WEBVTT 00:00.240 --> 00:02.240 I know he's been looking forward to 00:02.240 --> 00:04.129 this visit and I can't think of a 00:04.129 --> 00:06.351 better time to welcome the President of 00:06.351 --> 00:08.407 the United States to here in Western 00:08.407 --> 00:10.518 Wisconsin as we're emerging from this 00:10.518 --> 00:12.296 god awful global pandemic , the 00:12.296 --> 00:14.518 coronavirus . We're all looking forward 00:14.518 --> 00:16.518 now To getting together with family 00:16.518 --> 00:18.573 this weekend for the 4th of July for 00:18.573 --> 00:20.462 our barbecues , get togethers and 00:20.462 --> 00:22.518 finally to start breathing again and 00:22.518 --> 00:24.240 getting together like today to 00:24.240 --> 00:26.780 celebrate conquering this virus once 00:26.780 --> 00:29.002 and for all . And I also can't think of 00:29.002 --> 00:31.169 a better time to rebuild Wisconsin and 00:31.169 --> 00:33.391 rebuild America again . And that's what 00:33.391 --> 00:35.558 you're gonna hear from . The president 00:35.558 --> 00:37.391 is the plan to invest in crucial 00:37.391 --> 00:39.502 infrastructure lay the groundwork for 00:39.502 --> 00:41.613 sustained long term economic growth . 00:41.613 --> 00:43.613 Yes . Rose . Yes . Highways , Yes . 00:43.613 --> 00:45.836 Bridges and airports and ports . That's 00:45.836 --> 00:47.891 all necessary . But we also need the 00:47.891 --> 00:50.113 infrastructure of the 21st century . We 00:50.113 --> 00:52.280 have a digital divide that's affecting 00:52.280 --> 00:54.447 rural Western Wisconsin in rural areas 00:54.447 --> 00:56.558 around the country now is the time to 00:56.558 --> 00:58.724 close it . So we're not leaving anyone 00:58.724 --> 01:00.558 behind the virus highlighted the 01:00.558 --> 01:02.502 inequities that flow education and 01:02.502 --> 01:04.336 economic from lack of high speed 01:04.336 --> 01:06.447 internet access . That too is part of 01:06.447 --> 01:09.710 the plan . We have more work to do on 01:09.710 --> 01:11.766 the virus front and for those within 01:11.770 --> 01:13.810 earshot of my voice , please get 01:13.810 --> 01:15.940 vaccinated , it's safe . It works , 01:15.950 --> 01:18.117 it's effective . It will not only save 01:18.117 --> 01:20.550 your life , but those around you And 01:20.550 --> 01:22.606 there's been a conversation going on 01:22.606 --> 01:24.828 around here , certainly in Washington , 01:24.828 --> 01:26.994 but how we address China's rise in the 01:26.994 --> 01:30.500 21st century , I say let's all compete 01:30.500 --> 01:32.722 china . Let's help produce them . Let's 01:32.722 --> 01:34.944 help manufacturing , let's out innovate 01:34.944 --> 01:37.180 and create . Uh , and the best way to 01:37.180 --> 01:39.660 do that is by starting with the sound 01:39.670 --> 01:42.100 infrastructure project . That's why I'm 01:42.100 --> 01:44.410 proud that President Obama stayed 01:44.420 --> 01:46.690 involved in the negotiations . You may 01:46.690 --> 01:48.801 have heard late last week there was a 01:48.801 --> 01:50.968 bipartisan agreement to move forward . 01:50.968 --> 01:53.023 I'm looking forward to continuing to 01:53.023 --> 01:54.968 work with him and my colleagues to 01:54.968 --> 01:57.190 finally get that across the finish line 01:57.190 --> 01:59.190 along with the other investments we 01:59.190 --> 02:01.412 have to make with the american people , 02:01.412 --> 02:03.079 quality access to education , 02:03.079 --> 02:05.190 affordable quality childcare , making 02:05.190 --> 02:07.412 sure that if you have a sick child or a 02:07.412 --> 02:09.579 sick elder at home that you don't risk 02:09.579 --> 02:11.468 losing your job or reduce pay for 02:11.468 --> 02:13.634 taking care of them all to has to be a 02:13.634 --> 02:15.746 part of rebuilding America the way it 02:15.746 --> 02:17.746 needs to be . And I look forward to 02:17.746 --> 02:19.968 working with my friend and my colleague 02:19.968 --> 02:22.290 in the U . S . Senate tammy baldwin in 02:22.290 --> 02:24.179 order to achieve these results on 02:24.179 --> 02:26.500 behalf of the people here in Wisconsin . 02:26.500 --> 02:28.722 So thank you all for coming out . Thank 02:28.722 --> 02:30.722 you . Mr . President for joining us 02:30.722 --> 02:33.330 here in God's country today and felt 02:33.330 --> 02:35.441 any further ado , let me introduce my 02:35.441 --> 02:37.710 friend Senator tammy baldwin for her 02:37.710 --> 02:38.950 remarks Kenny , 02:41.970 --> 02:44.460 I live it 02:44.940 --> 02:51.260 well . 02:51.270 --> 02:53.770 Good afternoon . Look ross . It's great 02:53.770 --> 02:57.150 to be in Western Wisconsin and I'm so 02:57.150 --> 02:59.390 proud to be a part of this team who is 02:59.390 --> 03:01.501 welcoming the president of the United 03:01.501 --> 03:04.350 States to Wisconsin once again . 03:05.740 --> 03:09.740 So there's an expression that we kept 03:09.740 --> 03:11.907 hearing from this president during his 03:11.907 --> 03:14.860 campaign build back better 03:16.740 --> 03:20.280 and he has lived that every day that he 03:20.280 --> 03:23.460 served in office and the american jobs 03:23.460 --> 03:27.450 plan . Uh , there's a sign right there . 03:27.450 --> 03:30.420 The american jobs plan is proposing to 03:30.420 --> 03:33.260 do just that . I think about 03:35.340 --> 03:37.490 the fact that every so often we get 03:37.500 --> 03:40.360 graded on our , uh , infrastructure , 03:41.040 --> 03:44.010 structural engineers . They come out , 03:44.020 --> 03:46.680 we got a letter grade . I've seen some 03:46.680 --> 03:49.550 states get failing grades . Certainly 03:50.040 --> 03:53.100 we're not getting A's and B's . We're 03:53.100 --> 03:55.350 gonna build back better . I think I 03:55.350 --> 03:58.100 want to aspire to us all being straight 03:58.100 --> 04:02.090 a students right and building 04:02.100 --> 04:05.600 an infrastructure that is resilient and 04:05.600 --> 04:08.490 it's going to last . I think about the 04:08.490 --> 04:12.140 jobs unfinished . We 04:12.150 --> 04:14.820 know these days that access to high 04:14.820 --> 04:18.650 speed broadband is a necessity , just 04:18.650 --> 04:19.950 like electricity 04:22.540 --> 04:26.170 a couple generations ago . We know if 04:26.170 --> 04:28.790 you don't have it , people are being 04:28.790 --> 04:32.150 left behind in multiple ways , but we 04:32.150 --> 04:35.900 haven't finished the job , especially 04:35.910 --> 04:38.210 as it comes to rural America and rural 04:38.210 --> 04:42.200 Wisconsin . We know that lead 04:42.200 --> 04:45.250 lateral pipes in homes and schools 04:46.040 --> 04:48.490 bring lead laden water to too many 04:48.490 --> 04:51.020 Children's and families , but we 04:51.020 --> 04:53.550 haven't finished the job of removing 04:54.040 --> 04:57.860 those lead laterals . We also know 04:58.340 --> 05:01.120 that if we reach these aspirations of 05:01.130 --> 05:03.360 building back better that it is 05:03.370 --> 05:05.480 literally across the United States 05:05.940 --> 05:09.620 going to create millions of good 05:09.620 --> 05:11.360 paying union jobs 05:13.120 --> 05:16.620 and strengthen the ranks of organized 05:16.630 --> 05:20.320 labor . We have a 05:20.320 --> 05:22.870 tremendous opportunity . That 05:22.870 --> 05:26.090 opportunity is presented as part of the 05:26.100 --> 05:29.430 bipartisan plan that Ron kind was just 05:29.430 --> 05:33.040 talking about , but also they'll be 05:33.050 --> 05:36.250 extra work to do beyond that . 05:37.240 --> 05:39.720 And that means making sure that our 05:39.720 --> 05:43.660 workers have , but it was required 05:44.140 --> 05:47.010 to get the job done . That means a 05:47.010 --> 05:50.020 compliment to the bipartisan bill that 05:50.030 --> 05:53.630 involves making sure that kids have 05:53.640 --> 05:56.050 safe childcare while mom and dad worked . 