i believe she'd create a similar advanced research projects agency for health. thank you here's what i would do. thank you have a singular purpose to develop breakthroughs to prevent detect and treat disease like all simers diabetes and cancer. i'll still never forget when we passed a cancer proposal last year as vice president. almost $9000000.00 gone and i. just used the point of personal privilege not forget you stand and mention san named after my deceased son. a man a lot. but so many of us. and to see sons daughters and relatives die of cancer. i think and no more worthy investment.

i know of nothing. that is more bipartisan. so let's and cancer as we know it it's within our power thank you in our power to do it thank. you vestments in jobs and infrastructure like the ones we're talking about have often had bipartisan support in the past. vice president howard harris and i met regularly in the oval office and democrats republican discussed the jobs time. and i applaud a group of republican senators who just put forward their own proposal so let's get to work i wanted to lay out before the congress my plan. before we got into the deep discussions. i like to meet with those who have ideas that are different. i think are better i welcome those ideas. but the rest of the world is

not waiting for us. i just want to be clear from my perspective doing nothing is not an option 1000 . we can't be so busy competing with one another and we should get the competition that we have with the rest of the world to win the 21st century. sector blinking that i spent a lot of time on president xi. travel over 17000 miles. spent they tell me over 24 hours of private discussions. when he called to congratulate me to our discussion. he's deadly earnest. about becoming the most significant consequential nation in the world. he and

others. autocrats. think that the market she can't compete in the 21st century to have a talk or since to takes too long to get consensus. to win that competition for the future in my view we also need to make a once in a generation investment. in our families and our children. that's why i've been reduced american families plan and i. which addresses for the biggest challenges facing american families and in turn america. first is access to good education. and this nation made 12 years of public education universal in the last century. it made us the best educated best prepared nation in the world it's i believe the overwhelming reason that propelled us. to where every guy in the 21st in the 20th

century. the world's caught up or catching up they're not weighed. i would say parent that equally if we were sitting down and said a bipartisan committee together and said ok we're the side what we do in terms of government providing for free education. i wonder whether we'd think as we did in the 20th century that 12 years are not in the 21st century. i doubt. the truth of years is no longer enough today to compete with the rest were in the 21st century. that's why my american families trying guarantees for additional years of public education every person in america starting as early as we can. the great universities in this country conducted studies over the last 10 years and shows that in 2 years of universal high quality preschool for every 3 year old and

4 year old no matter what background they come from. put some of the position to be able to compete. all the way through 12 years increases exponentially where prospect to graduate going on and on graduation. 3 says chosen a young child goes to school not daycare. they're far more likely to graduate from high school. and go to college. or something after high school. when you add 2 years of free community college on top of that you begin to change the dynamic. thank you thank you like chris pell grants and invest in historical black colleges universities tribal colleges minority serving institutions the reason is they don't have the endowments.

but their students are just as capable of learning about cybersecurity just as capable of learning about metallurgy met all the things that are going on the provide those jobs of the future. jill is a community college professor who teaches today as 1st lady she's long said thank you want thank you but i've heard it once i've heard it a 1000 times joe any country that out educates us is going to outcompete us. she'll be deeply involved in leading this effort thank you no. second thing. we mean american families plan will provide access to quality affordable child care

thank you thank you for posting on legislation to guarantee that lower middle income families will pay no more than 7 percent of their income for high quality care for children up to the age of 5. the most hard pressed working families won't have to spend a dime. for the record families plan will finally provide up to 12 weeks of paid leave and medical leave family many thanks one of the few industrial countries in the world thank you no one she got to choose between a job and a paycheck or taking care of themselves and their loved ones or parent or spouse or

child and for the record family plan puts directly into the pockets of millions of americans. in march we expand the tax credit for every child in a family. up to $3000.00 per child. if you're under 6 years of age under so over 6 years of age and $3600.00 per children over 6 years of age with 2 parents 2 kids that's $7200.00 in the pockets are going to help take care of your family. and that will help more than 65000000 children. and health childcare costs thank you can afford thank you we did that and then. in the last piece of legislation we passed. but let's extend that child care tax credit at least through the end of 2025

thank you america rescue plan lowered health care premiums for $9000000.00 americans who buy their coverage under the affordable care act i know that's really popular decided. but let's make that provision permanent so their premiums don't call back thank you those are in my family's plan i'm going to work with congress to address this year other critical priorities for american families before double character is going to a lifeline for millions of americans protecting people with preexisting conditions protecting women's health and the pandemic has demonstrated how badly how badly it's needed let's lower deductibles for working families on affordable care in

front of a care and let's lower prescription drug costs thank you know how to do this thank you the last president had that as object we all know how religiously expensive drugs are in america in fact we pay the highest prescription drug prices of any where in the world right here in america nearly 3 times for the same drug or 3 times what other countries pay we have to change that and we came let's do we talked about for all the years i was down here in this body in congress. let's give medicare the power to save hundreds of billions not by negotiating lower drug prescriptions price thank god i want to thank just can't just tell people on medicare or prescription drug costs for

