Announced over $220 billion in funding, now over 32,000 projects across 4,500 communities across the country as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda Just 18 months ago, President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law – a once-in-a-generation investment in our nation’s infrastructure and competitiveness. While “Infrastructure Week” became a punchline under his predecessor,…
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FACT SHEET: The Biden-Harris Administration Launches the Talent Pipeline Challenge: Supporting Employer Investments in Equitable Workforce Development for Infrastructure Jobs
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is kicking off a summer-long Talent Pipeline Challenge to fill high quality jobs that will help rebuild our infrastructure and supply chains here at home, and continue our transition from a historic economic recovery to steady and stable growth in the years ahead. This is a nationwide call to action for…
Remarks by President Biden at North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) Legislative Conference
Washington Hilton HotelWashington, D.C. 12:47 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello! Hello, Building Trades! (Applause.) Hello, hello, hello! AUDIENCE: Let’s go, Joe! Let’s go, Joe! Let’s go, Joe! THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. AUDIENCE: Let’s go, Joe! Let’s go, Joe! Let’s go, Joe! THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. I think I’ll —…
FACT SHEET: President Biden Takes Bold Executive Action to Spur Domestic Clean Energy Manufacturing
Historic Actions Include Authorizing Defense Production Act to Lower Energy Costs, Strengthen Power Grid, and Create Good-Paying Jobs Today’s clean energy technologies are a critical part of the arsenal we must harness to lower energy costs for families, reduce risks to our power grid, and tackle the urgent crisis of a changing climate. From day…
Remarks by Vice President Harris in a Moderated Conversation with Members of Registered Apprenticeship Programs | Dorchester, MA
Pipefitters Local 537Dorchester, Massachusetts THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Good afternoon. Oh, it’s good to be in the house of labor. And it’s good to see so many friends. Brian, it’s good to be with you. MR. DOHERTY: Great to be with you, Vice President. THE VICE PRESIDENT: So, we got a lot to…
A First-Principles Look at Historically Low U.S. Fertility and its Macroeconomic Implications
Recently, the CDC released provisional data showing that, in 2023, the U.S. birth rate declined to its lowest level in history. This data point is the most recent in a trend of falling U.S. fertility rates since 2007, the onset of the Great Recession. Observers have noted that low fertility—and the aging population that it…
FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Executive Actions on Climate to Address Extreme Heat and Boost Offshore Wind
New Actions to Accelerate Clean Energy, Create Jobs, and Lower Costs Today, President Biden will reiterate that climate change is a clear and present danger to the United States. Since Congress is not acting on this emergency, President Biden will. In the coming weeks, President Biden will announce additional executive actions to combat this emergency. …
Update on the Administration’s Economic Assumptions
Each year, the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and Department of the Treasury develop an economic forecast for the President’s Budget. That forecast is used to project a range of fiscal metrics in the Budget. Because agencies base their budget forecasts and estimates of the impact of the President’s…
Remarks by President Biden on Micron’s Plan to Invest in Chips Manufacturing
Onondaga Community CollegeSyracuse, New York 4:23 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much. Hello, Syracuse! (Applause.) If you have a seat, take it. If you don’t, I’d probably leave. (Laughter.) Shawni, thank you for that introduction and for representing your sisters and brothers of the IBEW. One of the reasons I’m standing here…
Readout of White House Roundtable on Best Practices to Increase Women in Construction
Today, Director of the Gender Policy Council Jennifer Klein, Domestic Policy Advisor Neera Tanden, and Deputy Chief of Staff Natalie Quillian, alongside Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Vice Chair Jocelyn Samuels, Solicitor of Labor Seema Nanda, and Department of Commerce CHIPS Program Office Director Michael Schmidt, met with semiconductor manufacturers, construction contractors, labor unions, tradeswomen…