05:57.440 --> 06:01.120 So this is a 06:01.120 --> 06:04.610 moment of extraordinary opportunity and 06:04.610 --> 06:08.380 we can't let that opportunity pass . I 06:08.380 --> 06:12.210 am thrilled to introduced to you 06:12.240 --> 06:14.560 someone who needs no introduction , but 06:14.560 --> 06:16.890 I remember well campaigning with him a 06:16.900 --> 06:20.300 few years back on an old school bus 06:21.740 --> 06:24.390 where he got a chance to experience the 06:24.390 --> 06:27.880 roads that he pledged to repair on a 06:27.880 --> 06:31.550 school . But as where he was focusing 06:31.550 --> 06:35.530 on education , um , we have a real 06:35.530 --> 06:38.720 partner partnership between federal 06:38.720 --> 06:40.831 government , state government , local 06:40.831 --> 06:44.360 government . Please give a warm welcome 06:44.840 --> 06:48.650 to Governor , Tony Evers . Yeah . Mhm . 07:02.640 --> 07:05.260 Good afternoon . It is a pleasure and 07:05.260 --> 07:07.149 an honor to be here and beautiful 07:07.149 --> 07:10.060 across the sun is out . It is not out 07:10.060 --> 07:12.360 in Madison . So the sun is out here and 07:12.740 --> 07:14.907 it's out because we're here to welcome 07:14.907 --> 07:17.200 President Biden back to the great state 07:17.210 --> 07:20.590 of Wisconsin . The president and his 07:20.590 --> 07:23.020 administration have made Wisconsin a 07:23.020 --> 07:25.880 regular stop because they know how 07:25.880 --> 07:27.769 important the dairy state is that 07:27.769 --> 07:30.740 health and wealth of our nation and in 07:30.740 --> 07:33.020 recovering from this pandemic to move 07:33.020 --> 07:35.930 forward together , whether it's getting 07:35.930 --> 07:38.710 vaccine shots and arms or the support 07:38.710 --> 07:41.080 of the American Rescue Plan Act . We 07:41.080 --> 07:44.480 appreciate President Biden's continued 07:44.480 --> 07:47.630 commitment to ensuring our state and 07:47.630 --> 07:50.430 country recover together and move 07:50.430 --> 07:54.370 beyond the coronavirus pandemic . With 07:54.370 --> 07:56.537 the help of everybody from our federal 07:56.537 --> 07:58.759 partners to our state agencies , to our 07:58.759 --> 08:01.910 local and county and uh , and also 08:01.920 --> 08:04.031 tribal health departments . Wisconsin 08:04.031 --> 08:06.520 is bouncing back and better . We 08:06.520 --> 08:09.020 continue to be a national leader in 08:09.030 --> 08:11.650 getting available shots and arms and 08:11.650 --> 08:14.020 our unemployment rate has nearly 08:14.020 --> 08:17.390 returned the pre pandemic levels . But 08:17.390 --> 08:20.030 in order for us to in order for our 08:20.030 --> 08:22.640 recovery to be successful and President 08:22.640 --> 08:24.880 biden knows this as well . We have to 08:24.880 --> 08:26.991 do what I like to call connecting the 08:26.991 --> 08:29.102 dots , which is just to say , we have 08:29.102 --> 08:31.940 to see how each issue in our state and 08:31.940 --> 08:34.900 country affects all of them . Whether 08:34.900 --> 08:37.060 supporting working families with 08:37.060 --> 08:39.190 affordable , accessible childcare and 08:39.200 --> 08:42.150 healthcare , investing in job training 08:42.540 --> 08:44.850 and transit to help folks get to work 08:45.740 --> 08:48.480 ensuring clean air land and drinking 08:48.480 --> 08:50.536 water for the health and wellness of 08:50.536 --> 08:52.640 our communities are bolstering our 08:52.650 --> 08:54.872 agricultural and rural communities with 08:54.872 --> 08:57.610 broadband access . We've got to connect 08:57.610 --> 09:00.370 the dots for sure that every kid and 09:00.380 --> 09:02.760 every wisconsinite has a chance to 09:02.760 --> 09:06.000 succeed . When I ran for office , I 09:06.000 --> 09:08.480 said , we're going to fix the roads and 09:08.480 --> 09:10.480 we've got to work doing just that . 09:11.040 --> 09:13.151 That's why I'm especially glad to see 09:13.151 --> 09:15.880 the president's commitment to investing 09:15.890 --> 09:18.520 in our infrastructure from expanding 09:18.520 --> 09:20.700 broadband to replacing lead service 09:20.700 --> 09:23.390 lines , to transitioning to electric 09:23.400 --> 09:26.080 transit , much like what we will have 09:26.090 --> 09:28.460 in the cross these investments are 09:28.460 --> 09:30.670 exactly what we need to keep bouncing 09:30.680 --> 09:33.430 back from this pandemic and content and 09:33.430 --> 09:36.760 continuing our economic recovery . And 09:36.760 --> 09:38.871 this plan is proof that we don't have 09:38.871 --> 09:41.630 to choose between mitigating climate 09:41.630 --> 09:43.741 change and protecting our environment 09:44.140 --> 09:46.680 and good paying jobs and economic 09:46.680 --> 09:49.070 development . These goals are mutually , 09:49.080 --> 09:52.110 these are not mutually exclusive goals . 09:52.120 --> 09:54.250 We can and we should do both . 09:55.140 --> 09:58.330 Wisconsin is ready for bold and urgent 09:58.330 --> 10:00.330 solutions to address the challenges 10:00.330 --> 10:03.130 we're facing in the 21st century and 10:03.130 --> 10:05.186 we're excited to get to work and the 10:05.186 --> 10:07.297 efforts of President biden to support 10:07.297 --> 10:10.030 our state going with that . It's my 10:10.030 --> 10:12.197 pleasure to welcome President biden to 10:12.197 --> 10:13.252 Wisconsin . Thanks 10:17.140 --> 10:19.251 ladies and gentlemen , please welcome 10:19.251 --> 10:22.550 Lacrosse mtu bus driver and proud 80 U 10:22.550 --> 10:25.150 519 member Laurie Never low . 10:42.340 --> 10:44.830 Thank you everybody for coming . My 10:44.830 --> 10:46.941 name is Lauren under low . I am a bus 10:46.941 --> 10:49.540 driver for the city Lacrosse . I am a 10:49.540 --> 10:52.750 proud member of the local 5 19 . 10:53.340 --> 10:55.451 Public transportation has been a very 10:55.451 --> 10:57.673 important part in my life since I was a 10:57.673 --> 10:59.970 child . It's how I got to school and 10:59.970 --> 11:02.137 where it's always been a vital service 11:02.137 --> 11:04.750 for myself in our entire community . It 11:04.750 --> 11:07.330 is necessary for our success . I'm 11:07.340 --> 11:09.850 honored to have the opportunity to work 11:09.850 --> 11:12.760 with 47 incredible employees at the at 11:12.760 --> 11:16.130 you local 5 19 who helped people that 11:16.130 --> 11:17.908 may not have their own means of 11:17.908 --> 11:19.860 transportation to access the 11:19.860 --> 11:22.450 necessities of life . Many of our 11:22.450 --> 11:24.506 employees are the first and the last 11:24.506 --> 11:27.390 person our passengers may see on any 11:27.390 --> 11:30.150 given day . That simple interaction can 11:30.150 --> 11:32.410 play a major role on how someone's day 11:32.410 --> 11:35.320 may turn out . It's truly amazing what 11:35.320 --> 11:37.440 bus operators undertake on a daily 11:37.440 --> 11:40.280 basis , working long hours and ensure 11:40.280 --> 11:42.210 safe and reliable service to our 11:42.210 --> 11:45.330 community . In order to have successful 11:45.330 --> 11:47.552 transportation service , we need better 11:47.552 --> 11:49.880 roads , better bridges and clean 11:49.890 --> 11:52.380 renewable energy to properly serve our 11:52.380 --> 11:55.350 community . I am a proud , I'm proud to 11:55.350 --> 11:57.520 say that Lacrosse has led the way on 11:57.520 --> 11:59.520 this front with the introduction of 11:59.520 --> 12:02.120 hybrid busses and future electric 12:02.120 --> 12:04.880 busses in our fleet . Every town has a 12:04.880 --> 12:07.390 role in the fight for clean energy . No 12:07.390 --> 12:10.390 matter how big or small we are , we are 12:10.390 --> 12:12.446 doing our part to make this happen . 