‘She gets to go to the game next week’ — Biden on Jill Biden
‘Speaker, I don’t want to ruin your reputation, but I look forward to working with you’ — Joe to the speaker
‘I want to give special recognition to someone I think is going to be the greatest speaker of the house: Nancy Pelosi’
‘12 million new jobs!’
‘Today Covid no longer controls our lives’
‘In fact, I signed over 300 bi-partisan pieces of legislation’
‘Fighting for the sake of fighting. . . Gets us nowhere’
‘Too many manufacturing jobs get sent overseas… along the way something else we lost: Pride, our sense of self-worth’
‘My dad used to say a job is a lot more than a paycheck’
‘. . . a 50 year low in unemployment’
‘We have more to do, but here inflation is falling down’
‘a record 10 million Americans applied to start new businesses’
‘we used to make 40% of the worlds chips… 10% today’
‘We’re going to make sure the supply chain begins in America’
[camera pans to Ted Cruz who looks like he shit his pants]
‘Folks, already we’ve funded 20,000 projects’
‘I’ll see you at the groundbreaking’ — Biden to republicans who voted against
‘We’re building back pride’
‘We’re making sure that every community in America has access to high-speed internet’
‘We’re going to buy American’
‘All construction materials used in federal infrastructure projects to be made in America!’
‘Too many people have been left behind, and treated like they’re invisible. . . I get that — that’s why we’re building an economy where no one is left behind’
‘With the inflation reduction act, which I signed into law, we’re talking on powerful interests to bring cost down. . . You know, we pay more for prescription drugs than any other nation on earth’
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Folks, big pharma is still going to do very well — I promise you’
‘we’re finally giving Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices’
‘. . . It cuts the federal deficit’
‘As my football coach used to say, lots luck in your senior year’ — Biden to Republican clapping to reduce the inflation reduction act
‘More timber has been burned than the entire state of Missouri… and we don’t have global warming?’
‘we’re going to build 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations’
‘let’s face reality… it’s an existential threat’
‘We pay for these investments by finally making the biggest and wealthiest corps to begin to pay their taxes’
‘the tax system is not fair’
‘55 of the largest corporations in america. . . Made 40 billion dollars in profit and paid 0 in federal taxes’
‘. . . Because of the law I signed, billion dollar companies have to pay a minimum of 15 percent — that’s less than a nurse’
‘there’s a thousand billionaires. . . No billionaire should be paying a lower tax rate that the teacher or firefighter’
‘they used the record profits to buyback their own stock’ — Biden on oil companies
‘the last two years my administration has cut the deficit by more than 1.7 trillion dollars — the largest deficit reduction in American history’
‘No president added more to the national debt in any four years than my predecessor. . . There are the facts, check it out’
‘Some of my Republican friend want to take the economy hostage’
‘We’re not going to be threatened into defaulting on the debt if we don’t respond’
‘So, tonight, let’s stand up for seniors’
‘Let’s sit down together and discuss our mutual plans together’
‘The plan I’m going to show you will cut the deficit by another two trillion dollars’
‘Here’s the deal: they’re just taking advantage of the tax code’
‘Capitalism without competition is not capitalism, it’s extortion’
‘We’re making airlines show you the full ticket price up-front’
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‘We’re going to ban surprise resort fees that hotels charge. . . At hotels that aren’t even resorts’
‘The idea that cable, internet and cellphone companies can charge you 200 or more if you decide to switch. . . Give me a break’
‘For too long workers have been getting stiffed, but not anymore. . . 30 million worked have to sign non-compete agreements. . . They just changed it because we exposed it’
‘I’m so sick of companies preventing workers from organizing’
‘We’ve recovered billions of taxpayer dollars’
‘For every dollar we put into fighting fraud, the taxpayer gets back at least 10x as much’
‘public safety depends on public trust’
‘Most of us here haven’t had the talk — the talk black and brown people have with their children’
‘Give law enforcement the real training they need’
‘I signed an executive order for all federal officers banning chokeholds, restricting no-knock warrants’
‘BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS’
‘Let’s remember the world is watching’
‘Putin’s invasion has been a test for the ages. . . Would we stand for the most basic of principles. . . One year later we know the answer — yea we would and did!’
‘We made clear. . . That we see competition, not conflict’ — Biden to China
‘Make no mistake about it — if China threatens our sovereignty, we will act to protect our country and we did’