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       Trump's Administration.   1.
       By: pearl Date: January 17, 2021, 1:06 am
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       Trump Administration Accomplishments
       Unprecedented Economic Boom
       Before the China Virus invaded our shores, we built the world’s
       most prosperous economy.
       America gained 7 million new jobs – more than three times
       government experts’ projections.
       Middle-Class family income increased nearly $6,000 – more than
       five times the gains during the entire previous administration.
       The unemployment rate reached 3.5 percent, the lowest in a
       half-century.
       Achieved 40 months in a row with more job openings than
       job-hirings.
       More Americans reported being employed than ever before – nearly
       160 million.
       Jobless claims hit a nearly 50-year low.
       The number of people claiming unemployment insurance as a share
       of the population hit its lowest on record.
       Incomes rose in every single metro area in the United States for
       the first time in nearly 3 decades.
       Delivered a future of greater promise and opportunity for
       citizens of all backgrounds.
       Unemployment rates for African Americans, Hispanic Americans,
       Asian Americans, Native Americans, veterans, individuals with
       disabilities, and those without a high school diploma all
       reached record lows.
       Unemployment for women hit its lowest rate in nearly 70 years.
       Lifted nearly 7 million people off of food stamps.
       Poverty rates for African Americans and Hispanic Americans
       reached record lows.
       Income inequality fell for two straight years, and by the
       largest amount in over a decade.
       The bottom 50 percent of American households saw a 40 percent
       increase in net worth.
       Wages rose fastest for low-income and blue collar workers – a 16
       percent pay increase.
       African American homeownership increased from 41.7 percent to
       46.4 percent.
       Brought jobs, factories, and industries back to the USA.
       Created more than 1.2 million manufacturing and construction
       jobs.
       Put in place policies to bring back supply chains from overseas.
       Small business optimism broke a 35-year old record in 2018.
       Hit record stock market numbers and record 401ks.
       The DOW closed above 20,000 for the first time in 2017 and
       topped 30,000 in 2020.
       The S&P 500 and NASDAQ have repeatedly notched record highs.
       Rebuilding and investing in rural America.
       Signed an Executive Order on Modernizing the Regulatory
       Framework for Agricultural Biotechnology Products, which is
       bringing innovative new technologies to market in American
       farming and agriculture.
       Strengthened America’s rural economy by investing over $1.3
       billion through the Agriculture Department’s ReConnect Program
       to bring high-speed broadband infrastructure to rural America.
       Achieved a record-setting economic comeback by rejecting blanket
       lockdowns.
       An October 2020 Gallup survey found 56 percent of Americans said
       they were better off during a pandemic than four years prior.
       During the third quarter of 2020, the economy grew at a rate of
       33.1 percent – the most rapid GDP growth ever recorded.
       Since coronavirus lockdowns ended, the economy has added back
       over 12 million jobs, more than half the jobs lost.
       Jobs have been recovered 23 times faster than the previous
       administration’s recovery.
       Unemployment fell to 6.7 percent in December, from a pandemic
       peak of 14.7 percent in April – beating expectations of well
       over 10 percent unemployment through the end of 2020.
       Under the previous administration, it took 49 months for the
       unemployment rate to fall from 10 percent to under 7 percent
       compared to just 3 months for the Trump Administration.
       Since April, the Hispanic unemployment rate has fallen by 9.6
       percent, Asian-American unemployment by 8.6 percent, and Black
       American unemployment by 6.8 percent.
       80 percent of small businesses are now open, up from just 53
       percent in April.
       Small business confidence hit a new high.
       Homebuilder confidence reached an all-time high, and home sales
       hit their highest reading since December 2006.
       Manufacturing optimism nearly doubled.
       Household net worth rose $7.4 trillion in Q2 2020 to $112
       trillion, an all-time high.
       Home prices hit an all-time record high.
       The United States rejected crippling lockdowns that crush the
       economy and inflict countless public health harms and instead
       safely reopened its economy.
       Business confidence is higher in America than in any other G7 or
       European Union country.
       Stabilized America’s financial markets with the establishment of
       a number of Treasury Department supported facilities at the
       Federal Reserve.
       Tax Relief for the Middle Class
       Passed $3.2 trillion in historic tax relief and reformed the tax
       code.
       Signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – the largest tax reform
       package in history.
       More than 6 million American workers received wage increases,
       bonuses, and increased benefits thanks to the tax cuts.
       A typical family of four earning $75,000 received an income tax
       cut of more than $2,000 – slashing their tax bill in half.
       Doubled the standard deduction – making the first $24,000 earned
       by a married couple completely tax-free.
       Doubled the child tax credit.
       Virtually eliminated the unfair Estate Tax, or Death Tax.
       Cut the business tax rate from 35 percent – the highest in the
       developed world – all the way down to 21 percent.