everyone and the money we save which is billions of dollars can go to strengthen the affordable care act and expand medicare coverage benefits without costing taxpayers an additional penny it's within our power to do it let's do it now thank you talked about it long enough democrats republicans let's get it down this year this is all about a simple premise health care should be a right not up privilege in america thanks how do we pay for my jobs and family. i made it clear we can do without increasing the deficit let's start with what i will not do i want impose any tax

increase on people making less than $400000.00. but it's time for corporate america . and the wealthiest one percent of records that just began to pay their fair share thanks the 1st thank jobs i have arguments with my friends in the democratic party i think you should be able to become a billionaire and a millionaire but pay your fair share a recent study shows that $55.00 in the nation's biggest corporations paid 0 federal tax last year those $55.00 corporations made in excess of $40000000000.00 in profit. a lot of companies also have a taxes through tax savings in switzerland remuda and the cayman islands. and they

benefit from tax loopholes and deductions for offshoring jobs and shifting profits overseas it's not right we're going to reform corporate taxes so they pay their fair share and help pay for the public investments their businesses will benefit from as well thanks for going to reward work not just wealth. we take the top tax bracket for the wealthiest one percent of americans those making over $400000.00 or more back up to where it was when george w. bush was president when he started 39.6 percent that's where it was when george w. was pressing. we're going to get rid of the loopholes while america has to make more than a $1000000.00 a year. and pay a lower tax rate on their capital gains in americans who receive

a paycheck. we're only going to affect 3 tenths of one percent of all americans by that action 3 tenths of one percent. and they're actually going to crack down on millionaires and billionaires who cheat on their taxes. it's estimated to be billions of dollars by think tanks are left right and center. i'm not looking to punish anybody. but i will not add a tax burden additional tax burden of middle class in this country they're already pain enough. i believe what i propose is fair. to stay responsible. and it raises revenue to pay for the plans i propose will create millions of jobs that will grow the economy and enhanced our financial standing of the country. for years some would say they don't want to raise taxes wealthiest one percent or

corporate america or ask them whose taxes you want to read. instead. who's are going to cut. look the big tax cut to 2017. remember supposed to pay for itself that was i was small. and generate vast economic growth. instead it added 2 trillion dollars to the deficit. it was a huge windfall for corporate america. and those are the very top is that of using a tax saving the raise wages in a vest in research and development it poured billions of dollars into the pockets of c.e.o.'s. in fact the pay gap between c.e.o.'s and their workers is now $1.00 of the largest in history according to do one study c.e.o.'s make $320.00 times what the average worker or corporation makes used to be in a below 100. penn demichelis only made things worse 20000000

americans lost their job in the pandemic working the middle class americans at the same time. roughly $650.00 billionaires in america saw their net worth increase by more than one trillion dollars the same exact hear me say it again $650.00 people increase their wealth by more than one trillion dollars to spend them. and they're now worth more than 4 trillion dollars. my fellow americans trickle down trickle down economics has never worked this time to grow the economy from the bottom in the middle out thank you thank you broad consensus mcconnell's left right and center they agree with i'm

proposing will help create millions of jobs and generate a story economic growth these are among the highest values investments we can make as a nation. have often said our greatest strength is the power of our example not just the example of our power. my conversation with world leaders and i've spoken over 3840 of them. i've made it known. i made it known. that america's back you know what they say. the comments i hear most of all from them. so they say we see americans back but for how long. or for how long. my fellow americans. we have to show not just that we're back there back to stay and then we aren't going to go thank you to do it by me where there are.

no one nation to deal with all the crises of our time from terrorism to nuclear proliferation mass migration cyber security climate change as well as experience what we're experiencing now pandemics. there's no wall high enough to keep any virus out. on our own vaccine supply as it grows to meet our needs and we're meeting that. will become an arsenal for vaccines for other countries just as america's arsenal for democracy for the world thank consequence if you want to thank you every american. will have access to for that occur every american have access to be fully covered by covert 19 for the vaccines we have. look the climate crisis

is not our fight alone as global fight. united states accounts as all of you know less than 50 percent of carbon emissions. the rest of the world accounts for 85 percent. that's why i kept my commitment to rejoin the paris accord because if we do everything perfectly but it's not going on matter. i kept my commitment to convene a climate summit right here in america of all the major economies of the world china russia india european union and i said i do in my 1st 100 days i want to be very blunt about. i had. my. attempt was to make sure. that the world could see there was a consensus that we are an inflection point in history the cancer's consensus is if we act to save the planet we can create millions of jobs and economic growth an

opportunity to raise the standard of living of almost everyone around the world. if you've watched any of it you're all busy i'm sure much time that's what virtually every nation said even the ones that aren't doing their fair share. the investments i proposed and i also advance the foreign policy. in my view that benefits the middle class that means making sure every nation plays by the same rules in the global economy including china my discussion is in my discussions president xi i told him we welcome the competition we're not looking for conflict but i made absolutely clear. that we will defend america's interest across the more. america will stand up to unfair trade practices that undercut american workers and american industries like subsidies from state to state on operations and enterprises and the theft of american technology intellectual property i also told

