DEMOCRATIC PARTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

 · Two of the strongest years of job growth in history. “I think it is fair to say that job market recovery from the pandemic under President Biden has been astounding, and significantly better than anticipated when he took office.”  Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics. 

· More than 40 million borrowers stand to benefit from student debt relief.

· Nearly 11 million jobs created since 2021.   

· 3.5% unemployment rate — the lowest in 50 years.

· Increased the maximum value of Pell Grants by $900

· Helped bring gas prices down more than $1.60 from their summer 2022 peak.

· Signed the most significant gun violence prevention legislation in nearly 30 years.

· 750,000 new manufacturing jobs.

· Millions of Americans are saving $800 per year on health insurance coverage.

· $15 minimum wage for Federal workers and contractors.

· Fully vaccinated 79% of American adults against COVID-19.

· Infrastructure investments in all 50 states, D.C., territories, and throughout Tribal nations.

· Near a record low unemployment rate for African-Americans.

· Record low unemployment rate for people with disabilities.

· Led the world in a historic release of strategic reserves.

· Signed the Electoral Count Act, which takes long overdue steps to protect the integrity of our elections.

· Lowered senior’s health care expenses, including by capping out of pocket expenses on prescription drugs for seniors at $2,000 per year, ensuring that people enrolled in Medicare will not pay more than $35 for a month’s supply of insulin, and recipients will receive free vaccines.

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· Advanced cutting-edge research on cancer and other diseases through the ARPA-H initiative

· Signed legislation to put more cops on the beat and invest in community policing

· Signed the Electoral Count Act, which takes long overdue steps to protect the integrity of our elections

· Lowered the cost of hearing aids by making them available over the counter

· Created more manufacturing jobs in 2022 than in any single year in nearly 30 years

· Signed an Executive Order to encourage competition across industries

· Took action to lower energy costs for families

· Lowered seniors’ health care expenses, including by capping out of pocket expenses on prescription drugs for seniors at $2,000 per year, ensuring that people enrolled in Medicare will not pay more than $35 for a month’s supply of insulin, and recipients will receive free vaccines

· Accelerated adoption of electric vehicles by reducing costs for families, jumpstarted the first national EV charging network, and made historic investments into EV batteries and materials

· Rejoined the Paris Agreement on day one to reassert the United States global leadership to combat the climate crisis

· Jumpstarted the American offshore wind industry and convened the nation’s first federal-state offshore wind partnership

· Set new policies to reduce super pollutants like HFCs and methane to protect communities and reduce emissions fueling climate change

· Lowered the deficit with the single largest annual reduction in American history

· Secured commitments from 20 leading internet providers to increase speeds and cut prices

· Signed legislation to reauthorize and strengthen the Violence Against Women Act

· Awarded the most ever federal contracting dollars to small businesses and disadvantaged small businesses

· Reignited the Cancer Moonshot with the goal of cutting the cancer death rate by at least half over the next 25 years

· Appointed a record number of women and people of color to serve in his Administration

· Hosted the first White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health in over 50 years and released a National Strategy to end hunger and reduce diet-related diseases and disparities by 2030

· Awarded more than $1 billion to initiate cleanup and clear the backlog of 49 previously unfunded Superfund sites, over $250 million to clean up hundreds of contaminated brownfield sites and $725 million for abandoned mine lands

· Restored protections for Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments and designated Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument to conserve our lands and waters, honor our nation’s veterans, protect Tribal cultural resources, and support jobs and America’s outdoor recreation economy

· Signed an Executive Order on Improving Public Safety and Criminal Justice for Native Americans and Addressing the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People

· Invested historic funding for Tribal governments and Native communities

· Mailed over 740 million free COVID-19 tests directly to tens of millions of Americans

Source: Department of Health and Human Services 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/therecord/?utm_source=link