       Small businesses can now deduct 20 percent of their business
       income.
       Businesses can now deduct 100 percent of the cost of their
       capital investments in the year the investment is made.
       Since the passage of tax cuts, the share of total wealth held by
       the bottom half of households has increased, while the share
       held by the top 1 percent has decreased.
       Over 400 companies have announced bonuses, wage increases, new
       hires, or new investments in the United States.
       Over $1.5 trillion was repatriated into the United States from
       overseas.
       Lower investment cost and higher capital returns led to faster
       growth in the middle class, real wages, and international
       competitiveness.
       Jobs and investments are pouring into Opportunity Zones.
       Created nearly 9,000 Opportunity Zones where capital gains on
       long-term investments are taxed at zero.
       Opportunity Zone designations have increased property values
       within them by 1.1 percent, creating an estimated $11 billion in
       wealth for the nearly half of Opportunity Zone residents who own
       their own home.
       Opportunity Zones have attracted $75 billion in funds and driven
       $52 billion of new investment in economically distressed
       communities, creating at least 500,000 new jobs.
       Approximately 1 million Americans will be lifted from poverty as
       a result of these new investments.
       Private equity investments into businesses in Opportunity Zones
       were nearly 30 percent higher than investments into businesses
       in similar areas that were not designated Opportunity Zones.
       Massive Deregulation
       Ended the regulatory assault on American Businesses and Workers.
       Instead of 2-for-1, we eliminated 8 old regulations for every 1
       new regulation adopted.
       Provided the average American household an extra $3,100 every
       year.
       Reduced the direct cost of regulatory compliance by $50 billion,
       and will reduce costs by an additional $50 billion in FY 2020
       alone.
       Removed nearly 25,000 pages from the Federal Register – more
       than any other president. The previous administration added over
       16,000 pages.
       Established the Governors’ Initiative on Regulatory Innovation
       to reduce outdated regulations at the state, local, and tribal
       levels.
       Signed an executive order to make it easier for businesses to
       offer retirement plans.
       Signed two executive orders to increase transparency in Federal
       agencies and protect Americans and their small businesses from
       administrative abuse.
       Modernized the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for the
       first time in over 40 years.
       Reduced approval times for major infrastructure projects from 10
       or more years down to 2 years or less.
       Helped community banks by signing legislation that rolled back
       costly provisions of Dodd-Frank.
       Established the White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory
       Barriers to Affordable Housing to bring down housing costs.
       Removed regulations that threatened the development of a strong
       and stable internet.
       Eased and simplified restrictions on rocket launches, helping to
       spur commercial investment in space projects.
       Published a whole-of-government strategy focused on ensuring
       American leadership in automated vehicle technology.
       Streamlined energy efficiency regulations for American families
       and businesses, including preserving affordable lightbulbs,
       enhancing the utility of showerheads, and enabling greater time
       savings with dishwashers.
       Removed unnecessary regulations that restrict the seafood
       industry and impede job creation.
       Modernized the Department of Agriculture’s biotechnology
       regulations to put America in the lead to develop new
       technologies.
       Took action to suspend regulations that would have slowed our
       response to COVID-19, including lifting restrictions on
       manufacturers to more quickly produce ventilators.
       Successfully rolled back burdensome regulatory overreach.
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       Re: Trump's Administration. 2
       By: pearl Date: January 17, 2021, 1:10 am
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       Successfully rolled back burdensome regulatory overreach.
       Rescinded the previous administration’s Affirmatively Furthering
       Fair Housing (AFFH) rule, which would have abolished zoning for
       single-family housing to build low-income, federally subsidized
       apartments.
       Issued a final rule on the Fair Housing Act’s disparate impact
       standard.
       Eliminated the Waters of the United States Rule and replaced it
       with the Navigable Waters Protection Rule, providing relief and
       certainty for farmers and property owners.
       Repealed the previous administration’s costly fuel economy
       regulations by finalizing the Safer Affordable Fuel Efficient
       (SAFE) Vehicles rule, which will make cars more affordable, and
       lower the price of new vehicles by an estimated $2,200.
       Americans now have more money in their pockets.
       Deregulation had an especially beneficial impact on low-income
       Americans who pay a much higher share of their incomes for
       overregulation.
       Cut red tape in the healthcare industry, providing Americans
       with more affordable healthcare and saving Americans nearly 10
       percent on prescription drugs.
       Deregulatory efforts yielded savings to the medical community an
       estimated $6.6 billion – with a reduction of 42 million hours of
       regulatory compliance work through 2021.
       Removed government barriers to personal freedom and consumer
       choice in healthcare.
       Once fully in effect, 20 major deregulatory actions undertaken
       by the Trump Administration are expected to save American
       consumers and businesses over $220 billion per year.