12:12.910 --> 12:15.220 The american jobs plan will have a huge 12:15.230 --> 12:17.960 impact across the country , including 12:17.960 --> 12:20.440 right here in the cross . It means less 12:20.440 --> 12:22.620 potholes , better roads , better 12:22.620 --> 12:25.720 bridges and cleaner energy . These 12:25.720 --> 12:28.150 things are vital to the success of our 12:28.150 --> 12:30.860 city , our state and our country 12:31.840 --> 12:33.896 President biden's vision reveals the 12:33.896 --> 12:36.210 potential of our workforce and unlock 12:36.210 --> 12:38.850 the american dream . This opens doors 12:38.850 --> 12:41.210 and creates opportunities for everyone 12:41.210 --> 12:44.260 to succeed . But now it is my pleasure 12:44.640 --> 12:46.890 to introduce the President of United 12:46.890 --> 12:47.960 States joe biden . 13:01.540 --> 13:02.050 Sure . 13:07.340 --> 13:08.460 Mhm Yeah . 13:18.540 --> 13:19.560 Good afternoon . 13:22.740 --> 13:24.840 Thank you Lawrence . Please please 13:24.840 --> 13:28.490 please sit down . I once said that the 13:28.500 --> 13:31.330 big crowd in the evening . I said 13:31.330 --> 13:34.170 please sit down and there were no seats . 13:34.170 --> 13:36.810 They're out on the football field . And 13:36.810 --> 13:39.032 the press pointed out , biden is losing 13:39.032 --> 13:41.360 it . Well , I can see you all had seats 13:44.140 --> 13:47.620 Laurie thank you very much . I told 13:47.620 --> 13:51.510 Lori when she was showing me the bus 13:51.940 --> 13:55.230 she's driving now . Back . When I was 13:55.230 --> 13:57.860 in law school , I drove a school bus 13:57.860 --> 14:00.082 during the summers to pick up any money 14:01.340 --> 14:03.284 And from one bus driver to another 14:03.284 --> 14:05.880 lorry . I want to thank for all you do 14:05.880 --> 14:08.700 to make this city run . Help folks get 14:08.700 --> 14:11.090 where they need to go . You do it in a 14:11.090 --> 14:14.060 way that sometimes it's not always easy . 14:15.120 --> 14:17.430 I'm glad to be here with great 14:17.430 --> 14:20.070 Wisconsin leaders Gove . I guess I 14:20.070 --> 14:22.181 landed the airport just a few minutes 14:22.181 --> 14:24.292 before you did . Thank you for making 14:24.292 --> 14:26.570 the effort to be here . My good friend , 14:26.570 --> 14:28.681 tammy , baldwin , senator , baldwin's 14:28.681 --> 14:32.340 here , congressman Ron . Kind mom . 14:32.350 --> 14:34.294 Thank you for raising a good kid , 14:43.930 --> 14:46.540 mary Reynolds . I was telling the mayor 14:46.540 --> 14:48.373 he just won re election . He won 14:48.373 --> 14:50.350 election . And I said , you know , 14:51.140 --> 14:53.307 always wondered about anybody runs for 14:53.307 --> 14:55.710 mayor because it's the hardest job in 14:55.710 --> 14:58.160 american politics . They know where you 14:58.160 --> 15:01.160 live . Can't go to the grocery store . 15:01.740 --> 15:04.060 Why is that pothole still there ? I get 15:04.060 --> 15:06.116 it and you can't even control that . 15:06.116 --> 15:08.171 Tonight . We're mr mayor , thank you 15:08.171 --> 15:10.004 for your service . Thank you for 15:10.004 --> 15:11.727 willing to serve . I'm here in 15:11.727 --> 15:14.000 Wisconsin to celebrate a step forward 15:14.010 --> 15:16.700 from our country . Our country talk a 15:16.700 --> 15:18.700 little bit about what it's going to 15:18.700 --> 15:20.589 mean for working families here in 15:20.589 --> 15:23.070 Wisconsin and across the nation . When 15:23.070 --> 15:26.020 I was sworn in five months ago , I 15:26.020 --> 15:27.940 pledge to put my whole soul into 15:27.950 --> 15:30.470 bringing America together . Said I was 15:30.470 --> 15:32.526 running for three reasons . The last 15:32.526 --> 15:34.692 one of which I said is unite America . 15:34.692 --> 15:37.170 I admit it's difficult and I think some 15:37.170 --> 15:39.337 of my friends in the press thought was 15:39.337 --> 15:41.614 impossible . I still don't think it is , 15:41.614 --> 15:43.750 but because I believe that there is 15:43.750 --> 15:46.420 nothing we cannot do if we bring to 15:46.420 --> 15:48.587 come together as a nation democrats in 15:48.587 --> 15:50.880 republic and we're really divided on a 15:50.880 --> 15:53.140 whole range of things . If you look 15:53.140 --> 15:55.210 back across our history , from the 15:55.220 --> 15:57.053 transcontinental railroad to the 15:57.053 --> 15:59.220 creation of the Internet , you can see 15:59.220 --> 16:01.830 the truth and that idea about coming 16:01.830 --> 16:04.970 together . Because America America has 16:04.980 --> 16:07.530 always been propelled into the future 16:07.530 --> 16:09.360 by landmark national investment 16:10.240 --> 16:12.640 investments in only the government has 16:12.640 --> 16:15.200 the capacity to make , only the 16:15.200 --> 16:17.200 government working together . Could 16:17.200 --> 16:19.930 make . Today happens the mark Push the 16:19.930 --> 16:22.280 dental . But today is the 60th 16:22.280 --> 16:25.570 anniversary of one of those significant 16:25.570 --> 16:28.910 investments to change the nation . 65 16:28.910 --> 16:31.350 years ago . Today , President Dwight 16:31.350 --> 16:33.820 Eisenhower signed the bill that created 16:33.820 --> 16:36.610 the interstate Highway system 65 years 16:36.610 --> 16:39.720 ago today . That was the last 16:39.720 --> 16:41.831 infrastructure investment of the size 16:41.831 --> 16:44.050 and scope of what an agreement I'm 16:44.050 --> 16:47.120 about to talk about today . It's time 16:47.120 --> 16:49.231 for us to write a new chapter in that 16:49.231 --> 16:53.220 story . After months of careful 16:53.220 --> 16:56.660 negotiation , listening , compromising 16:57.140 --> 16:59.029 together and in good faith moving 16:59.029 --> 17:01.180 together with ups and downs and some 17:01.180 --> 17:04.650 blips bipartisan group of senators got 17:04.650 --> 17:07.170 together and they forged an agreement 17:07.640 --> 17:09.900 to move forward on the key priorities 17:10.140 --> 17:12.480 of my american jobs , playing one of 17:12.480 --> 17:14.480 them sitting in front of you . As a 17:14.480 --> 17:17.380 result , this is a generational 17:17.380 --> 17:19.990 investment , generational investment , 17:19.990 --> 17:21.879 to modernize our infrastructure , 17:22.340 --> 17:25.160 creating millions of good paying jobs . 17:25.540 --> 17:27.484 That's not coming from me , that's 17:27.484 --> 17:29.596 coming from Wall Street , millions of 17:29.596 --> 17:31.484 good paying jobs . And positioned 17:31.484 --> 17:34.000 America to compete With the rest of the 17:34.010 --> 17:36.360 world in the 21st century . Because 17:36.360 --> 17:39.580 china is way out working us in terms of 17:39.580 --> 17:41.950 infrastructure , it's going to make the 17:41.950 --> 17:44.172 world a difference for families here in 17:44.172 --> 17:46.960 Wisconsin , here's what it's gonna do . 17:48.040 --> 17:50.207 This deal will put american workers to 17:50.207 --> 17:53.270 work in a good paying job , Not minimum 17:53.270 --> 17:55.600 wage job , not $15 an hour job , 17:55.610 --> 17:58.670 prevailing wage job , good paying job 17:59.440 --> 18:01.551 preparing our roads and our bridges . 18:02.340 --> 18:05.170 You all know why that matters . One in 18:05.170 --> 18:07.990 five miles of highway and roads in 18:07.990 --> 18:10.740 America are in poor condition , one in 18:10.740 --> 18:12.851 five miles . Some states , it's worse 18:12.851 --> 18:16.350 where the weather is tougher 5 , 18:16.360 --> 18:19.960 50 years , 50 Of our bridges 18:19.970 --> 18:23.930 are over 50 years old . More than 1000 18:23.930 --> 18:27.030 bridges here in Wisconsin . R rated as 18:27.030 --> 18:29.170 structurally deficient by engineers . 18:30.640 --> 18:34.510 1000 just in Wisconsin and I'm not , 18:34.510 --> 18:36.621 that doesn't make Wisconsin better or 18:36.621 --> 18:38.677 worse . It's all across the nation . 