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With the help of the American Rescue Plan, local governments were able to add a record 279,000 new educators in 2021 and nearly 46,000 teaching jobs in the first months of 2022.

Thanks in large part to the American Rescue Plan, last year, Americans applied to start 5.4 million new businesses—20% more than any other year on record. The American economy is strong because our small businesses are strong.

Twelve years later, Republicans still haven't stopped their attacks on the Affordable Care Act. If they have their way, 100 million Americans with preexisting conditions could once again be denied health care coverage by their insurance companies.

Through decades of organizing, negotiating, picketing, and protesting, labor unions secured vital workplace protections that union and non-union workers rely on today, and we are working to strengthen both unions and the workplace protections they provide.

Not only do Republicans oppose making big corporations pay their fair share—they want middle class families and small business owners to pay more in taxes.

A stronger economy built from the bottom up and the middle out puts greater power in workers' hands to improve their lives, provide for their families, and choose higher quality, higher-paying, and safer jobs.

Democrats are working tirelessly to open doors for more outstanding entrepreneurs. But the Republican plan led by Senator Rick Scott would tax half of our small business owners an extra $1,200 a year on average.

American workers are beginning to rebuild our nation's roads, bridges, ports, and waterways. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will create new jobs, modernize communities across the country, and open infrastructure jobs to people of all backgrounds.

Ensuring worker safety is a national priority and a moral imperative. On Workers Memorial Day, we honor and remember those who lost their lives on the job and reaffirm every worker's basic right to a safe and healthy workplace.

Thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we’re going to start replacing 100% of the lead pipes and water lines that go into homes and schools in this country. Every American, every child, should be able to turn on a faucet and drink water that’s clean.

The unemployment rate for veterans is 2.4%—tied for the lowest rate on record. There is still more work to do, but this historic progress is the result of rebuilding America’s economy from the bottom up and the middle out.

Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we’re investing $25 billion to upgrade and modernize American airports.

The United States will ban Russian-affiliated ships from our ports. That means no ship that sails under the Russian flag or that is owned or operated by a Russian interest will be allowed to dock in a United States port or access our shores. None.

Thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we’re going to plant 1.2 billion trees across the country to begin the vital work of reforesting America. It makes sense and also makes a big difference in our cities and on our city streets.