       Signed 16 pieces of deregulatory legislation that will result in
       a $40 billion increase in annual real incomes.
       Fair and Reciprocal Trade
       Secured historic trade deals to defend American workers.
       Immediately withdrew from the job-killing Trans-Pacific
       Partnership (TPP).
       Ended the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and
       replaced it with the brand new United States-Mexico-Canada
       Agreement (USMCA).
       The USMCA contains powerful new protections for American
       manufacturers, auto-makers, farmers, dairy producers, and
       workers.
       The USMCA is expected to generate over $68 billion in economic
       activity and potentially create over 550,000 new jobs over ten
       years.
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       Re: Trump's Administration.  3
       By: pearl Date: January 17, 2021, 1:23 am
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       Ended the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and
       replaced it with the brand new United States-Mexico-Canada
       Agreement (USMCA).
       The USMCA contains powerful new protections for American
       manufacturers, auto-makers, farmers, dairy producers, and
       workers.
       The USMCA is expected to generate over $68 billion in economic
       activity and potentially create over 550,000 new jobs over ten
       years.
       Signed an executive order making it government policy to Buy
       American and Hire American, and took action to stop the
       outsourcing of jobs overseas.
       Negotiated with Japan to slash tariffs and open its market to $7
       billion in American agricultural products and ended its ban on
       potatoes and lamb.
       Over 90 percent of American agricultural exports to Japan now
       receive preferential treatment, and most are duty-free.
       Negotiated another deal with Japan to boost $40 billion worth of
       digital trade.
       Renegotiated the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement,
       doubling the cap on imports of American vehicles and extending
       the American light truck tariff.
       Reached a written, fully-enforceable Phase One trade agreement
       with China on confronting pirated and counterfeit goods, and the
       protection of American ideas, trade secrets, patents, and
       trademarks.
       China agreed to purchase an additional $200 billion worth of
       United States exports and opened market access for over 4,000
       American facilities to exports while all tariffs remained in
       effect.
       Achieved a mutual agreement with the European Union (EU) that
       addresses unfair trade practices and increases duty-free exports
       by 180 percent to $420 million.
       Secured a pledge from the EU to eliminate tariffs on American
       lobster – the first United States-European Union negotiated
       tariff reduction in over 20 years.
       Scored a historic victory by overhauling the Universal Postal
       Union, whose outdated policies were undermining American workers
       and interests.
       Engaged extensively with trade partners like the EU and Japan to
       advance reforms to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
       Issued a first-ever comprehensive report on the WTO Appellate
       Body’s failures to comply with WTO rules and interpret WTO
       agreements as written.
       Blocked nominees to the WTO’s Appellate Body until WTO Members
       recognize and address longstanding issues with Appellate Body
       activism.
       Submitted 5 papers to the WTO Committee on Agriculture to
       improve Members’ understanding of how trade policies are
       implemented, highlight areas for improved transparency, and
       encourage members to maintain up-to-date notifications on market
       access and domestic support.
       Took strong actions to confront unfair trade practices and put
       America First.
       Imposed tariffs on hundreds of billions worth of Chinese goods
       to protect American jobs and stop China’s abuses under Section
       232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and Section 301 of the
       Trade Act of 1974.
       Directed an all-of-government effort to halt and punish efforts
       by the Communist Party of China to steal and profit from
       American innovations and intellectual property.
       Imposed tariffs on foreign aluminum and foreign steel to protect
       our vital industries and support our national security.
       Approved tariffs on $1.8 billion in imports of washing machines
       and $8.5 billion in imports of solar panels.
       Blocked illegal timber imports from Peru.
       Took action against France for its digital services tax that
       unfairly targets American technology companies.
       Launched investigations into digital services taxes that have
       been proposed or adopted by 10 other countries.
       Historic support for American farmers.
       Successfully negotiated more than 50 agreements with countries
       around the world to increase foreign market access and boost
       exports of American agriculture products, supporting more than 1
       million American jobs.
       Authorized $28 billion in aid for farmers who have been
       subjected to unfair trade practices – fully funded by the
       tariffs paid by China.
       China lifted its ban on poultry, opened its market to beef, and
       agreed to purchase at least $80 billion of American agricultural
       products in the next two years.
       The European Union agreed to increase beef imports by 180
       percent and opened up its market to more imports of soybeans.
       South Korea lifted its ban on American poultry and eggs, and
       agreed to provide market access for record exports of American
       rice.
       Argentina lifted its ban on American pork.
       Brazil agreed to increase wheat imports by $180 million a year
       and raised its quotas for purchases of United States ethanol.
       Guatemala and Tunisia opened up their markets to American eggs.
       Won tariff exemptions in Ecuador for wheat and soybeans.
       Suspended $817 million in trade preferences for Thailand under
       the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program due to its
       failure to adequately provide reasonable market access for
       American pork products.