18:38.677 --> 18:40.960 It's this way Their bridges , the 10 18:40.960 --> 18:44.310 most travel bridges in America need 18:44.310 --> 18:46.421 repair and some need to be completely 18:46.421 --> 18:49.910 rebuilt . More than 600 , More than 18:49.910 --> 18:51.854 600 here in the state of Wisconsin 18:52.640 --> 18:54.751 bridges have weight limits to prevent 18:54.751 --> 18:56.918 trucks from crossing . That means long 18:56.918 --> 18:59.140 detours for farmers heading to market . 18:59.340 --> 19:01.562 There's more than just an inconvenience 19:01.562 --> 19:04.800 about safety as well . In November 2019 , 19:04.800 --> 19:06.744 a school bus in Arcady , Wisconsin 19:07.240 --> 19:09.407 Tipped over , going around the curve , 19:09.407 --> 19:11.462 went into a dish with 20 students on 19:11.462 --> 19:13.740 board . It wasn't because of snow rice , 19:14.240 --> 19:16.210 it was just an old country road of 19:16.220 --> 19:18.870 rough conditions . Thank God nobody was 19:18.870 --> 19:21.640 seriously injured at the time . But 19:21.640 --> 19:24.560 this is a drain on our economy as well . 19:25.440 --> 19:28.060 Typical american , typical american and 19:28.060 --> 19:30.770 very slightly from state to state , but 19:30.780 --> 19:32.836 the typical american pays the hidden 19:32.836 --> 19:36.640 tax More than $1,000 a year and 19:36.650 --> 19:40.620 wasted time wasted time and fuel 19:40.630 --> 19:43.390 through the traffic congestion now in 19:43.390 --> 19:45.334 the more rule the areas unless the 19:45.334 --> 19:47.560 congestion . But it creates other 19:47.560 --> 19:50.050 difficulty . You all know that feeling , 19:50.940 --> 19:53.320 losing time sitting in traffic being 19:53.320 --> 19:55.660 rerouted because the bridge isn't wide 19:55.660 --> 19:58.170 enough . The road is poorly maintained . 19:59.440 --> 20:01.440 This deal is going to put americans 20:01.440 --> 20:04.760 back to fixing all and good paying jobs . 20:05.340 --> 20:07.396 This deal will also put Americans to 20:07.396 --> 20:10.820 work replacing 100% of our nation's 20:10.830 --> 20:14.300 lead water pipes . You know , there's 20:14.300 --> 20:16.590 400,000 and I walk into the numbers , I 20:16.600 --> 20:18.990 get carried away . But it's really 20:18.990 --> 20:21.046 dangerous that every single american 20:21.046 --> 20:24.580 child at home or in school , we'll soon 20:24.580 --> 20:26.524 be able to turn on that faucet and 20:26.524 --> 20:28.524 their moms and dads know that water 20:28.524 --> 20:30.760 they're drinking is clean , insane . 20:32.140 --> 20:34.473 Give you an example of why that matters . 20:34.473 --> 20:36.473 Just look at the city . Milwaukee , 20:36.473 --> 20:40.160 Milwaukee has more than 160,000 20:40.640 --> 20:44.440 water service lines , More than 70,000 20:44.440 --> 20:47.590 of them . Nearly half have lead service 20:47.590 --> 20:51.090 lines and by the way , I'm not just not 20:51.100 --> 20:53.230 picking on Wisconsin of every state's 20:53.230 --> 20:55.119 like this , but just to know what 20:55.119 --> 20:57.286 you're going to be doing for the state 20:57.286 --> 20:59.286 of Wisconsin . You know , we know , 20:59.600 --> 21:01.822 exposure to lead and drinking water can 21:01.822 --> 21:03.989 trigger a number of serious problems . 21:04.540 --> 21:06.429 Even low levels of love can cause 21:06.429 --> 21:08.207 behavioral learning problems in 21:08.207 --> 21:10.096 Children impairing their growth . 21:11.220 --> 21:13.360 They're up to 10 million homes with 21:13.360 --> 21:15.582 lead pipes , service lines and fighting 21:16.040 --> 21:19.770 Children and up to 400,000 21:19.770 --> 21:23.190 schools , 400,000 schools and childcare 21:23.190 --> 21:25.770 facilities are at risk of exposure for 21:25.770 --> 21:28.980 lead . This deal contains the largest 21:28.980 --> 21:31.490 investment in clean drinking water and 21:31.490 --> 21:33.601 wastewater infrastructure in american 21:33.601 --> 21:35.850 history . Just does also provide 21:36.640 --> 21:38.807 something you're very familiar with in 21:38.807 --> 21:40.751 the island provides funding to get 21:40.751 --> 21:42.807 dangerous chemicals out of our water 21:42.807 --> 21:45.980 system known as FAS , or Forever 21:45.980 --> 21:48.620 Chemical . It's the problem all across 21:48.620 --> 21:50.676 the country . And I know that you're 21:50.676 --> 21:53.180 feeling it right here , right here here 21:53.180 --> 21:55.770 in La Crosse County , just this spring , 21:55.770 --> 21:57.970 the state had to provide free bottled 21:57.970 --> 22:00.137 water to thousands of people on french 22:00.137 --> 22:02.303 Island because they were worried about 22:02.303 --> 22:04.359 those chemicals in the groundwater , 22:04.359 --> 22:06.470 which were linked to cancer and other 22:06.470 --> 22:08.581 illnesses to pay for that . We'll get 22:08.581 --> 22:11.140 that done . We're also gonna surge 22:11.140 --> 22:13.660 federal resources to help address the 22:13.660 --> 22:16.010 forever chemicals , not just here , but 22:16.020 --> 22:18.570 all across America . Unfortunately , 22:18.570 --> 22:20.903 Wisconsin is not unique in this problem . 22:21.840 --> 22:24.062 This deal will also put americans , the 22:24.062 --> 22:26.420 word building transmission lines , the 22:26.420 --> 22:28.510 largest investment in clean energy 22:28.510 --> 22:30.670 transmission in american history . 22:31.840 --> 22:35.130 Power outages costs the US economy Up 22:35.130 --> 22:37.241 to now , this is , you know , we know 22:37.241 --> 22:39.186 this from the three add it up . It 22:39.186 --> 22:41.130 doesn't seem to be that big a deal 22:41.840 --> 22:44.960 because the economy Congressman , 22:45.260 --> 22:48.450 $70 billion dollars annually , hear me 22:48.940 --> 22:51.290 Nationally , $70 billion dollars 22:51.290 --> 22:53.830 annually . And as climate change 22:53.830 --> 22:56.052 induces extreme weather events more and 22:56.052 --> 22:57.941 more frequently , we need to make 22:57.941 --> 23:00.052 investments to build a more resilient 23:00.052 --> 23:03.370 grid guy was like majority of the 23:03.370 --> 23:05.740 nation's grid is aging . Some 23:05.740 --> 23:09.060 components are over a century old 23:09.840 --> 23:12.570 and 70% the transmission and 23:12.570 --> 23:15.250 distribution line are well into the 23:15.250 --> 23:18.230 second half of the license . You saw 23:18.230 --> 23:21.260 what happened in texas this winter , 23:21.840 --> 23:24.640 The entire system in the state 23:24.650 --> 23:27.760 collapsed the entire system 23:28.940 --> 23:32.440 so we have to act this deal will 23:32.440 --> 23:35.470 modernize the power grid more energy 23:35.470 --> 23:38.300 efficient , resilient and resistant to 23:38.300 --> 23:41.400 extreme weather , resilient against bad 23:41.400 --> 23:43.940 actors who try to hack and attack the 23:43.950 --> 23:46.540 grid because I spent a lot of time in 23:46.540 --> 23:49.110 europe trying to work on and it's going 23:49.110 --> 23:51.277 to strengthen and Vitalize our natural 23:51.277 --> 23:54.260 infrastructure , like our coastline and 23:54.260 --> 23:56.640 levies while preparing our physical 23:56.640 --> 23:58.870 infrastructure for wildfires , floods . 23:59.000 --> 24:01.970 Another extreme weather , Anybody ever 24:01.970 --> 24:04.192 believe you have turned on the news and 24:04.192 --> 24:07.160 there was 116° in Portland Oregon , 24:08.340 --> 24:11.860 116°. Don't worry , 24:12.240 --> 24:14.790 there is no global warming . It doesn't 24:14.790 --> 24:17.012 exist as a figment of our imagination . 