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Press Release - Stories in the States: How President Biden's Agenda is Impacting Real People Across America

March 22, 2024

On Monday, President Biden signed a historic Executive Order to direct the most comprehensive set of actions taken to expand and improve research on women's health. 

"This gives me the hope that we will have the tools and the skills to make sure that our daughters and their daughters beyond them will have different outcomes." – Dr. Ebony Cater, UNC School of Medicine on WRAL (NBC Raleigh, NC)

"The most comprehensive set of executive actions ever put in place by a president to advance women's health research." – Katie Keith, White House Gender Policy Council

On Tuesday in Nevada, President Biden laid out his plan to lower housing costs and increase the housing supply.

"Owning a house is a dream come true." – Maria Bajarno, American Rescue Plan loan recipient in the Nevada Independent

"What we're seeing in the President's budget is really a multifaceted approach to address the problem from a bunch of different angles." – Kirabo Jackson, White House Council of Economic Advisers

On Wednesday, in Arizona, President Biden unveiled funding to support the construction of Intel facilities, creating nearly 30,000 good-paying union jobs in semiconductor chip manufacturing.

"A game-changer for the nation, a game-changer for our state, a game-changer for Phoenix." – Sally Morton, Arizona State University CHIPS Program Director in the Arizona Republic

"30,000 jobs. The impact is quite enormous." – Ryan Harper, White House Coordinator for CHIPS Implementation

On Thursday, President Biden announced student debt relief for 78,000 public service workers such as teachers, nurses and firefighters.

"I'm just happy to be out from underneath my student loans."– Beth Miller, student debt relief beneficiary on KCCI (CBS Des Moines, IA)

"The President has been saying since he took office that the student debt situation is a real crisis." – Jon Donenberg, White House National Economic Council

On Friday, ahead of the Affordable Care Act's anniversary, the Administration released data showing over 45 million Americans have improved access to affordable healthcare thanks to key actions taken by President Biden.

"The Affordable Care Act is a godsend."– Taylor Brothers, Affordable Care Act enrollee on WHYY (NPR Philadelphia, PA)

" Thanks to the vision and the grit of leaders like President Biden, we've seen a transformation that's brought health insurance within reach for folks who might never even dreamed of it being possible." – Secretary Xavier Becerra, United States Department of Health and Human Services

Joseph R. Biden, Press Release - Stories in the States: How President Biden's Agenda is Impacting Real People Across America Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/370630

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