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Understanding 9/11tv President Biden Delivers 2024 State of the Union Address CSPAN March 10, 2024 1:04pm-2:55pm EDT
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[cheers and applause] thank you. [gavel banging] pres. biden: good evening. if i were smart, i would go home now. [laughter] ■■mr. s mpeaker congress,
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my fellow americans. in january, 19 41, franklin o this chamber to speak to the nation and he said, i address you at a in thef the union. war was raging in europe. president roosevelt's purpose was to wake up congress and9á alert the american people that this was no ordinary time. freedom and democracy were under assault in the world. i come to this same chamber. now it is we who face an yet my purpose tonight is to wake up the congress and alert the american people that this is rdinary moment, either. not since president lincoln and the civil war has freed democracy been under assault as it is today.
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freedom of democracy is under attack both at home and overseas overseas, putin and russia is on the march, invading ukraine and sewing chaos throughout europe and beyond. if anyone thinks vladimir putin will stop at ukraine, i assure you he will not. [applause] stop putin. ukraine can stop putin, if we stand with ukraine and provide the weapons that it needs to defend itself. [applause] that is all
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they are not asking for american soldiers. in fact, there are no american soldiers ind to keep it that way. but now, assistance to ukraine is being blocked by those who want to walk away from our world leadership. it wasn't long ago when republican president named ronald reagan gorbachev, tear down this wall." now my predecessor, a former republican presi tells putin "do whatever the hell you want." that's a quote. a foer presi a■ñthat, bowing don leader. i think it's outrageous, dangerous, and it's unacceptable. [applause]
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america is a founding member of nato. the military alliance of world war ii to prevent war and keep the peace. and today, we have made nato stronger than ever. we welcome the alliance last year. and just this morning, sweden officially joined, and their minister is here tonight. stand up. welcome. [applause] pres. biden: welcome, welcome, welcome. and they know how to fight. mr. prime minister, welcome to nato, the strongest military alliance the world has ever seen. i say this to congress, we have
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to stand up to putin. send me a bipartisan national security bill. history is literally watching. the united states walks away, it wi peurope is at risk. the free world will be at risk, emboldening others to do us harm. my message to president putin is simple. we will not walk away. [cheers and applause] we will not bow down. i will not bow down. in a literal sense, history is watching. bgjust like history watched thre
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years ago on january 6, when an insurrection stormed this very capitolcç and threatened democracy. ■vmany of you were here on that darkest of days. we all saw with our own eyes that the insurrectionist were not patriots. they came to stop the peaceful transfer of power and overturn the will of the people. january 6 lies about the 2020 election and the plot to steal the election posed au.s., democt since the civil war, but they failed. [applause] america stood strong and democracy prevailed. let's be honest, the threat to democracy must be defended.
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my predecessor and some of you here seek to bury the truth about january 6. i will not do that. this is a mont lies. here's the simple truth. you can't love your country only when you win. [cheers and applause]
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as h being elected to office, i ask all of you without regard to party, to join together and defend
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democracy. remember defend against all threats foreign and domestic. respect free and fair elections. restore trust in our institutions and make clear political violence has no place in america, zero place. [applause] not hyperbole. history is watching. your grandchildren will read about this day and what we do. history is watching another assault on freedom. onight is a social worker from birmingham, alabama. 14 months ago she and her husband welcomed a baby girl thanks to e miracle of ivf. she is scheduled a treatment to have a second child. the alabama supreme court shut
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down the treatment across the state unleashed by the supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade. she was told her dream would have to wait. #qhe would not have happened unless congress acts. so tonight, let's stand up for families like her. toy friends across the aisle, don't keep this waiting any longer. guarantee the right to ivf. guarantee it nationwide. [cheers and applause] pres. biden: like most americans, i believe roe v. wade got it right. i thk ce president harris for being an incredible leader defending reproductive freedom and so much more. [applause] thank you. my predecessor was determined to
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see roe v. wade overturned. and he brags about it. look at the chaos. 8nthat has resulted. joining us tonight is kate cox, the wife and mother from dallas. she has become pregnant again and had a fetus with a fatal condition. her doctor told kate that her own life and ability to have children in the future were at act. texas law banned her ability to act so kate and her husband had to leave the state to get what she needed. what her family went through should never have happened but it's happening with tonythe stag doctors, forcing survivors of rape and incest to leave their state toy need. many of you in this chamber and my predecessor have promised to pass a ban on rep productive