24:19.040 --> 24:22.760 Seriously . When a severe storm rolls 24:22.760 --> 24:25.050 in like you had in some parts of the 24:25.050 --> 24:27.560 state just recently , powers would be 24:27.560 --> 24:30.170 less likely to go out town . Water 24:30.170 --> 24:32.337 systems will be able to withstand what 24:32.337 --> 24:34.448 happen . We must make this investment 24:35.940 --> 24:38.420 and all as all of you know , America is 24:38.420 --> 24:40.364 one of the highest growth fatality 24:40.364 --> 24:42.364 rates of anywhere in the industrial 24:42.364 --> 24:45.660 world . You said it again . Highest 24:45.660 --> 24:47.771 road fatality rates of any industrial 24:47.771 --> 24:48.771 nation 24:51.740 --> 24:53.740 Lost a wife and daughter and almost 24:53.740 --> 24:54.770 lost two sons . 24:58.640 --> 25:01.370 Look , our fatality rate is double . 25:01.380 --> 25:03.860 The rate in Canada moved the capital . 25:05.040 --> 25:07.260 I bet everyone of you here can tell me 25:07.940 --> 25:10.051 what the most dangerous intersections 25:10.051 --> 25:13.150 in your town . LA 8-5 , no matter what 25:13.150 --> 25:15.428 your pound , maybe you don't have many . 25:15.428 --> 25:17.700 Everybody knows what intersections are 25:17.700 --> 25:20.890 the mostly you're teaching your kids to 25:20.890 --> 25:23.112 drive . What do you do ? So , um , no , 25:23.112 --> 25:25.910 don't go down that when you come home , 25:25.920 --> 25:28.430 I'm being deadly earned when you come 25:28.430 --> 25:31.040 home come home the other way . Well , 25:31.040 --> 25:33.810 guess what ? We've got an agreement 25:33.810 --> 25:36.490 with just $11 billion dollars help 25:36.490 --> 25:38.790 cities and locales reduce crashes and 25:38.790 --> 25:40.457 fatalities in the community , 25:40.457 --> 25:42.980 especially for cyclists and , and 25:42.990 --> 25:44.934 pedestrians , which are increasing 25:44.934 --> 25:47.080 significance . This deal is going to 25:47.080 --> 25:49.770 more than double the funding , directed 25:49.770 --> 25:52.220 the state local program that improve 25:52.220 --> 25:54.220 the safety of people and vehicles , 25:54.220 --> 25:57.010 including highway safety , truck safety , 25:57.100 --> 25:59.560 pipeline and hazardous materials safety 26:00.340 --> 26:02.451 Morning . You get into this now , but 26:02.451 --> 26:04.680 you know , we have , we have thousands 26:04.680 --> 26:07.070 of miles of pipeline . The vast 26:07.070 --> 26:09.140 majority of those pipes are 60 years 26:09.140 --> 26:11.610 old , Some of them more than 80 years 26:11.610 --> 26:13.660 old , bottom or leaky . 26:15.640 --> 26:17.807 This is the United States of America , 26:17.807 --> 26:21.160 for God's sake , what are we not doing 26:23.740 --> 26:25.962 this deal Also help high speed internet 26:26.440 --> 26:28.551 And make sure it's available to every 26:28.551 --> 26:31.960 American home , including 35 26:32.340 --> 26:34.440 of rural families who currently go 26:34.440 --> 26:38.060 without it . As of last spring , 26:38.940 --> 26:41.310 More than 82,000 Children here in 26:41.310 --> 26:43.850 Wisconsin was prides itself on its 26:43.850 --> 26:46.430 education . Didn't have reliable 26:46.430 --> 26:49.340 internet access at home . Think about 26:49.340 --> 26:52.950 that year and year of remote schooling . 26:53.440 --> 26:55.329 When so many of our needs and our 26:55.329 --> 26:57.760 connections were forced to move online , 26:59.040 --> 27:01.151 tens of thousands , constant kids got 27:01.151 --> 27:03.810 left behind . Did you ever think here 27:03.810 --> 27:05.921 in America the kids would have to sit 27:05.921 --> 27:08.990 in the fast food parking lot just to do 27:08.990 --> 27:11.101 their schoolwork and homework because 27:11.101 --> 27:13.379 they could connect online . Not a joke . 27:14.240 --> 27:17.670 Ask any mom who has kids in school . 27:17.680 --> 27:20.880 Her dad who's taken care of no child 27:20.880 --> 27:23.430 should have to do that . And no farmer 27:23.430 --> 27:25.597 here in Wisconsin should lose business 27:25.597 --> 27:27.430 because they don't have reliable 27:27.430 --> 27:29.763 connection the Internet , no one to buy , 27:29.763 --> 27:32.097 no one to sell and know what's going on . 27:32.340 --> 27:35.340 You know , back in 1936 , the federal 27:35.340 --> 27:38.410 government for all electricity to every 27:38.410 --> 27:40.632 home and farm in America and spread the 27:40.632 --> 27:43.830 opportunity out for cities in every 27:43.830 --> 27:46.070 part of the country . It changed the 27:46.070 --> 27:48.070 lives and fortunes of thousands and 27:48.070 --> 27:50.520 thousands of homeowners , thousands of 27:50.520 --> 27:52.464 hometowns and millions of american 27:52.464 --> 27:56.120 families and set the stage for a 27:56.120 --> 27:59.760 massive , sustained economic boom that 27:59.760 --> 28:02.420 would follow . World War Two . High 28:02.420 --> 28:04.531 speed , unionized . The equivalent of 28:04.531 --> 28:06.642 that today . It's a similar , it's an 28:06.642 --> 28:09.060 equivalent of that . It isn't a luxury . 28:09.640 --> 28:12.450 It's now a necessity like water and 28:12.450 --> 28:15.250 electricity and this deal would provide 28:15.250 --> 28:17.710 for for everyone while bringing down 28:17.710 --> 28:20.010 the cost of Internet service across the 28:20.010 --> 28:23.600 board . This deal has also put 28:23.600 --> 28:25.767 americans to work through a first ever 28:25.767 --> 28:28.310 national effort to install electric 28:28.310 --> 28:32.030 vehicle charging station , 500 28:32.040 --> 28:34.390 oh charging stations nationwide along 28:34.390 --> 28:37.050 our highways , in the rural and 28:37.050 --> 28:39.050 disadvantaged communities as well . 28:39.240 --> 28:41.073 Think about that can mean to the 28:41.073 --> 28:43.018 american auto work in the future , 28:43.018 --> 28:46.370 electric vehicles , china is going full 28:46.370 --> 28:49.210 more for providing more electric 28:49.210 --> 28:51.432 vehicles than any nation in the world . 28:52.140 --> 28:54.250 You know , it used to be my first 28:54.260 --> 28:56.204 thought , the United States Senate 28:56.240 --> 28:58.490 Actually a couple actually in the 60s 28:58.490 --> 29:00.490 and I was getting out of late 60s , 29:00.490 --> 29:02.323 getting out of law school , what 29:02.323 --> 29:05.460 happened ? We invested more in R and D 29:05.460 --> 29:09.310 and investment and manufacturing than 29:09.310 --> 29:11.930 any nation in the world . Now we're 29:11.930 --> 29:14.180 number eight in the world , China . 29:14.180 --> 29:17.190 Used to be # nine . Now the # two in 29:17.190 --> 29:20.550 the world . When you build a charging 29:20.550 --> 29:22.750 station , the spurs even more 29:22.750 --> 29:24.639 investment in more infrastructure 29:24.639 --> 29:26.972 around it . The local convenience store , 29:26.972 --> 29:29.280 the local hamburgers played , you know , 29:29.280 --> 29:31.540 think about nobody is old enough . But 29:31.540 --> 29:33.429 my dad used to tell me because he 29:33.429 --> 29:35.207 worked back in the days for the 29:35.207 --> 29:37.350 american oil coming . They came along 29:38.040 --> 29:40.262 with the automobile combustion engine . 29:40.440 --> 29:42.551 You need to be able to put gas in the 29:42.551 --> 29:44.950 engine . I mean in the car , the tank . 29:45.740 --> 29:47.796 Well , guess what ? You had to build 29:47.796 --> 29:50.640 gas station . One of my dad's job is my 29:50.640 --> 29:52.751 grandpa , biden's job to go from city 29:52.751 --> 29:55.330 to city , convincing them was okay to 29:55.330 --> 29:58.360 bury these great big tanks , gasoline 29:59.340 --> 30:01.451 and entire communities grew up around 30:01.451 --> 30:03.451 it . Well , this is exactly what we 30:03.451 --> 30:05.396 have to do with regard an electric 30:05.396 --> 30:07.451 vehicle . This deal is also going to 30:07.451 --> 30:09.507 help our cities and towns are school 30:09.507 --> 30:11.507 this year , deploy electric buses , 30:12.240 --> 30:15.670 35,000 electric school buses . That 30:15.670 --> 30:18.260 counter There are about 30:18.260 --> 30:21.770 475,000 school buses in this country , 30:22.740 --> 30:25.660 95% of them . Like the ones you had 30:25.660 --> 30:27.670 here . Is he okay honey ? 