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Remarks: Joe Biden Addresses a Virtual DNC Fundraising Event - November 9, 2021
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Joe Biden
00:00:13-00:00:35 (21 sec)Weak (1.028)
So, I tell you what -- and, Ed, I know you'll believe this, but when I -- I'm going to get in trouble with my folks in Delaware -- but on Election Night, I wanted to get one election result: how I did in Scranton. And I won every precinct, Eddie. So, my mom is looking down; she's smiling.
Joe Biden
00:00:59-00:01:15 (16 sec)No Signal (0)
And Kamala and I were sent here by the American people to deliver, and that's what we're trying to do. You know, after -- as I said jokingly, when I announced it -- after years of "Infrastructure Week," we finally followed through and just passed a monumental piece of legislation.
Joe Biden
00:01:15-00:01:36 (21 sec)Medium (1.809)
It's going to create millions of jobs -- and that's not just me; that's coming from Wall Street as well as think tanks -- and to grow our economy to make us more competitive and take a giant step forward on dealing with the climate crisis -- over half a billion dollars -- more than that -- in terms of dealing with the climate crisis: electric vehicles, charging stations, a whole range of things.
Joe Biden
00:02:13-00:02:27 (13 sec)Medium (1.704)
We're going to see new fleets of electric vehicles and school buses, a national network of charging stations, so -- so -- so you can charge up and drive all the way across the country with your kids and not worry about whether you're having -- not going to be able to charge again.
Joe Biden
00:02:45-00:02:58 (13 sec)Medium (1.51)
There's 2 million women who can't get back to work because they have to deal with childcare -- or eldercare, for that matter -- the sandwich generation getting caught between both. And it's going to be good for them and their families and for the economy.
Joe Biden
00:02:58-00:03:29 (31 sec)Medium (1.677)
There's universal pre-K -- three and four years old, as you mentioned, Ed -- it's going to increase academic achievement. It's estimated by some of the great universities in the country studying this the last 10 years that it's going to increase the prospect of a kid coming from a -- from a home where they don't have books or they haven't heard that many words -- they're going to put them in a position to compete with every other child in America, increasing by 56 percent the chance they'll get all the way through 12 years of school and go on to beyond high school.
Joe Biden
00:03:29-00:03:50 (21 sec)Medium (1.759)
And we're going to lower the prescription drug costs, cut taxes for working people and middle class -- by the way, this bill doesn't cost a cent. We're going to -- you know, and together with the infrastructure bill, we're going to make significant investments on the most significant -- significant investment ever in dealing with the climate crisis and turn it into an opportunity in a jobs bill.
Joe Biden
00:04:08-00:04:35 (27 sec)Weak (1.35)
It's fair, it's fiscally responsible, and it's paid for -- plus one more thing: It extends the refundable Child Care Tax Credit I put in the American Rescue Plan that passed months ago, which has helped some 60 million children -- 60 million children. It helped cut child poverty in America by more than 40 percent this year. It's one of the things I'm most proud of. And we have -- and we've had some -- some big news in the last few days.
Joe Biden
00:04:35-00:05:07 (32 sec)Medium (1.872)
And a COVID vaccine for children ages 5 to 12 has been approved. And it's going to give millions of American parents peace of mind. And it means we now have the tools to combat COVID-19. We have vaccine, booster shots, and, soon, an antiviral pill that's going to prevent severe illness or death once you -- if someone hadn't been va- -- you guys still got to get vaccinated, but if you hadn't been vaccinated and you get sick, this is going to keep you from being hospitalized or dying. And that's critical not only for public health but for our economy as well.
Joe Biden
00:05:07-00:05:26 (19 sec)Weak (1.445)
You know, just last week, we reported 500,000 jobs were created last month. And they upped the jobs number created in July and August by 250,000 or thereabouts. The job creation for the previous two months, it was adjusted upwards, and several hundre- -- 200-and-some-thousand jobs.
Joe Biden
00:05:37-00:05:55 (17 sec)Weak (1.31)
Now, I know a lot of folks are -- don't feel that progress out there, that we're making in the economy. I get it. I know the cost of gasoline and groceries and rent seems to be harder and harder to handle that. But that's all the more reason why we have to pass the Build Back Better plan.
Joe Biden
00:05:55-00:06:15 (20 sec)Weak (1.076)
Seventeen Nobel laureates in the economy have -- have spontaneously contacted us and told us and put out a national statement that my plan, they said, will ease inflationary pressures, not create them. And for those Americans who are focused on the cost of living, it's even more important to pass this legislation.
Joe Biden
00:06:49-00:07:03 (15 sec)Medium (1.529)
I'm going to close with this: Not only Americans -- are the American people watching, the world is watching. I met with the vast majority of the world leaders so far -- in person mostly, but also on Zoom. I just returned from the G20 and COP26 in Europe.
Joe Biden
00:07:17-00:07:30 (13 sec)Medium (1.835)
This is truly an inflection point in our nation. Both Putin and Xi Jinping have indicated to me that they don't think democracies can work in the 21st century because it takes too long to arrive at a consensus; that's why autocracies are going to win the day.
Joe Biden
00:07:30-00:07:52 (22 sec)Medium (1.542)
But, look, we're meeting some of the most important challenges head on we've ever faced. We're pulling out of a pandemic that has taken 750,000 lives and pulling our economy off its -- you know, and we're pulling our economy back off its back. We're rebuilding the backbone of this nation, giving working people a fighting chance.