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m. my god, what freedom else would you take away? the decision to overturn roe v wade, the supreme court wrote the following, and th justices,t without electoral power -- electoral or political power. [cheers and applause] clearlycl those bragging about overturning roe v. wade have no clue about the power of women, but they found out when reproductive freedom was on the ballot. in 2022 and we will win again in 2024. [applause]
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if you the american people send me an congress the support, i promise you, i will restore roe v. wade as the law of the land again. folks, america cannot go back. i'm here tonight to show at i believe is the way forward. i know how far we've come. four years ago next week before i came to office, the country worst pandemic and worst economic crisis in a century. remember the fear, record rate,t took more than one million american lives, the loved ones
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thatind. the mental health crisis and isolation and loneliness. my predecessor failed the most basic predeia h owes to the american people, the duty to care. i think that's unforgivable. i came to office determined to get us through one of the toughest periods in the nation's history. we have. it doesn't make news, but 1000 cities and towns, the american people are readying the greatest comeback[applause] let's tell the story here. tell it here anw. building the future of american possibilities, building the economy from the middle out and bottom up, not the top down. icans to make sure everyone has a fair shot. we leave no one behind. the pandemic no longer controls
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ourthe vaccine that saved us frm covid is now being used to beat cancer, turning setbacks into comebacks. that's what america does. [applause] folks, economy, it was on the brink. now it is 15 million jobs in just three years, a record. [applause] unemployment at 50 year lows. a record 16 million americans starting small businesses and each one is a little act of hope. historic job growth and small business growth for blacks, hispanics, and asian americans, 800 thousand new manufacturing jobs in%0 countin.
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we can be the manufacturing capital of the w. more people have health insurance today than ever before. the racial wealth gap is as small as it has been in 20 years. wages go up and inflation is dropping. it has dropped from 9% to 3%, the lowest in the world, and tending lower. now instead of importing foreign products and exporting american jobs, we are importing american exporting american products and creating american jobs. it takes time but the american people are beginning to feel shr
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confidence is soaring. by america has been the law of 1930's. the tax administration including my predecessors, and including some democrats in the past, failed to■# american. not anymore. on my watch, federal projects that you fund by helping build am bridges, and products will be made with american products and built by american workers. paying good paying american jobs. [applause] and thanks our trips and science act, the united states is investing more research and development than ever before. ■!there's -- there was a shortae of cell phones and ships that drove up the prices. by the way, we invented those
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chips in america. instead of importing them, private companies are investing billions of dollars to build new chip factories here in america creating tens of thousands of [applause] paying $100,000 a in fact, my policies have attracted 650 billion dollars in private sector investmentenergy, creating tens of thousands of jobs here in america. thanks to our bipartisan infrastructure law, 46 thousw pd across all communities. by the way, i noticed some of youvoted against
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it are there cheering on. [applause] i'm with you. if any of you don't want that money in your district, just let me know. [laughter] ■roads and bridges, ports and airports, public transit, removing poisonous lead pipes so every child can drink clean water wioun damage. [applause] providing affordable high-speed for every american no matter where you live, urban, suburban, rural communities in red states and blue states. record investments in tribal communities. because of my investment and family farms, read by my secretary of agriculture who knows this better than anyone i know, we are better able to stay
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in the family because at small farms, children and grandchildren don't have to leave to make a living. the great comeback story is belvidere, illinois, home to an auto plant for nearly 60 years. before i came to office, the plant was on its way to shutting down. thousands of workers feared for their livelihoods. hope was fading. when i was elected office and we raised the belvidere repeatedly with autoworkers knowing unions would make the difference. the uaw worked like hell to keep the plant open and get jobs-÷nd. instead of all the factories shutting down, all the factories reopening, newta-of- factories being built. [applause] the folks at belvidere, i say instead of your town:9 being let behind, your community is moving