30:29.340 --> 30:33.260 Sure . He took a little bit of a tumble , 30:35.340 --> 30:39.180 95% of them run on diesel . So every 30:39.180 --> 30:42.950 day More than 25 million kids 30:43.640 --> 30:45.840 and thousands of bus drivers breathe 30:45.840 --> 30:48.050 polluted air on the way to and from 30:48.050 --> 30:50.660 school , these little air pollution is 30:50.660 --> 30:52.549 linked to asthma and other health 30:52.549 --> 30:54.604 problems . It hurts communities that 30:54.604 --> 30:56.771 causes students to get sick . And this 30:56.771 --> 30:59.030 time in school we owe it to our kids to 30:59.030 --> 31:01.086 clean up the school buses . And this 31:01.086 --> 31:03.900 deal will help do just that . I know 31:03.900 --> 31:06.011 that the signals across is getting to 31:06.011 --> 31:08.344 electric transit . The bus is this fall . 31:08.344 --> 31:10.567 I think I saw them both . I was down in 31:10.567 --> 31:12.400 the Carolinas looking at the bus 31:12.400 --> 31:14.567 company where you're going to buy them 31:14.567 --> 31:16.630 charging stations to power this 31:16.630 --> 31:19.060 bipartisan deal . By the way , you had 31:19.440 --> 31:21.551 half republicans , you have democrats 31:21.551 --> 31:23.384 come along and present this deal 31:23.384 --> 31:25.384 negotiators do . It's going to help 31:25.384 --> 31:28.350 advance that effort . You're still also 31:28.940 --> 31:31.870 also modernizes are outdated airports , 31:31.870 --> 31:34.870 ports and waterways . That means fewer 31:34.870 --> 31:37.870 delays to drain away so much money from 31:37.870 --> 31:40.670 families and for businesses , there's 31:40.670 --> 31:44.570 no good reason why that zero , zero of 31:44.570 --> 31:47.010 the top 25 airports in the world are 31:47.020 --> 31:50.770 American zero , not one 31:51.440 --> 31:54.720 in the United States of America . This 31:54.720 --> 31:57.330 team will put americans to work long 31:57.330 --> 32:00.160 overdue . National environmental 32:00.160 --> 32:03.060 cleanups means good paying jobs 32:03.840 --> 32:05.780 trapping hundreds of thousands of 32:05.780 --> 32:09.740 abandoned oil and gas wells need to 32:09.740 --> 32:13.550 be cleaned up and cap methane 32:13.550 --> 32:15.606 leaks , protecting the health of our 32:15.606 --> 32:18.360 communities , making the same money it 32:18.360 --> 32:21.300 took to dig that . Well , there's 32:21.300 --> 32:25.140 thousands of , not to mention this 32:25.140 --> 32:27.362 still represents the largest investment 32:27.362 --> 32:30.070 american passenger rail and in freight 32:30.070 --> 32:33.030 rail since the creation event . Now I 32:33.030 --> 32:35.730 know Mr Amtrak I've traveled over two 32:35.730 --> 32:37.960 million miles in community every day . 32:37.960 --> 32:39.960 I get it . I know you think I'm not 32:40.440 --> 32:42.718 after my wife and daughter were killed . 32:42.718 --> 32:44.829 I decided to commute back and forth . 32:44.829 --> 32:47.660 Mhm 257 Mile Round Trip . 32:48.740 --> 32:50.962 Tell you real quick story . I shouldn't 32:51.040 --> 32:53.370 boy with it , but you know the Secret 32:53.370 --> 32:55.259 Service for the best in the world 32:55.740 --> 32:57.930 doesn't like it taking Amtrak and it 32:57.930 --> 33:00.690 stops turning the train . They want me 33:00.690 --> 33:02.790 flying home and small jets were 33:02.790 --> 33:05.480 available as vice Prez and with that 33:05.480 --> 33:07.480 costs a lot of money . So I would , 33:07.640 --> 33:10.000 yeah , I'll go home on Fridays because 33:10.000 --> 33:12.320 my mom was passing away , I go home on 33:12.320 --> 33:15.250 Amtrak . They've published , they keep 33:15.260 --> 33:18.210 fastidious record of the miles you 33:18.210 --> 33:22.100 travel in America in air force aircraft 33:22.100 --> 33:24.530 as president , Vice president Toward 33:24.530 --> 33:26.880 the end of my term Headline came out in 33:26.880 --> 33:28.980 all the papers , Biden travels . I 33:28.980 --> 33:32.450 think it was 1.3 or 1.7 million miles 33:33.440 --> 33:37.160 on Air Force . And so I'm getting on 33:37.840 --> 33:40.180 train on that friday . And these guys 33:40.180 --> 33:41.958 are all became my family always 33:41.958 --> 33:44.660 conducted and a guy named Angelo negri 33:44.660 --> 33:47.650 came up . He goes Joey baby guys , my 33:47.650 --> 33:49.761 cheek like that and I thought they're 33:49.761 --> 33:52.039 going to shoot him . I really did . No , 33:52.039 --> 33:54.039 no , no , no , no , he's a friend . 33:54.039 --> 33:57.280 He's like that there . He said , big 33:57.290 --> 34:00.110 deal Joey , A million whatever was 34:00.120 --> 34:02.810 300,000 miles . You know how many 34:02.810 --> 34:05.790 module traveling ? Amtrak Joey And I 34:05.790 --> 34:07.679 said no . And I know he said that 34:07.679 --> 34:09.890 retirement dinner we calculated , we 34:09.890 --> 34:13.860 estimated 127 days a year , 34:14.540 --> 34:17.360 250 miles back and forth . three 34:17.940 --> 34:20.970 36 years . Then as vice president Joey , 34:21.440 --> 34:23.360 you travel more on Amtrak . 34:25.040 --> 34:28.640 Well , I want a name the 34:28.640 --> 34:31.330 station afternoon . My city someone 34:31.330 --> 34:33.330 complained that biden was using his 34:33.330 --> 34:35.330 influence . I said hell they should 34:35.330 --> 34:37.441 name the whole Northeast carter after 34:37.441 --> 34:39.663 me . Mhm . More than anybody else . But 34:39.663 --> 34:42.110 all can decide . Studies show if you 34:42.110 --> 34:44.830 can get to your destination in the same 34:44.830 --> 34:46.886 amount of time or less . Unreal than 34:46.886 --> 34:49.360 you can by car , people will take round 34:49.940 --> 34:52.710 God you know this . But anybody Imagine 34:52.710 --> 34:55.110 if you can get from Chicago from across 34:55.110 --> 34:58.460 to Chicago in two hours Instead of 4.5 . 34:59.340 --> 35:01.284 That's what this would allow us to 35:01.284 --> 35:03.173 build the capacity to do and beef 35:03.173 --> 35:05.420 science would not only make your travel 35:05.420 --> 35:07.710 easier . I don't know why I go to 35:07.710 --> 35:09.932 Chicago but you know , I'll all kidding 35:09.932 --> 35:12.910 aside , it would reduce the largest 35:12.910 --> 35:16.230 source of pollution in America vehicle 35:16.230 --> 35:19.190 travel . You're not just taking around 35:19.190 --> 35:22.290 the agency . We're going to invest $66 35:22.290 --> 35:24.346 billion dollars in rail to eliminate 35:24.346 --> 35:26.420 backlogs , bring world class rail 35:26.420 --> 35:28.698 service to areas outside the Northeast . 35:29.240 --> 35:32.410 Here in Wisconsin , we'll add new stops 35:32.410 --> 35:34.521 in Green Bay . Madison will declare . 35:35.340 --> 35:37.190 This deal also makes the largest 35:37.190 --> 35:38.968 investment of public transit in 35:38.968 --> 35:41.134 american history . Whole lot of people 35:41.134 --> 35:42.912 here Wisconsin depend on public 35:42.912 --> 35:44.968 transportation like the bus system . 35:44.968 --> 35:47.134 Erin lacrosse get to work to school to 35:47.134 --> 35:49.640 get around because of this deal will be 35:49.640 --> 35:51.640 easier , quicker , cleaner and more 35:51.640 --> 35:53.973 frequent and more event , more reliable , 35:54.440 --> 35:56.551 more transit options mean more people 35:56.551 --> 35:58.662 can access good access , good jobs as 35:58.662 --> 36:02.610 well . One study found that it 36:02.610 --> 36:04.721 leads to higher wages workers because 36:04.721 --> 36:06.943 businesses can attract more customers . 