WE ALL WILL DO BETTER WHEN WE
ALL DO WELL.
ITS TIME TO BUILD OUR ECONOMY
FROM THE BOTTOM UP AND FROM THE
MIDDLE OUT
NOT THE TOP DOWN
HADNT WORKED VERY WELL.
FOR THE ECONOMY OVERALL IT
HADNT WORKED.
BECAUSE WALL STREET DIDNT BUILD
THIS COUNTRY
YOU, THE GREAT MIDDLE CLASS,
BUILT THIS COUNTRY
AND UNIONS BUILT THE MIDDLE
CLASS.
AND ITS TIME --
[ APPLAUSE ]
TIME WELL REBUILD THE MIDDLE
CLASS, WE EELT BRING EVERYBODY
ALONG.
REGARDLESS OF YOUR BACKGROUND,
COLOR, RELIGION, EVERYBODY GETS
TO COME ALONG.
SO TODAY IM PROPOSING A PLAN
FOR THE NATION THAT REWARDS
WORK, NOT JUST REWARDS WEALTH.
IT BUILDS A FAIRER ECONOMY THAT
GIVES EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO
SUCCEED.
AND ITS GOING TO CREATE THE
STRONGEST, MOST RESILIENT INNO
VATD
INVESTIGATIVE ECONOMY IN THE
WORLD.
IT DOES NOT TIRNGNKER AROUND THE
EDGES.
IT IS UNLIKE ANYTHING WE HAVE
SEEN OR DONE SINCE WE BUILT THE
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND
THE SPACE RACE DECADES AGO
IN FACT, ITS THE LARGEST
AMERICAN JOBS INVESTMENT SINCE
WORLD WAR II
IT WILL CREATE MILLIONS OF JOBS.
GOOD PAYING JOBS
IT WILL GROW THE ECONOMY
MAKE US MORE COMPETITIVE AROUND
THE WORLD.
PROMOTE OUR NATIONAL SECURITY
INTEREST AND PUTS IN A POSITION
TO WIN THE GLOBAL COMPETITION
WITH CHINA IN THE UPCOMING
YEARS.
ITS BIG, YES.
ITS BOLD, YES
AND WE CAN GET IT DONE
IT HAS TWO PARTS
THE AMERICAN JOBS PLAN AND THE
AMERICAN FAMILIES PLAN
BOTH ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR
ECONOMIC FUTURE.
IN A FEW WEEKS ILL TALK ABOUT
THE AMERICAN FAMILY PLAN BUT
TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
AMERICANS JOBS PLAN.
ILL BEGIN WITH THE HEART OF THE
PLAN
IT MODERNIZES TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
OUR BRIDGES, ROADS
AIRPORTS
I JUST LEFT THE AIRPORT.
THE DIRECTOR SAID WELL RENOVATE
THE AIRPORT.
IS THAT RIGHT?
EMPLOY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
SHE LOOKED AND SAID I CANT
THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THIS PLAN
IT GROWS THE ECONOMY IN KEY
WAYS
IT PUTS PEOPLE TO WORK
TO REPAIR AND UPGRADE THAT WE
BADLY NEED
IT MAKES IT EASIER AND MORE
EFFICIENT TO MOVE GOODS, TO GET
TO WORK.
AND TO MAKE US MORE COMPETITIVE
AROUND THE WORLD
SOME OF YOUR LOCAL OFFICIALS
KNOWS WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO COME
IN THE AREA AND A COMPANY WANTS
TO INVEST, WHAT DO THEY ASK?
HOW DO I GET TO THE RAILROAD
WHAT ACCESS TO THE INTERSTATE DO
I HAVE
WHATS THE WATER LIKE?
TELL ME ABOUT -- IT GOES ON AND
ON
IT IS ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE
THE AMERICAN JOBS PLAN WILL
MODERNIZE 20,000 MILES OF
HIGHWAYS, ROADS AND MAIN STREETS
THAT ARE IN DIFFICULT, DIFFICULT
SHAPE RIGHT NOW.
IT WILL FIX THE NATIONS TEN
MOST ECONOMICALLY SIGNIFICANT
BRIDGES IN AMERICA, THAT REQUIRE
REPLACEMENT.
REMEMBER THAT BRIDGE THAT WENT
DOWN
WE GOT TEN MOST ECONOMICALLY
SIGNIFICANT BRIDGES WITH MORE
COMMERCE ACROSS IT THAT NEED TO
BE REPLACED.
WELL ALSO REPAIR 10,000
BRIDGES, DESPERATELY NEEDED
UPGRADES, TO UNCLOG TRAFFIC,
KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AND KOEKTCONNEC
CITIES AND TRIBES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
THE AMERICAN JOBS PLAN WILL
BUILD NEW RAIL CORRIDORS, EASING
CONGESTION, CUTTING POLLUTION,
SLASHING COMMUTE TIMES AND
OPENING UP INVESTMENT IN
COMMUNITIES THAT CAN BE
CONNECTED TO THE CITIES AND
CITIES TO THE OUTSKIRTS.
WHERE A LOT OF JOBS ARE THESE
DAYS
IT WILL REDUCE THE BOTTLENECKS
OF COMMERCE AT OUR PORTS AND
AIRPORTS
THE AMERICAN JOBS PLAN WILL LEAD
TO A TRANSFORMATIONAL PLAN, TO
PROTECT THE COMMUNITY FROM
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGE
FROM THE HISTORIC SUPER STORMS,
FLOODS, WILDFIRES, DRAUGHTS YEAR
AFTER YEAR
BY MAKING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE
MORE SECURE AND RESILIENT AND
SEIZING AN INCREDIBLE
OPPORTUNITY FOR AMERICAN WORKERS
AND AMERICAN FARMERS AND A CLEAN
ENERGY FUTURE.
SKILLED WORKERS LIKE ONE WE JUST
HEARD FROM
BUILDING A NATIONWIDE NETWORK
CHARGING STATIONS, CREATING GOOD
PAYING JOBS BY LEADING THE WORLD IN THE MANUFACTURE AND EXPORT OF
IN THE MANUFACTURE AND EXPORT OF
CLEAN ELECTRIC CARS AN
INSTRUCTION AND
TRUCKS
SO WE CAN HAVE ALL AMERICAN
FAMILIES AFFORD CLEAN VEHICLES
IN THE FUTURE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OWNS AN
ENORMOUS FLEET OF VEHICLES THAT