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forward again because instead of watching auto jobs of the future gow" oversea 4000 union jobs with higher wages are building the future in belvidere right here in america. tonight, the uaw president, a great friend and great labor leader. where are you? stand up. [applause] and dawn sims, a third generation uaw worker at president standing at the picket line. today, don has a good job providingshowing once again, wat
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did not build america. they are not bad guys, but tddle country and unions built the middle class. [cheers and applause] i say to the american■n people, when america gets knocked down, we get back up. we keep going. that's america. coming back. it is because of you our future is brightest. it is because of you that tonight, we can proudly say the state of our union is strong and getting stronger. [applause]
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[chanting] four more years! pres. biden: tonight, i want to talk about the future of possibilities we can build together, a future where the days of trickle-down economics are the wealthy and big corporations no longer get tax breaks. i understand corporations. i come from stateha invested ine state than the other states combined. i'm not anti-corporation, but i grew up in a home whereput muc'n table. that's why i'm determined to turn things around so the middle class does well. when they do well, the poor and the wealthy still do well. there's more we cansure you aree
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benefits. . americans are paying more for prescription drugs than anywhere elser] there's a lot that i proposed republican buddies voted for it. we finally beat big pharma. instead of paying $400 a month for costs $10 to make, and they can only get fit. i want to cap cost■ insulin to $35 for everyone. [applause] for, people have talked
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about it, but finally we got it done and gave medicaid the power to lower the cost of prescription drugs just like the v.a. is able to do for veterans. that is not just saving seniors money, it is saving taxpayermon. we cut the federal deficit by $160 billion. because medicare will no longer have to pay those exorbitant prices to big pharma. this year medicarenegotiating pf the costliest drugs on the market to treat everything from heart we will lower the prices 0 different drugs [applause] and they will still be extremely profitable. it will not only save lives, it will save taxpayers another $200
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billion. starting next year, the same all caps total prescription drug costs for seniors on medicare to $2000 a year. cost $10,000, 15 thousand dollars, i want to cap it at $2000 a year for everyone. [applause] i'gofor saying it, but in toronto, berlin, moscow -- i'm sorry, but moscow probably. you can get what you pay now. same company, same drug. folks, the affordable care act, the obamacare, is still a very big deal.
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[applause] you can no longer be denied health insurance because of a pre-existing condition. but myrñ predecessor and many in this chamber want to take prescription drugs away by repealing the affordable care act. i'm not going to let that happen. [cheers and applause] we stoppedill stop you again. in fact, i'm not only protecting it, i'm expanding it. 800 per person per year, we can reduce health care costs for millions of families. that tax credit expires next year. i want to make that savings
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permanent. [applause] to state the obvious, women are more than half our population. women's health has always been underfunded. . that's why we are launching the first ever white house initiative on wom'led by jill, e job as first lady. [applause] we passed my -- if passed, my plan will benefit millions of lives across america. important to you. inflation keeps coming down, mortgage rates will come down as well and the fed acknowledges that, b provide an annual tax credit to give americans $400 a
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month for the next two years as mortgage rates come down to they buy their first home or trade up for a little more space. [cheers and applause. ] cúj and my administration is also eliminating title■v mortgages. when you refinance your home, you can save $1000 or more as a consequence. for millionsrenters, we are cracking down on big landlords who break antitrust laws by rents. we cut red tape so builders can get federally financing which is helping build a record 1.7 million new housing units nationwide.
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[applause] build and renovate 2 million affordable homes and bring those rates down. [applause] to remain the strongest economy in the world, we need to have the best eystem in the world. and i, like i suspect all of you, want to give every child a good start by providing access to preschool for three and four years old. i pointed out last year that children coming from broken homes where there is no books
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and they are not read to or spoken to very oftenol, kindergt grade having heard one million or fewer words spoken. studies go that children who go to preschool are nfinish high sd go on to earn a two-year or four-year degree no matter what their background is. [applause] z?and thatand a half ago with the leaders of the business roundtable, they were mad -- well, they were discussing. [laughter] why i wanted to spend money on education. i pointed out to them, as vice president, i met with i think 182 of those folks. don't hold me to the exact number. i asked what they need most, the ceos. you've had the same experience on both sides of the aisle.