36:07.530 --> 36:10.040 It's a rare . This bipartisan 36:10.040 --> 36:12.096 breakthrough is a great deal for the 36:12.096 --> 36:14.318 american people , not just for folks in 36:14.318 --> 36:16.373 cities , not just for red states and 36:16.373 --> 36:18.850 blue states , but for everyone this job , 36:19.730 --> 36:23.150 this job , no job there , you will be 36:23.150 --> 36:26.440 created largely movie those for blue 36:26.440 --> 36:29.290 collar workers , the majority of whom 36:29.290 --> 36:31.457 will not have to have a college degree 36:31.457 --> 36:33.679 to have those jobs . Lot of those folks 36:33.679 --> 36:36.070 are being left behind now the guys who 36:36.070 --> 36:38.126 grew up with the scrambling claymont 36:38.126 --> 36:41.520 left behind this is the answer for good 36:41.530 --> 36:45.320 paying job job . This job jobs not 36:45.320 --> 36:47.930 just in our biggest cities along our 36:47.940 --> 36:50.480 coast , but in small towns across the 36:50.480 --> 36:52.970 country . So families can build wealth 36:52.970 --> 36:55.210 and opportunity in rural hometowns and 36:55.210 --> 36:58.540 don't have to leave when there right 36:59.730 --> 37:02.380 said it all along . This is a blue 37:02.380 --> 37:04.850 collar blueprint to rebuild America 37:06.330 --> 37:08.330 long before families in Wisconsin , 37:08.330 --> 37:10.108 we're going to see the benefits 37:10.108 --> 37:13.890 firsthand . No , I'm always quoting my 37:13.890 --> 37:15.946 dad because he was smart and I loved 37:15.946 --> 37:18.057 him . My dad just said Joey . A job's 37:18.057 --> 37:20.279 about a lot more than a paycheck . It's 37:20.279 --> 37:22.612 about your dignity , it's about respect , 37:22.830 --> 37:25.108 it's about your place in the community . 37:25.108 --> 37:27.274 I mean , he really would say this when 37:27.274 --> 37:29.441 he lost everything in Scranton and the 37:29.441 --> 37:31.497 Mac moved down to by Mondello rolled 37:31.497 --> 37:33.663 steel town , he said , and his deal is 37:33.663 --> 37:35.886 going to deliver a breathing room . All 37:35.886 --> 37:37.941 he said was all you want is a middle 37:37.941 --> 37:40.052 class person . Just have a little bit 37:40.052 --> 37:43.730 of breathing , not just a little bit of 37:43.730 --> 37:45.730 breathing . That's why we've got to 37:45.730 --> 37:47.841 build this economy from the bottom up 37:47.841 --> 37:49.841 in the middle of not trickle down , 37:50.930 --> 37:53.097 creating good paying jobs with dignity 37:53.530 --> 37:56.050 and jobs that cannot be outsourced 37:57.530 --> 37:59.697 and critically , we're going to get it 37:59.697 --> 38:01.697 all done without raising taxes on a 38:01.697 --> 38:03.641 single american earning , listen , 38:03.641 --> 38:05.850 $400,000 Now . All of you making over 38:05.850 --> 38:07.540 $400,000 I love , 38:09.920 --> 38:12.031 but I don't mind a little bit if your 38:12.031 --> 38:15.150 taxes government . But all kidding 38:15.150 --> 38:18.670 aside , I made a commitment . Nobody , 38:18.700 --> 38:20.780 I would not support anything that 38:20.780 --> 38:22.947 raised a penny in tax and someone make 38:22.947 --> 38:25.660 under 400 grand . And that means in 38:25.660 --> 38:28.860 this bill there is no gas tax . Working 38:28.860 --> 38:30.749 families have already paid enough 38:30.749 --> 38:32.471 instead going to pay for these 38:32.471 --> 38:34.360 investments in part by giving the 38:34.360 --> 38:36.527 Internal Revenue Service the resources 38:36.527 --> 38:38.360 it needs to collect taxes on the 38:38.360 --> 38:40.471 wealthiest americans who Oh , but are 38:40.471 --> 38:43.520 currently not being under the existing 38:43.520 --> 38:46.790 tax . And by the way , it's not done by 38:46.790 --> 38:48.846 these have been done by conservative 38:48.846 --> 38:52.100 economists and liberal economy . It 38:52.100 --> 38:54.156 cracks down on tax chiefs , not just 38:54.156 --> 38:56.650 hard working middle class America and 38:56.650 --> 38:58.817 there's a lot of important investments 38:58.817 --> 39:00.817 in this deal . They're long overdue 39:00.920 --> 39:03.087 economists of all stripes agree that's 39:03.087 --> 39:04.753 going to create good jobs and 39:04.753 --> 39:06.864 dramatically strengthen our economy . 39:06.864 --> 39:08.809 And alone , it makes it easier for 39:08.809 --> 39:10.753 businesses . You seem to transport 39:10.753 --> 39:12.864 their goods , makes it easier to work 39:12.864 --> 39:15.087 is the more easily access job options . 39:15.320 --> 39:17.431 But the reason this agreement matters 39:17.431 --> 39:19.764 so much , it's about what it represents . 39:20.020 --> 39:22.020 This deal isn't just the sum of its 39:22.020 --> 39:25.360 parts , it's a signal to ourselves and 39:25.360 --> 39:28.230 to the world that american democracy 39:28.230 --> 39:30.286 can come through and deliver for all 39:30.286 --> 39:33.680 our people . We can't be united . I 39:33.680 --> 39:35.902 just met with the G-7 , I just met with 39:35.902 --> 39:37.902 all of NATO . I just met with Putin 39:37.920 --> 39:41.110 autocrats think that democracy can keep 39:41.110 --> 39:43.540 up with autocrats , not a joke , 39:45.120 --> 39:47.120 but its libyan proof , we can still 39:47.120 --> 39:49.009 come together in this country and 39:49.009 --> 39:50.620 accomplish something big and 39:50.620 --> 39:52.660 transformation . I know that the 39:52.670 --> 39:54.892 democrats or republicans get everything 39:54.892 --> 39:57.260 they wanted . It's not all that I 39:57.260 --> 39:59.800 propose , but that's what our economy 39:59.800 --> 40:02.020 is all about . That's what it means to 40:02.020 --> 40:03.964 compromise and reach consensus and 40:03.964 --> 40:06.187 that's what every in the heart of every 40:06.187 --> 40:08.680 democracy . And we can't give up on 40:08.680 --> 40:10.850 what we keep finding ways to come 40:10.850 --> 40:12.683 together . Because every time we 40:12.683 --> 40:14.517 negotiate in good faith and come 40:14.517 --> 40:16.517 together and get something big , we 40:16.517 --> 40:19.080 break a little more of the ice too 40:19.080 --> 40:21.030 often keeps us frozen in place and 40:21.030 --> 40:23.141 prevents us from solving real problem 40:23.210 --> 40:26.290 people face , Let me be clear , there's 40:26.290 --> 40:28.870 much more to do . I'm going to continue 40:28.870 --> 40:31.180 to fight from , I'm going to keep 40:31.180 --> 40:33.770 working with Congress to pass even more 40:33.770 --> 40:36.350 of my economic agenda so we can keep 40:36.360 --> 40:38.527 building an economy from the bottom up 40:38.527 --> 40:40.582 in the middle out . As we bring home 40:40.582 --> 40:42.638 key parts of my american jobs plan , 40:42.910 --> 40:45.021 I'm going to make the case and I told 40:45.021 --> 40:47.510 this to negotiate , I'm going to I'm 40:47.510 --> 40:49.566 going to continue to make the case . 40:49.910 --> 40:52.132 Critical investments are still needed , 40:52.132 --> 40:54.132 including those in my family plan . 40:54.132 --> 40:56.077 American families , maybe the most 40:56.077 --> 40:58.620 important among them is extending the 40:58.620 --> 41:00.580 child tax credit , which was 41:00.580 --> 41:02.800 significant benefit , middle class and 41:02.800 --> 41:04.800 working folks . Let me explain what 41:04.800 --> 41:07.450 that is pretty soon . Taxpayers in 41:07.450 --> 41:09.830 America are going to get a significant 41:09.840 --> 41:12.830 check back from the Rs . For example , 41:13.510 --> 41:16.910 if you are , if you have to pay taxes 41:16.910 --> 41:19.890 and you have good income , You get to 41:19.890 --> 41:23.530 deduct $2,000 per dependent , her child 41:24.210 --> 41:26.266 and that comes off the bottom line , 41:26.266 --> 41:28.377 your taxes and you probably still owe 41:28.377 --> 41:30.610 more after that's cut off . But for 41:30.610 --> 41:33.820 families , for families who in fact 41:34.210 --> 41:36.970 don't have that big a tax bill , they 41:36.970 --> 41:40.430 don't get anything from . So we changed 41:40.430 --> 41:42.930 the law this year And it's cutting 41:42.980 --> 41:45.190 child poverty by 40% . And here in 41:45.190 --> 41:47.740 Wisconsin By July 15 , we're gonna 41:47.740 --> 41:49.962 start people , they're gonna be picking 41:49.962 --> 41:52.296 them and calling you and say thanks God , 41:52.296 --> 41:54.462 they're gonna get checks from the Rs , 41:54.462 --> 41:56.462 here's what did for every child you 41:56.462 --> 41:59.930 have under the age six , 42:00.400 --> 42:02.520 You're going to get $3,600 . 