       The amount of food stamps redeemed at farmers markets increased
       from $1.4 million in May 2020 to $1.75 million in September 2020
       – a 50 percent increase over last year.
       Rapidly deployed the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, which
       provided $30 billion in support to farmers and ranchers facing
       decreased prices and market disruption when COVID-19 impacted
       the food supply chain.
       Authorized more than $6 billion for the Farmers to Families Food
       Box program, which delivered over 128 million boxes of locally
       sourced, produce, meat, and dairy products to charity and
       faith-based organizations nationwide.
       Delegated authorities via the Defense Production Act to protect
       breaks in the American food supply chain as a result of
       COVID-19.
       American Energy Independence
       Unleashed America’s oil and natural gas potential.
       For the first time in nearly 70 years, the United States has
       become a net energy exporter.
       The United States is now the number one producer of oil and
       natural gas in the world.
       Natural gas production reached a record-high of 34.9 quads in
       2019, following record high production in 2018 and in 2017.
       The United States has been a net natural gas exporter for three
       consecutive years and has an export capacity of nearly 10
       billion cubic feet per day.
       Withdrew from the unfair, one-sided Paris Climate Agreement.
       Canceled the previous administration’s Clean Power Plan, and
       replaced it with the new Affordable Clean Energy rule.
       Approved the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines.
       Opened up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska
       to oil and gas leasing.
       Repealed the last administration’s Federal Coal Leasing
       Moratorium, which prohibited coal leasing on Federal lands.
       Reformed permitting rules to eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy
       and speed approval for mines.
       Fixed the New Source Review permitting program, which punished
       companies for upgrading or repairing coal power plants.
       Fixed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) steam electric
       and coal ash rules.
       The average American family saved $2,500 a year in lower
       electric bills and lower prices at the gas pump.
       Signed legislation repealing the harmful Stream Protection Rule.
       Reduced the time to approve drilling permits on public lands by
       half, increasing permit applications to drill on public lands by
       300 percent.
       Expedited approval of the NuStar’s New Burgos pipeline to export
       American gasoline to Mexico.
       Streamlined Liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal permitting and
       allowed long-term LNG export authorizations to be extended
       through 2050.
       The United States is now among the top three LNG exporters in
       the world.
       Increased LNG exports five-fold since January 2017, reaching an
       all-time high in January 2020.
       LNG exports are expected to reduce the American trade deficit by
       over $10 billion.
       The development of natural gas and LNG infrastructure in the
       United States is providing tens of thousands of jobs, and has
       led to the investment of tens of billions of dollars in
       infrastructure.
       There are now 6 LNG export facilities operating in the United
       States, with 2 additional export projects under construction.
       The amount of nuclear energy production in 2019 was the highest
       on record, through a combination of increased capacity from
       power plant upgrades and shorter refueling and maintenance
       cycles.
       Prevented Russian energy coercion across Europe through various
       lines of effort, including the Partnership for Transatlantic
       Energy Cooperation, civil nuclear deals with Romania and Poland,
       and opposition to Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
       Issued the Presidential Permit for the A2A railroad between
       Canada and Alaska, providing energy resources to emerging
       markets.
       Increased access to our country’s abundant natural resources in
       order to achieve energy independence.
       Renewable energy production and consumption both reached record
       highs in 2019.
       Enacted policies that helped double the amount of electricity
       generated by solar and helped increase the amount of wind
       generation by 32 percent from 2016 through 2019.
       Accelerated construction of energy infrastructure to ensure
       American energy producers can deliver their products to the
       market.
       Cut red tape holding back the construction of new energy
       infrastructure.
       Authorized ethanol producers to sell E15 year-round and allowed
       higher-ethanol gasoline to be distributed from existing pumps at
       filling stations.
       Ensured greater transparency and certainty in the Renewable Fuel
       Standard (RFS) program.
       Negotiated leasing capacity in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
       to Australia, providing American taxpayers a return on this
       infrastructure investment.
       Signed an executive order directing Federal agencies to work
       together to diminish the capability of foreign adversaries to
       target our critical electric infrastructure.
       Reformed Section 401 of the Clean Water Act regulation to allow
       for the curation of interstate infrastructure.
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       Re: Trump's Administration. 4,
       By: pearl Date: January 17, 2021, 1:25 am
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       Resolved the OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting
       Countries) oil crisis during COVID-19 by getting OPEC, Russia,
       and others to cut nearly 10 million barrels of production a day,
       stabilizing world oil prices.
       Directed the Department of Energy to use the Strategic Petroleum
       Reserve to mitigate market volatility caused by COVID-19.
       Investing in America’s Workers and Families
       Affordable and high-quality Child Care for American workers and
       their families.
       Doubled the Child Tax Credit from $1,000 to $2,000 per child and
       expanded the eligibility for receiving the credit.
