Chairman Neal Statement on President Biden’s First State of the Union
Washington,
March 1, 2022
Tonight, House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement applauding President Biden’s first State of the Union address: “Tonight, President Biden spoke directly to the American people, acknowledging their pain and reinforcing the ways our nation is on the path to being stronger than ever. Children are back in school and their parents are back at work. Millions of new jobs have been created, hundreds of millions of people are vaccinated, and normalcy is returning. Americans elected President Biden to lead this kind of progress, and he and congressional Democrats profoundly delivered with American Rescue Plan, the bipartisan infrastructure law, and the recovery those measures have spurred. “We continue to focus on lowering costs and putting money back into the pockets of those who need it most. From strengthening our supply chains to achieving universal paid family and medical leave, the Ways and Means Committee will keep pushing to support workers and supercharge our ongoing economic rebound. “I applaud President Biden’s strong display of our values at home and abroad. Tonight, he pledged to the Ukrainian people that the United States has their backs – the Ways and Means Committee shares that commitment to confront Russia’s aggression and secure a better, more peaceful world.”
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