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they say a better educated workforce. i come from delaware, dupont used to be the eighth largest corporation in the world and every new enterprise they bought, educator the workforce. but none of you do that anymore. why are you angry with me providing you the opportunity for the best educated workforce in the world? they look at me and said, i think you're right. i want to expand high quality tutoring and summer learning to ensure every child learns to read by third grade. [applause] i'm also connecting local businesses and high schools so students get hands-on experience and a path to paying -- good paying jobs whether or not they go to college. is more affordable.
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let's continue increasing pell grants to working and increase investment in hbcus and minority serving institutions. [applause] ■9i was told i couldn't universally just change the way you dealtudent loans. i fixed two student loan programs that already existed to reduce the burden of student debt for nearly 4 million americans including nurses, firefighters, and others in public service. like keenan jones, a public educator in minnesota who is here tonight. 's educating hundreds of students so they can go to college. now he's able to help after debt forgiveness to get his own daughter to college. [applause]
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it's good for the economy because folks are now able to buy a home, start a business, start a family. anwh we are at it, i want to give public school teachers a raise. [cheers and applause] by the way, the first couple years, we cut the deficit. now let me speak to the question of fundamental fairness for all americans. i've been delivering real results in fiscally responsible ways. we federal deficit over $1 trillion. i signed a bipartisan deal■y to cut another trillion dollars in the next decade. it is my goal to cut the federal draft -- deficit another
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trillion dollars by getting big co■grpisomorations to finally py their fair share. [cheers and applause] capitalist. if you want to make millions of bucks, that's great. just pay your fair share in taxes. ■ affaire tax code is how we invest things to make this here's the deal. the last administration enacted a $2 trillion tax cut overwhelmingly benefiting the top 1%, the very wealthy and biggest corporations, and exploded the federal deficit. they added more history. check the numbers. folks at home, does anybody
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really think the tax code is fair? do the wealthy need another $2 billion tax break? i sure don't. i'm going to keep trying to make it fair. under my plan, pay any additional in taxes. nobody, not one penny, and they haven't yet. the child tax cut t i passed during the pandemic cut taxes for millions of working families and poverty in half. restore that child tax credit. no the way to make the tax code fair is to make bigc the wealthe their fair share. 55 of the biggest companies in
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erica■m billion and paid zero in taxes. zero. not anymore. thanks to the bill i signed, big companies have to pay a minimum of 50% but that's still less than working americans have to pay in taxes. evy corporation finally% so begins to pay their tax share. also want tax breaks for alliance and others. they can pay them 20 million if they want but deduct a million.p there are 1,000 billionaires in america. you know what the average federal tax is for those they're making great
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sacrifices. 8.2%, far vast majority of americans pay. no billionaire should may pay a lower tax rate than teacher, sanitation worker or a nurse. [applause] i tax for billionaires of 25%. just 25%. you know what they would raise? that would raise billion over the next 10 years and imagine what that could do for america. imagine a future with affordable childe,illions of families can get what they need to go to work and help grow the economy. imagine a future with paid leave use no one should have to choose between working and taking care of their sick family member. imagine the future of home care and elder care and people living with disabilities so they can stay in their homes and family
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caregivers can finally get the pay they deserve. tonight, let's all agree once again to stand up for seniors. [applause] many of my friends on side of the aisle want to put social security on the chopping block. if anyone here trials to cut socialsñ security or medicare or raise the retirement age, i will stop you. [applause] the working people -- the working people who built this country pay more into kurt nan millionaires and billionaires do. it's not fair. we have two ways to go. republicans can cut social security breaks to the wealthy -- that's the proposal. oh, no, you guys don't want i kind of thought that's what your plan was. well, that's good to hear.
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you're not going to cut another $2 trillion for the super wealthy, that's good to hear. ourl security will make the health oh wealthy pay their fair share. [applause] look -- too many corporations raise prices to pad their profits, charging more and more for less and that's our cracking diana on corporations engaged on price gouging and deceptive price to housing. in fact, the snack companies think you won't notice if they change the seize of the bag and put a hell of a lot fewer -- same sites bag, put fewer chips in it. no, i'm not joking. it's called string-flation. pass bicycle casey's bill and stop this. i really mean it.