       Nearly 40 million families benefitted from the child tax credit
       (CTC), receiving an average benefit of $2,200 – totaling credits
       of approximately $88 billion.Signed the largest-ever increase in
       Child Care and Development Block Grants – expanding access to
       quality, affordable child care for more than 800,000 low-income
       families.
       Secured an additional $3.5 billion in the Coronavirus Aid,
       Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to help families and
       first responders with child care needs.
       Created the first-ever paid family leave tax credit for
       employees earning $72,000 or less.
       Signed into law 12-weeks of paid parental leave for Federal
       workers.
       Signed into law a provision that enables new parents to withdraw
       up to $5,000 from their retirement accounts without penalty when
       they give birth to or adopt a child.
       Advanced apprenticeship career pathways to good-paying jobs.
       Expanded apprenticeships to more than 850,000 and established
       the new Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship programs in new and
       emerging fields.
       Established the National Council for the American Worker and the
       American Workforce Policy Advisory Board.
       Over 460 companies have signed the Pledge to America’s Workers,
       committing to provide more than 16 million job and training
       opportunities.
       Signed an executive order that directs the Federal government to
       replace outdated degree-based hiring with skills-based hiring.
       Advanced women’s economic empowerment.
       Included women’s empowerment for the first time in the
       President’s 2017 National Security Strategy.
       Signed into law key pieces of legislation, including the Women,
       Peace, and Security Act and the Women Entrepreneurship and
       Economic Empowerment Act.
       Launched the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP)
       Initiative – the first-ever whole-of-government approach to
       women’s economic empowerment that has reached 24 million women
       worldwide.
       Established an innovative new W-GDP Fund at USAID.
       Launched the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) with
       13 other nations.
       Announced a $50 million donation on behalf of the United States
       to We-Fi providing more capital to women-owned businesses around
       the world.
       Released the first-ever Strategy on Women, Peace, and Security,
       which focused on increasing women’s participation to prevent and
       resolve conflicts.
       Launched the W-GDP 2x Global Women’s Initiative with the
       Development Finance Corporation, which has mobilized more than
       $3 billion in private sector investments over three years.
       Ensured American leadership in technology and innovation.
       irst administration to name artificial intelligence, quantum
       information science, and 5G communications as national research
       and development priorities.
       Launched the American Broadband Initiative to promote the rapid
       deployment of broadband internet across rural America.
       Made 100 megahertz of crucial mid-band spectrum available for
       commercial operations, a key factor to driving widespread 5G
       access across rural America.
       Launched the American AI Initiative to ensure American
       leadership in artificial intelligence (AI), and established the
       National AI Initiative Office at the White House.
       Established the first-ever principles for Federal agency
       adoption of AI to improve services for the American people.
       Signed the National Quantum Initiative Act establishing the
       National Quantum Coordination Office at the White House to drive
       breakthroughs in quantum information science.
       Signed the Secure 5G and Beyond Act to ensure America leads the
       world in 5G.
       Launched a groundbreaking program to test safe and innovative
       commercial drone operations nationwide.
       Issued new rulemaking to accelerate the return of American civil
       supersonic aviation.
       Committed to doubling investments in AI and quantum information
       science (QIS) research and development.
       Announced the establishment of $1 billion AI and quantum
       research institutes across America.
       Established the largest dual-use 5G test sites in the world to
       advance 5G commercial and military innovation.
       Signed landmark Prague Principles with America’s allies to
       advance the deployment of secure 5G telecommunications networks.
       Signed first-ever bilateral AI cooperation agreement with the
       United Kingdom.
       Built collation among allies to ban Chinese Telecom Company
       Huawei from their 5G infrastructure.
       Preserved American jobs for American workers and rejected the
       importation of cheap foreign labor.
       Pressured the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to reverse their
       decision to lay off over 200 American workers and replace them
       with cheaper foreign workers.
       Removed the TVA Chairman of the Board and a TVA Board Member.
       Life-Saving Response to the China Virus
       Restricted travel to the United States from infected regions of
       the world.
       Suspended all travel from China, saving thousands of lives.
       Required all American citizens returning home from designated
       outbreak countries to return through designated airports with
       enhanced screening measures, and to undergo a self-quarantine.
       Announced further travel restrictions on Iran, the Schengen Area
       of Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Brazil.
       Issued travel advisory warnings recommending that American
       citizens avoid all international travel.
       Reached bilateral agreements with Mexico and Canada to suspend
       non-essential travel and expeditiously return illegal aliens.
       Repatriated over 100,000 American citizens stranded abroad on
       more than 1,140 flights from 136 countries and territories.
       Safely transported, evacuated, treated, and returned home
       trapped passengers on cruise ships.
