal preschool, two years of free community college, $225 billion for child care and monthly payments of at least $250 to parents. His ideas target frailties that were uncovered by the pandemic, and he argues that economic growth will best come from taxing the rich to help the middle class and the poor.

In his first three months in office, Biden has signed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill — passed without a single GOP vote — and has shepherded direct payments of $1,400 per person to more than 160 million households. Hundreds of billions of dollars in aid will soon arrive for state and local governments, enough money that overall U.S. growth this year could eclipse 6% — a level not seen since 1984. Administration officials are betting that it will be enough to bring back all 8.4 million jobs lost to the pandemic by next year.

A significant amount proposed just Wednesday would ensure that eligible families receive at least $250 monthly per child through 2025, extending the enhanced tax credit that was part of Biden's COVID-19 aid. There would be more than $400 billion for subsidized child care and free preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds.

An additional combined $425 billion would go to permanently reduce health insurance premiums for people who receive coverage through the Affordable Care Act, as well as a national paid family and medical leave program. Further spending would be directed toward Pell Grants, historically Black and tribal institutions and to allow people to attend community college tuition-free for two years.

___

Madhani reported from Chicago. Associated Press writers Bill Barrow in Atlanta, Jonathan Lemire in New York and Darlene Superville, Lisa Mascaro and Josh Boak in Washington contributed to this report.