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you probably all sawn snickers . you get charged the same amount and you have, about 10% fewer snickers in it. i'm also getti junk fees. those hidden fees at the end of the bill that are there without your knowledge. we're cutting social security fees from 20 dollars to $8. credit card companies allowed to charge what it costs them to instigate the collection and that's more a hell of a lot like $8 nan 30 something dollars. they don't like it. credit card companies don't like
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it but i'm saving american families $20 billion something a year with all the junk fees i'm eliminating. [applause] folks at home,why the banks are so mad is $20 billion in profit. i'm not stopping there. my administration proposes rules to make cable, online ticket sellers to tell you the price up front so there are no surprises. it matters. it matters, and so does this. in my team began serious negotiations with a bipartisan group of senators. the result was a bipartisan bill with the toughers set of border reforms we've ever seen. oh, you don't think so? huh? that conservatives got together and, was a good bill? i'll be darnelled, that's
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amazing. that bipartisan would hire 1,500 machine security agents and officers. 100 more immti officers help tackle the backlog. new policies so they can resolve cases in six months ind six years now. [applause] what do you get? 100 more detection machines to stop vehicles smuggling fentanyl into america that's killing thousands of children. this bill would save lives and bring order to the border. it would also give me and any new president new emergency north to temporarily shut down the border when the number of migrants at the border is overwhelming.
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the board every patrolku has endorsed this bill. yeah, yeah. you're saying no. look at the facts. [applause] ino to read. [applause] i believe that give the opportunity for a majority in the house and senate would endorse the bill as well. a majority right now butfortunas derailed this bill so far. i'm told my predecessor called members of congress in the senate the bill. he feels it would be a political win for me and a political loser for him. it's not about him, it's not about me. i'd be a winner, not -- riley, g
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woman who was killed bian -- laken riley, an innocent young woman who was killed bian illegal, that's right. my heart goes out to you. having lostren myself, i understand but look, if we exchange the dynamic at the border. people pay these smugglers to get across the border because they know if they get by and let into the country, it's six to eight years before they have a heang worth taking the chance at the $8,000 but -- but, if it's only six weeks, the ideao unlikely that people will pay that money and come all that way knowing t be able to get kicked out quickly. folks, i would respectfully suggest my republican fr
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owe it to the american people, get this bill done. we need to act now. [applause]. chanting] and to my predecessors watching, instead of playing politics and prri the bill, join me in telling the congress to pass it. we can do it together but apparently -- i will not demonize immigrants saying they are poison in the blood of our country. [applause] i will separate families. i will not ban people because of theirai. unlike my predecessor on any first day in office i introduced
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a extensive bill. secure the border. provide a pathway for dreamers and so much more. but unlik^ i know who we are as americans. we're the only nation in the world with the heart and soul that draws from old and enough. home to native er ancestors that have been here for thousands of years. home to people from every place on earth.■ they came freely. some came in chains. some came when if a mini struck like my ancestral home in ire land. some to chase persecution. some to chase dreams. that's america. and we all■ but we're all americans. [applause] >> look, folks, it's a simple choice. we can fight about fixing the f.
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[applause] i'm ready to fix it. send me the border bil [rhythmic applause]■ >> a transformational moment in history happened 58, 59 years ago alabama. hundreds of foot soldiers for justice marchede peptize bridge to get their right to vote. they were bloodied and left forr colleague john lewis was on that march. we miss him. [applause] but joining us tonight, our
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over -- are other marchers, both in the gallery and on the floor, including betty mae fikes, known as the voice of soldiers. preachers, she sang prayers on that bloody sunday to help shake the nation's conference. five months later the voting rights act passed and w sned■4 into law. [applause] thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. but 59 years later, there are forces taking us back in time. voter suppression.■-■.