       Took action to authorize visa sanctions on foreign governments
       who impede our efforts to protect American citizens by refusing
       or unreasonably delaying the return of their own citizens,
       subjects, or residents from the United States.
       Acted early to combat the China Virus in the United States.
       Established the White House Coronavirus Task Force, with leading
       experts on infectious diseases, to manage the Administration’s
       efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and to keep
       workplaces safe.
       Pledged in the State of the Union address to “take all necessary
       steps to safeguard our citizens from the Virus,” while the
       Democrats’ response made not a single mention of COVID-19 or
       even the threat of China.
       Declared COVID-19 a National Emergency under the Stafford Act.
       Established the 24/7 FEMA National Response Coordination Center.
       Released guidance recommending containment measures critical to
       slowing the spread of the Virus, decompressing peak burden on
       hospitals and infrastructure, and diminishing health impacts.
       Implemented strong community mitigation strategies to sharply
       reduce the number of lives lost in the United States down from
       experts’ projection of up to 2.2 million deaths in the United
       States without mitigation.
       Halted American funding to the World Health Organization to
       counter its egregious bias towards China that jeopardized the
       safety of Americans.
       Announced plans for withdrawal from the World Health
       Organization and redirected contribution funds to help meet
       global public health needs.
       Called on the United Nations to hold China accountable for their
       handling of the virus, including refusing to be transparent and
       failing to contain the virus before it spread.
       Re-purposed domestic manufacturing facilities to ensure
       frontline workers had critical supplies.
       Distributed billions of pieces of Personal Protective Equipment,
       including gloves, masks, gowns, and face shields.
       Invoked the Defense Production Act over 100 times to accelerate
       the development and manufacturing of essential material in the
       USA.
       Made historic investments of more than $3 billion into the
       industrial base.
       Contracted with companies such as Ford, General Motors, Philips,
       and General Electric to produce ventilators.
       Contracted with Honeywell, 3M, O&M Halyard, Moldex, and Lydall
       to increase our Nation’s production of N-95 masks.
       The Army Corps of Engineers built 11,000 beds, distributed
       10,000 ventilators, and surged personnel to hospitals.
       Converted the Javits Center in New York into a 3,000-bed
       hospital, and opened medical facilities in Seattle and New
       Orleans.
       Dispatched the USNS Comfort to New York City, and the USNS Mercy
       to Los Angeles.
       Deployed thousands of FEMA employees, National Guard members,
       and military forces to help in the response.
       Provided support to states facing new emergences of the virus,
       including surging testing sites, deploying medical personnel,
       and advising on mitigation strategies.
       Announced Federal support to governors for use of the National
       Guard with 100 percent cost-share.
       Established the Supply Chain Task Force as a “control tower” to
       strategically allocate high-demand medical supplies and PPE to
       areas of greatest need.
       Requested critical data elements from states about the status of
       hospital capacity, ventilators, and PPE.
       Executed nearly 250 flights through Project Air Bridge to
       transport hundreds of millions of surgical masks, N95
       respirators, gloves, and gowns from around the world to
       hospitals and facilities throughout the United States.
       Signed an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to
       ensure that Americans have a reliable supply of products like
       beef, pork, and poultry.
       Stabilized the food supply chain restoring the Nation’s protein
       processing capacity through a collaborative approach with
       Federal, state, and local officials and industry partners.
       The continued movement of food and other critical items of daily
       life distributed to stores and to American homes went
       unaffected.
       Replenished the depleted Strategic National Stockpile.
       Increased the number of ventilators nearly ten-fold to more than
       153,000.
       Despite the grim projections from the media and governors, no
       American who has needed a ventilator has been denied a
       ventilator.
       Increased the number of N95 masks fourteen-fold to more than 176
       million.
       Issued an executive order ensuring critical medical supplies are
       produced in the United States.
       Created the largest, most advanced, and most innovative testing
       system in the world.
       Built the world’s leading testing system from scratch,
       conducting over 200 million tests – more than all of the
       European Union combined.
       Engaged more than 400 test developers to increase testing
       capacity from less than 100 tests per day to more than 2 million
       tests per day.
       Slashed red tape and approved Emergency Use Authorizations for
       more than 300 different tests, including 235 molecular tests, 63
       antibody tests, and 11 antigen tests.
       Delivered state-of-the-art testing devices and millions of tests
       to every certified nursing home in the country.
       Announced more flexibility to Medicare Advantage and Part D
       plans to waive cost-sharing for tests.
       Over 2,000 retail pharmacy stores, including CVS, Walmart, and
       Walgreens, are providing testing using new regulatory and
       reimbursement options.
       Deployed tens of millions of tests to nursing homes, assisted
       living facilities, historically black colleges and universities
       (HBCUs), tribes, disaster relief operations, Home Health/Hospice
       organizations, and the Veterans Health Administration.
