Politico | Joe Biden lays out ambitious and expensive post-pandemic plan: ‘America is rising anew’
- Speech to Congress marks end of Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office
- US president lays out domestic and foreign policy priorities
Biden said he “inherited a nation in crisis”, one that is now “on the move again”, and “turning peril into possibility. Crisis into opportunity. Setback into strength”.
“America is rising anew, choosing hope over fear, truth over lies and light over darkness,” Biden continued.
Wednesday’s speech marked an early victory lap for a White House fashioning itself as having one of the most consequential starts to a presidency in American history. It is also an opportunity to build momentum for two proposals – the American Jobs Plan and the American Families Plan – that, if enacted, would alter the course of the country for decades to come.
Biden is framing the spending blueprints, which carry a combined price tag of about US$4 trillion over the next decade, as a necessary corrective in order to rebuild the foundation of the middle class and society writ large at a time when trust in government is on the wane.