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unlimited -- john lewis is a friend to all of us here but if you truly want to march with him, it's time to do more than talk. pass the freedom to vote act. the john lewis voting right t. [applause] and stop -- stop denying another core value of america. our diversity books, it's wrong. instead of erasing history, make protect fundamental rights, pass the equality act. have i mentioned americans? i have your back. [applause] pass the pro act,or workers'
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rights. raise the federal minimum wage because every worker has a right to a decent living re than seven bucks an hour. we're also making history bill confronting thcl it. i don't think any of you think there's no longer climate crisis. at least i hope you don't. i'mt action on our climate in the history of the world. i'm cutting our carbon emissions in half by 2030, creating tens of thousands of clean energy jobs by the ibw workers creatin. conserving 30% of american land and waters by 2030. and taking action on environmental justice, fence line communities smothered by the legacy of pollution an patterned after the peace corps
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and america corps, i launch the climate corps, to put 20,000 young people to work in the forefront of our clean energy future. i'll triple that number in a decade. [applause] to state the obvious -- americans deserve the freedom to be safe and america is safer today than when i took offers. the year before i took■7er rate. 30% they went up. the history. it was then through my american rescue plan, which america voter voted against, we made the largest investment in public safety ever. last the murder rate saw
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the biggest decries in history. the murder rate fell to. but we have more to do. more health -- mental alth funds to cut down on retail crime and carjacking. taking executive for police reform and calling for it to be the law of the land. directing my cabinet to review the federal classification of marijuana because no one should be jailed for simply using or have take on crimes of domestic violence. and ramping up the federal rcemen the violence against women act that i proudly wrote when i was a start so it can finally, finallywomen in
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america. [applause] there are other kinds of violence i want to stop. jasmine, whose 9-year-old sister jackie was murdered with 21 classmates and teachers in elementary school in uvalde, texas. very soon after that happened, jill and ill we believe the to uvde days. by spent hours and how's with each of the families. we heard their message so everyone in this room and this chamber could hear their men. the constant refloodplain, nebs do something. do somethi. i did do something by establishing the first ever office of gun violence prevention in the white house. and the vice president is leading the charge.■h thank you for doing it. [applause] meanwhile, meanwhile, my n.r.a.s
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proud he did nothing on guns when he was president. ooh. recently, he said when asked what to do about it, he said just get over it. that was his quote, just get st! stop it, stop it, stop it. [applause] i'm proud we beat the n.r.a. when i signed the most afety law in nearly 30 years because of this congress. we now must beat the n.r.a. again. i' ban of assault weapons and high-capacity mags. vast universac this, none of thi
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taught the second amendment for 1 years. none of ts second amendment orvilleifyings responsible gun owners. you know, as we manage -- at home managing crisis abroad, including the middle east. i know the last five months abroad have been gut for so many people. for the lincoln and israeli people and so many here in america. this began on october when the massacre group called hamas, 1,000 innocent people, men and women, girls and boys, slaughtered after suffering sexual vibes. the deadliest day forer people since the holocaust and 250 hos stages taken. here in the chamber tonight are families of those still being
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held held by hamas. i ge bringing all of your loved ones home. [applause] we also -- we will also work around the clock to be bring home evan and paul,ined by the russians and others around the world. israel has the right to -- mas. ended this conflict by releasing hostages, laying down arms could end it by releasing d vanneddering those responsible for october 7 but israel -- excuse me. israel has an adde burden because hamas highlights and operates among the civilian poputionñç■j like cowards, under hospitals, derrick centers and
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all the like. israel also has a responsibility, protect innocent civilians in gaza. [applause] this war has taken the greatest toll only center civilians than all previous wars in gaza combined. palestinians have been killed, most of whom are not hamas. thousands and thousands of innocents, women and children, girls and boys also orphaned. nearly two million are palestinians under dom or displacement. homes destroyed, cities in ruin. it's heartbreaking. i've been nonstop for an immediate cease-fire that would last for six weeks to get all the hostages released. get them home and ease the
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intolerable humanitarian crisis and buildowarmething more enduring. the united states is leading the way to get more humanitarian assistance to gaza. military to establish ahe temporary pier on the mediterranean on the cost overgallsa that be receive large shipments carrying food, water, medicine and temporary shelters. no u.s. boots will be on the ground.pier will enable a massive increase in the amount of humanitarian assistance getting into gaza every day.d; [applause] and israel must do its part. israel must allow more aid to en workers aren't caught in the crossfire. they're announcing they're going to have a crossingn northe gaza. to the leadership of israel, i
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say this -- humanitarian assistance cannot be a secondary consideration or a bargaining chip. protecting and saving innocent lives has to be a priority. only real solution to the the situation is a two-state solution over time. [applause] i say this -- as a lg supporter of israel, my entire caer, has a stronger record record only this than i do. i challenge any of you here. i'm■ to visit israel in wartime but there is no other path that guarantees israel's security and decracy. no other path to guarantee palestinians can live with peace and dignity. no other path that guarantees peace between israel and all of its neighbors, called rain, with whom i'm talking.