       Began shipping 150 million BinaxNOW rapid tests to states,
       long-term care facilities, the IHS, HBCUs, and other key
       partners.
       Pioneered groundbreaking treatments and therapies that reduced
       the mortality rate by 85 percent, saving over 2 million lives.
       The United States has among the lowest case fatality rates in
       the entire world.
       The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched the Coronavirus
       Treatment Acceleration Program to expedite the regulatory review
       process for therapeutics in clinical trials, accelerate the
       development and publication of industry guidance on developing
       treatments, and utilize regulatory flexibility to help
       facilitate the scaling-up of manufacturing capacity.
       More than 370 therapies are in clinical trials and another 560
       are in the planning stages.
       Announced $450 million in available funds to support the
       manufacturing of Regeneron’s antibody cocktail.
       Shipped tens of thousands of doses of the Regeneron drug.
       Authorized an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for convalescent
       plasma.
       ld.
       Signed first-ever executive order to affirm that it is the
       official policy of the United States Government to protect
       patients with pre-existing conditions.
       Passed Right To Try to give terminally ill patients access to
       lifesaving cures.
       Signed an executive order to fight kidney disease with more
       transplants and better treatment.
       Signed into law a $1 billion increase in funding for critical
       Alzheimer’s research.
       Accelerated medical breakthroughs in genetic treatments for
       Sickle Cell disease.
       Finalized the interoperability rules that will give American
       patients access to their electronic health records on their
       phones.
       Initiated an effort to provide $500 million over the next decade
       to improve pediatric cancer research.
       Launched a campaign to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic in America in
       the next decade.
       Started a program to provide the HIV prevention drug PrEP to
       uninsured patients for free.
       Signed an executive order and awarded new development contracts
       to modernize the influenza vaccine.
       Protected our Nation’s seniors by safeguarding and strengthening
       Medicare.
       Updated the way Medicare pays for innovative medical products to
       ensure beneficiaries have access to the latest innovation and
       treatment.
       Reduced improper payments for Medicare an estimated $15 billion
       since 2016 protecting taxpayer dollars and leading to less
       fraud, waste, and abuse.
       Took rapid action to combat antimicrobial resistance and secure
       access to life-saving new antibiotic drugs for American seniors,
       by removing several financial disincentives and setting policies
       to reduce inappropriate use.
       Launched new online tools, including eMedicare, Blue Button 2.0,
       and Care Compare, to help seniors see what is covered, compare
       costs, streamline data, and compare tools available on
       Medicare.gov.
       Provided new Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits, including
       modifications to help keep seniors safe in their homes, respite
       care for caregivers, non-opioid pain management alternatives
       like therapeutic massages, transportation, and more in-home
       support services and assistance.
       Protected Medicare beneficiaries by removing Social Security
       numbers from all Medicare cards, a project completed ahead of
       schedule.
       Unleashed unprecedented transparency in Medicare and Medicaid
       data to spur research and innovation.
       Remaking the Federal Judiciary
       Appointed a historic number of Federal judges who will interpret
       the Constitution as written.
       Nominated and confirmed over 230 Federal judges.
       Confirmed 54 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals,
       making up nearly a third of the entire appellate bench.
       Filled all Court of Appeals vacancies for the first time in four
       decades.
       Flipped the Second, Third, and Eleventh Circuits from
       Democrat-appointed majorities to Republican-appointed
       majorities. And dramatically reshaped the long-liberal Ninth
       Circuit.
       Appointed three Supreme Court justices, expanding its
       conservative-appointed majority to 6-3.
       Appointed Justice Neil Gorsuch to replace Justice Antonin
       Scalia.
       Appointed Justice Brett Kavanaugh to replace Justice Anthony
       Kennedy.
       Appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett to replace Justice Ruth
       Bader Ginsburg.
       Achieving a Secure Border
       Secured the Southern Border of the United States.
       Built over 400 miles of the world’s most robust and advanced
       border wall.
       Illegal crossings have plummeted over 87 percent where the wall
       has been constructed.
       Deployed nearly 5,000 troops to the Southern border. In
       addition, Mexico deployed tens of thousands of their own
       soldiers and national guardsmen to secure their side of the
       US-Mexico border.
       Ended the dangerous practice of Catch-and-Release, which means
       that instead of aliens getting released into the United States
       pending future hearings never to be seen again, they are
       detained pending removal, and then ultimately returned to their
       home countries.
       Entered into three historic asylum cooperation agreements with
       Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala to stop asylum fraud and
       resettle illegal migrants in third-party nations pending their
       asylum applications.
       Entered into a historic partnership with Mexico, referred to as
       the “Migrant Protection Protocols,” to safely return
       asylum-seekers to Mexico while awaiting hearings in the United
       States.
       Fully enforced the immigration laws of the United States.
       Signed an executive order to strip discretionary Federal grant
       funding from deadly sanctuary cities.