42:04.400 --> 42:06.830 And for every child under the age 42:06.840 --> 42:09.300 between over the age of 12 , you're 42:09.300 --> 42:12.770 going to get 3000 , she'll actually get 42:12.770 --> 42:15.360 a cash payment Instead of just a credit 42:15.360 --> 42:17.416 against your taxes because you don't 42:17.416 --> 42:19.360 pay that many taxes . If you're if 42:19.360 --> 42:21.582 you're making you're making the minimum 42:21.582 --> 42:24.620 wage or you're making $20 , a year . 42:26.300 --> 42:28.133 And people say , well , that's a 42:28.133 --> 42:31.690 giveaway . Hey guys , I think it's time 42:31.690 --> 42:33.930 to give ordinary people a tax break , 42:34.900 --> 42:38.770 wealthier . Doing fine . I mean , it 42:39.250 --> 42:43.220 I mean it , yeah , why is this not a 42:43.230 --> 42:46.500 tax break for working folk ? When the 42:46.500 --> 42:48.510 stuff we give to the super wealthy 42:49.090 --> 42:52.400 called tax breaks ? Look , major action 42:52.400 --> 42:54.620 on clean energy , housing , Caregiving 42:55.300 --> 42:57.730 on child and paid leave , Universal pre 42:57.730 --> 43:00.830 K free community college . The human 43:00.830 --> 43:02.997 infrastructure is intertwined with our 43:02.997 --> 43:04.997 physical infrastructure is going to 43:04.997 --> 43:07.052 help us create more good jobs , ease 43:07.052 --> 43:08.997 the burden of working families and 43:08.997 --> 43:11.052 strengthen our economy . In the long 43:11.052 --> 43:13.052 I'm going out , I'm going to be out 43:13.052 --> 43:15.860 there making the case for the american 43:15.860 --> 43:18.450 people until this job is done until we 43:18.450 --> 43:21.760 bring this bipartisan deal home until 43:21.760 --> 43:23.982 our human infrastructure also needs are 43:23.982 --> 43:26.880 met until we have a fair tax system to 43:26.880 --> 43:29.000 pay for All . By the way when I'm 43:29.000 --> 43:30.944 talking about in the family plan , 43:31.400 --> 43:33.344 which I'm gonna pay for it and the 43:33.344 --> 43:35.233 american people have polling data 43:35.233 --> 43:37.289 overwhelming support it . If we just 43:37.289 --> 43:40.330 raise the corporate tax to 28%, , It 43:40.340 --> 43:42.960 used to be 35%, , It was supposed to 43:42.960 --> 43:45.680 come down to 20 is now 21 . You raised 43:45.680 --> 43:48.230 it to 28% . Not much money that raises 43:48.900 --> 43:51.420 $1.4 trillion . 43:53.100 --> 43:55.820 If you have a minimum global tax , 43:55.820 --> 43:58.370 which we agreed to in europe , that 43:58.370 --> 44:00.580 means so corporations can avoid paying 44:00.580 --> 44:03.050 the taxes at home That would generate 44:03.050 --> 44:05.610 in America $385 billion . 44:07.290 --> 44:09.179 If you end deductions for foreign 44:09.179 --> 44:11.401 corporations to shift their profits out 44:11.401 --> 44:14.110 of the United States , That raises 260 44:14.110 --> 44:16.510 billion . And these tax havens , 44:18.090 --> 44:20.312 You know , there are 30 corporations in 44:20.312 --> 44:22.900 America . The Fortune 500 making 44:22.900 --> 44:25.110 billion by comes from a corporate 44:25.110 --> 44:27.810 capital in the world , not a joke . 44:28.190 --> 44:30.301 More corporations are incorporated in 44:30.301 --> 44:32.412 Delaware than all the rest of America 44:32.412 --> 44:35.910 combined . Okay , guess what ? 44:37.090 --> 44:40.380 15 of the Fortune 500 Companies Last 44:40.380 --> 44:44.250 Year ? Hey , I mean 30 , excuse me , 44:44.260 --> 44:47.920 paid zero taxes , they may 44:48.290 --> 44:51.620 billions of dollars . Peyton Penny , 44:53.090 --> 44:55.290 not a single cell . I'm not trying to 44:55.290 --> 44:57.330 punish anybody . I'm just saying , 44:57.330 --> 44:59.940 let's be fair , if you just set up a 44:59.940 --> 45:03.470 minimum tax , You had to pay at least 45:03.470 --> 45:06.610 15% of your earnings as a corporation . 45:07.490 --> 45:09.410 That alone would raise 45:09.790 --> 45:12.510 230 billion dollars . 45:13.790 --> 45:16.710 The point is , I have 45:17.990 --> 45:20.212 never had a reputation of being someone 45:20.212 --> 45:22.550 who's out there trying to just out 45:22.550 --> 45:25.650 taxing . Here's the deal folks . I 45:25.660 --> 45:28.100 think it's about time to be fairness 45:28.100 --> 45:30.730 and test . I don't want to pay more 45:30.730 --> 45:33.650 than your share , but the tax cut that 45:33.650 --> 45:36.820 was passed under trump The $2 trillion , 45:36.820 --> 45:39.670 not a penny of which was paid for where 45:39.670 --> 45:43.660 to go Over 80% and went to the top one 45:43.660 --> 45:47.620 quarter of 1% . I 45:47.620 --> 45:49.453 think you should be able to be a 45:49.453 --> 45:51.676 billion . I think you should be able to 45:51.676 --> 45:54.610 be moved for God's sake . At least pay 45:55.490 --> 45:58.000 your fair share . Pay your fair share 45:58.890 --> 46:01.940 folks , lot of work ahead to finish the 46:01.950 --> 46:04.510 job . Just don't want will be more 46:04.510 --> 46:06.610 disagreements to resolve more 46:06.610 --> 46:08.721 compromises the forge along the way . 46:09.380 --> 46:12.160 But today the american people can be 46:12.160 --> 46:14.910 proud democrats , republicans , 46:15.480 --> 46:17.702 families here in Wisconsin really proud 46:17.702 --> 46:19.924 congress we've got because this country 46:20.080 --> 46:23.310 came together for the bipartisan deal . 46:23.310 --> 46:25.477 A lot has to do with your state , your 46:25.477 --> 46:28.210 senator that delivers for everybody . 46:29.480 --> 46:31.910 You've shown the world and just as 46:31.910 --> 46:33.910 importantly , we've shown ourselves 46:33.910 --> 46:35.743 that american democracy and come 46:35.743 --> 46:38.450 through . There's nothing , nothing , 46:38.460 --> 46:41.030 nothing beyond our capacity . We come 46:41.030 --> 46:43.670 together as one nation . Thank you 46:43.670 --> 46:46.700 Wisconsin . Thank you all for who you 46:46.700 --> 46:49.570 are and what you do . God bless you all 46:49.570 --> 46:51.730 to make God protect our true . Thank 46:51.730 --> 46:52.730 you 47:01.180 --> 47:01.900 care of 47:05.180 --> 47:06.100 this . Let's go 47:28.880 --> 47:32.080 as the eyes with the will to see where 47:32.080 --> 47:35.980 the hearts over with where's 47:35.980 --> 47:39.370 the love does not forsaking me ? 47:39.380 --> 47:42.790 Where's the work of my hands ? My soul . 47:44.680 --> 47:48.470 Yeah . Mhm . I promise . 47:51.380 --> 47:54.590 Where's the promise from ? C shyness ? 47:56.380 --> 47:57.380 Yeah . 48:01.370 --> 48:02.370 Mhm . 48:05.670 --> 48:07.900 Yeah . Mhm . 48:22.670 --> 48:23.500 Yeah . Mhm . 48:30.970 --> 48:31.390 Mhm . 48:34.770 --> 48:35.770 Yeah . 49:14.370 --> 49:16.400 Yes . Mhm . God . 49:17.670 --> 49:21.200 Hey . Mhm . 49:21.670 --> 49:25.650 Wear my clothes like this because 49:25.650 --> 49:29.310 I can whereby this okay 49:30.670 --> 49:34.060 right . Because I can't and I do my 49:34.070 --> 49:37.790 thing like this . Say to me 49:38.270 --> 49:42.090 give you . Yeah . Do you use 49:44.170 --> 49:46.990 the way hold your breath keep 49:51.370 --> 49:55.300 it's time just like 49:55.310 --> 49:55.690 going 50:01.370 --> 50:04.080 just my thing . 50:15.070 --> 50:18.800 Sure . Yeah . Uh 50:18.960 --> 50:22.480 huh . Uh huh .