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creating stability in the middle east also aaron. -- iran. that's why a bit a coalition of more than 100 countries to guard shipping in the red sea. as commander in chief i will not hesitate direct further measures to protect our people and our military personnel. [applause] for years, i've heard many of my republican and democratic friends say that china is on th. they've got it backwards. i've been saying it for over y even when i wasn't president. america's rising. we have the best economy in the world. and got come to office, our g.d.p. is up, our
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trade deficit to china is down and we're standing up for peace and stability across the taiwan straits. i've revitalized our partnerip . india, australia, japan, south korea, pacific islands. i've made sure that the most advance american technologies can't be used in china, not allowing to trade them there. any, talk on china, it never occurred to my predecessor to do any of that. i want competition wi china, not conflict. we're in a stronger is position to win the conflict in the 21st century against china matter, than any time as well. here at home i've signed over there's more to pass my unity gentle.
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strengthen penalties on fentanyl trafficking. you don't want to do that, huh? pass privatization to protect our children online. [applause] es protect us from peril. ban a.i. voice impersonations oy sacred obligation to train and equip those we send into harm's way and cl7 their families when they come home and when they don't. [applause] that's why the solemn support and help of dennis with the virginia, i signed the pact act. one of the most significant laws, helping milli are battling with more than 100 different cancers.
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many of them don't come home but we owe them andilies support. we owe it to ourselves to keep supporting our new healthat we can do big things like end cancer as we know it, and we let me close with this -- [applause] yay. i know you don't want to hear anymore,dsay but i he to say a few more things. i know it may not look like it but i've been around a while. when you get to be my certain things become clearer than ever. i know the american story. again and again i've seen the
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contest between competing forces in the battle for the soul of our nation. between those who wants to pull america back to the past and thos■9wanting move america into the future. my lifetime has taught me to embrace freedom and democracy, a future basedlues that have defined america. honesty, decency, dignity, equality, to respect everyone, to give shot. to give hate no safe harbor. other people my age see it differently. the american story of resentment, revenge and retribution. that's not me. i was born amid world war world. i grew up novanten, paver and delaware among working class people who built inet country. i watched in horror as two of my heroes, like many of you did. a,
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who were assassinated and their legacies inspired me to a career of public service. my city was the only city in america to occupy the national guard after dr. king was assassinated■á■#■ because the rioting. i became a county councilman almost by accident. i got elected to the united states senate when i had no 29. then vice president to our first black president. now president to the first woman vice [applause] in my career young. [laughter]
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they didn't let me ascend the elevators to vote sometimes. not a joke. i've been told i'm too old. whether young or old, i've always known what endures. i've known our north star. the very idea of americans, they were all createdtreated equally throughout our lives. we've neverfully lived up to that idea but we've never walked away from i-won't walk away from it now. [applause] i'm optimistic. i really am, i'm nancy. my fellow americans, the issues facing our nation isn't how old we are, it's h o our ideas. hate, anger, revenge, retribution are the oldest of
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ideas but you can't leaamas. only take us back. you lead america, the land of possibilities, you need a vision r can and should be done. tonight you've heard mine. i see a future where defending democracy you don't diminish it. i-see a future that will restore the right to choose and protect our freedoms, not take them away. [applause] i see a future where the middle the wealthi have to pay they're fair share in taxes. i see a future where we save ths and our country from gun violence. [applause] above all, i see a future for all americans. i see a country for all
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americans. and i'll always be americans bee in america. i believe in you the northwestern people. you're the reason we've■q been more optimistic about our future than i am now so let's build the future together. let's remember who we are. we are the united states of america! [applause] and there is nothing, nothing beyond our capacity. when we god bless you all and may god protect our troops. thank you, thank you, thank [applause]right national
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cable satellite corp. 2024] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> bobby, i didn't embarrass them, did [cheers]■x
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[indiscernible] >> some places hurt and some places help but i'll come and campaign for you again. [laughter] >> great job. >> good job. great job. >> thank you, man.jy■l >> great job. >> thank you., mr. president. >> thank you.■c(
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[indiscernible] >> we're going to get a deal >> good job on the border. thank you, thank you. >> thank you.