president xi that will maintain a strong military presence in the indo-pacific just as we do for nato in europe not to start a conflict but to prevent more thanks to all of what i've said to many world leaders that america will not back away from our commitments our commitment to human rights and fundamental freedoms and to our alliances my pointed out. no responsible american president could remain silent when basic human rights are being so blatantly violated. an american president president has to represent the essence of what our country stands for. america is an idea. the most unique idea in history. we are

created all of us equal it's who we are. and we cannot walk away from that principle. and in fact say. we're dealing with the american idea with regard to russia i know it concerns some of you but i made very clear to putin . they were not going to seek ask the ex scuse me escalation but their actions will have consequences they turn out to be true and they turned out to be true so i responded directly proportionally. to russia's interference our elections and the cyber attacks on our gov our business they did both of these things and i told them we would respond and we had we're going also cooperate when it's our mutual interest. we didn't know we extended a new start treaty on nuclear arms and we're working to do it on climate change but

he had their stance we will respond. on iran and north korea nuclear programs are present serious threats to american security and security of the world we're going to be working closely with our allies to address the threats posed by both of these countries through dit's through diplomacy as well as stern to turns and there are going leadership means ending the forever war in afghanistan thank you had clean i without hyperbole the greatest fighting force in history of the world. i'm the 1st president 40 years knows what it means to have a son serving in a war zone today we have service members serving in the same warzone as their parents. have service members in afghanistan who are not yet born on 911

the war in afghanistan as we remember the debates here were never meant to be multi-generational undertakings of nation building. we went to afghanistan to get terrorists the terrorists who attacked us on 911. and we said we would follow someone been lot of the gates of hell to do it if you'd been in the upper corner value of kind of seeming gates of hell. and we delivered justice to bed a lot we degraded the terrorist threat of al qaeda in afghanistan and after 20 years of value valor and sacrifice it's time to bring those troops home thank you even as we do we'll maintain over the rise of capacity to suppress future threats to the homeland and make no mistake in 20 years terror says terrorism has

metastasized the threat is of our way beyond afghanistan those are the intelligence committees the foreign relations committee defense committees you know well we have to remain vigilant against the threats the united states wherever they come from al qaeda in isis are in yemen syria somalia other places in africa in the middle east and beyond. and we won't ignore what our intelligence agency have determined to be the most lethal terrorist threat to our homeland today. white supremacy as terrorists. we're not going to ignore that either my fellow americans look we have to come together to heal the soul of this nation was nearly a year ago before her father. when i spoke with john a florida george george young daughter she's a little tykes i was kneeling down to talk to her. so i could see look around ya

she looks huge said my dad he changed the world. well after conviction and george george murder. we can see how right she was if if we have the courage to act of congress her we've all seen and even justice on the neck of black americans now's your opportunity to make some real progress. the vast majority of men and women were a uniform and a bad serve our communities and they serve them honorably. i know i know they want . to know i. want to help meet this moment as well. my fellow americans we have to come together. to rebuild trust between law enforcement the

people they serve through our systemic racism in our criminal justice system and i police reform george ford's name it passed the house already. i know republicans have their own ideas and our days in a very productive discussions with democrats in the senate we need to work together to find a consensus but let's get it done next month by the 1st anniversary of george floors that. country supports this reform and congress should act should act we have a giant opportunity to bend the arc of the moral universe toward justice real justice. and with the plans outlined and i we have a real chance to root out systemic racism plagues american and american lives in

other ways the chance to live are real equity good jobs good schools affordable housing clean air clean water being able to generate wealth and pass it down to generations because you have an access to purchase a house real opportunities in the lives of more americans black white latino asian americans native americans. look i also want to thank the united states senate. for voting 94 to one to pass covert 980 crimes act to protect asian american pacific i thank you so i said thank you see on television the viciousness of the hate crimes we've seen over the past year past year and for too long. the house to do the same and senate resolution on my desk which i will gladly anxiously sign. i also congress will get to my desk the equality act to protect

l.g.b. chief you are much thank our chairman john boehner americans watching at home especially young people thank you so great want to know your president has your back another thing that's authorized the violence against women act which is the law for $27.00 . 27 years ago i wrote. a bill close the act that has to be authorized i will close the boyfriend loophole to keep guns out of the hands of abusers the court order said this is an abuser you can only go. is to close that loophole exist. you know it's estimated that 50 women are shot and killed. by an intimate partner every more in america

50 a month. a spasm and save some lives. thank you. may not tell anyone this but gun violence is becoming epidemic in america. the flight of the white house was still flying at half mast. for the 8 victims of the national union ga. when telling more lies or taking the machine in colorado. and in the week in between those 2 events. 250 other americans were shot dead in the streets of america. 150 shot dead. i know how hard it is to make progress on this issue. in the ninety's we passed universal background checks a ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines that hold a 100 rounds.