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no, i reallyis guy does too. >> you did a job. you were right on target. >> you were on fire today. you were on fire today. [laughter] inspired us all. >> great job. [indiscernible]
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[. >> we're wki >> we're going that way? >> thank you, thank you, thank >> thank you, thank you, thank you.-? in.
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>> i'm so proud of you. [laughter] >> thank you. >> how areou doing? everything you've done for new mexico. >> knocked it out of the park. >> getting texts from everybody watching saying and down saying phenomenal. >> where's your mom? >> in houston. texas.
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>> should we te photo right here? ok, here we go. excellent. i got multiple. excellent. excellent. >> appreciate you. i'm out of your life and out of your world. thank you. >> i think around is probably best. >> picture for governor.>> yes,.
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>> happy to do my part.■6 >> they'll write about it. >> from rhode island. >> i'm happy you're here.
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>> she said don't forget t invie house. you did -- i know.9k1 >> mr. president, forme detroit. sensational. thank you for the country.
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[indistinct chatter] >> i know you are, >> give 'em hell harry with. n't hell, just tell them the truth. >> they don't like to hear it. [laughter] >> mr. president, we're excited. how are you?
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>> there's so much at drives me crazy. thank you. thanks forpi it. about time we had someone strong. >> thanks, thanks.
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>> i'm ambassador of -- >> how are you? i spent a lot of time in your country. worried she wasn't goig to come home.■ñ thank you. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. thank you. you ok? >> i'm good. mean >> i'm good. >> which way? >> right here. right this way.■f
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>> we're just going to follow the sergeant of arms. this way, sir. >> how are you? >> and how are you? >> i'm well, thank you. very well.■(■ >> i know you know.■
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[indiscernible]■á >> we need to go this way. >> you want to start, you have to have stay there.
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thank y >> you're going to do great things. i know, you went to school in syracuse. we know that. >> we're going tow the sergeant of arms. >> yep. mr. president, thank you. >> thank you, you made me >> i was ready. [laughter] thank you. >> great speech.
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i was telling your last weekend that you have to keep pushing what you'rexr$h dog on the humanitarian stuff. [indiscernible] >> great job. >> thank you for standing up -- >> way to go. >> we're glad to wait. >> now come to order.
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>> you knock could it out of the ballpark. >> thank you. good t you. >> mr. speaker, i move that the message of the president is referred to the the state of un- could not rule without him. genm louisiana -- >> thank you.
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>> motion to adjourn. the ayes have agreed to. >> thank you for -- governor lewis. we all loved him. ob. great speech. >>■ [indiscernible chatter] i said "oh" --
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>> people are saying you kicked butt tonight. >> as long as i'm with you i am ok. >> immigrants, army veterans, 30% t%. >> i did not do it because -- the benefits package is really important. >> mr. psi looking
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forward to welcoming you to georgia on saturday. i be with you -- i will be with you. we love it, thank you, and we will bring it home for you on thursday. >> they need some help. [indiscernible chatter] what i'm asking is that they speed up the pace. which is held a hearing with the family. if we do not have them.
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[indiscernible chatter] >> a million acre fire in my district. >> when you fly over and a helicopter [indiscernible chatter] ■ndo you want me to sign it or i just want you to hold it. >> i will take it todelaware hat
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percentage. >>■ homes too. [indiscernible chatter] >> mr. president, will you say "hi" to my niece. >>■n■q marissa. you have got your irish shirt on? all right. >> we have people waiting for us. we have to continue walking.
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>> thanks fortí [laughter] [indiscernible chatter] >> this is jordan. thank you for taking the time.
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>> thank you. >> right this way. straight>> you are looking good. >> so are you. let's go shopping. >> good to see you again. [laughter] >> we a? [indiscernible chatter]
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