       Fully enforced and implemented statutorily authorized “expedited
       removal” of illegal aliens.
       The Department of Justice prosecuted a record-breaking number of
       immigration-related crimes.
       Used Section 243(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)
       to reduce the number of aliens coming from countries whose
       governments refuse to accept their nationals who were ordered
       removed from the United States.
       Ended asylum fraud, shut down human smuggling traffickers, and
       solved the humanitarian crisis across the Western Hemisphere.
       Suspended, via regulation, asylum for aliens who had skipped
       previous countries where they were eligible for asylum but opted
       to “forum shop” and continue to the United States.
       Safeguarded migrant families, and protected migrant safety, by
       promulgating new regulations under the Flores Settlement
       Agreement.
       Proposed regulations to end the practice of giving free work
       permits to illegal aliens lodging meritless asylum claims.
       Issued “internal relocation” guidance.
       Cross-trained United States Border Patrol agents to conduct
       credible fear screenings alongside USCIS (United States
       Citizenship and Immigration Services) adjudication personnel to
       reduce massive backlogs.
       Streamlined and expedited the asylum hearing process through
       both the Prompt Asylum Claim Review (PACR) and the Humanitarian
       Asylum Review Process (HARP).
       Launched the Family Fraud Initiative to identify hundreds of
       individuals who were fraudulently presenting themselves as
       family units at the border, oftentimes with trafficking
       children, in order to ensure child welfare.
       Improved screening in countries with high overstay rates and
       reduced visa overstay rates in many of these countries.
       Removed bureaucratic constraints on United States consular
       officers that reduced their ability to appropriately vet visa
       applicants.
       Worked with Mexico and other regional partners to dismantle the
       human smuggling networks in our hemisphere that profit from
       human misery and fuel the border crisis by exploiting vulnerable
       populations.
       Secured our Nation’s immigration system against criminals and
       terrorists.
       Instituted national security travel bans to keep out terrorists,
       jihadists, and violent extremists, and implemented a uniform
       security and information-sharing baseline all nations must meet
       in order for their nationals to be able to travel to, and
       emigrate to, the United States.
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       Re: Trump's Administration.   5
       By: pearl Date: January 17, 2021, 1:30 am
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Over 460 companies have signed the Pledge to America’s Workers,
       committing to provide more than 16 million job and training
       opportunities.
       Signed an executive order that directs the Federal government to
       replace outdated degree-based hiring with skills-based hiring.
       Advanced women’s economic empowerment.
       Included women’s empowerment for the first time in the
       President’s 2017 National Security Strategy.
       Signed into law key pieces of legislation, including the Women,
       Peace, and Security Act and the Women Entrepreneurship and
       Economic Empowerment Act.
       Launched the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP)
       Initiative – the first-ever whole-of-government approach to
       women’s economic empowerment that has reached 24 million women
       worldwide.
       Established an innovative new W-GDP Fund at USAID.
       Launched the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) with
       13 other nations.
       Announced a $50 million donation on behalf of the United States
       to We-Fi providing more capital to women-owned businesses around
       the world.
       Released the first-ever Strategy on Women, Peace, and Security,
       which focused on increasing women’s participation to prevent and
       resolve conflicts.
       Launched the W-GDP 2x Global Women’s Initiative with the
       Development Finance Corporation, which has mobilized more than
       $3 billion in private sector investments over three years.
       Ensured American leadership in technology and innovation.
       irst administration to name artificial intelligence, quantum
       information science, and 5G communications as national research
       and development priorities.
       Launched the American Broadband Initiative to promote the rapid
       deployment of broadband internet across rural America.
       Made 100 megahertz of crucial mid-band spectrum available for
       commercial operations, a key factor to driving widespread 5G
       access across rural America.
       Launched the American AI Initiative to ensure American
       leadership in artificial intelligence (AI), and established the
       National AI Initiative Office at the White House.
       Established the first-ever principles for Federal agency
       adoption of AI to improve services for the American people.
       Signed the National Quantum Initiative Act establishing the
       National Quantum Coordination Office at the White House to drive
       breakthroughs in quantum information science.
       Signed the Secure 5G and Beyond Act to ensure America leads the
       world in 5G.
       Launched a groundbreaking program to test safe and innovative
       commercial drone operations nationwide.
       Issued new rulemaking to accelerate the return of American civil
       supersonic aviation.
       Committed to doubling investments in AI and quantum information
       science (QIS) research and development.
       Announced the establishment of $1 billion AI and quantum
       research institutes across America.
       Established the largest dual-use 5G test sites in the world to
       advance 5G commercial and military innovation.
       Signed landmark Prague Principles with America’s allies to
       advance the deployment of secure 5G telecommunications networks.
       Signed first-ever bilateral AI cooperation agreement with the
       United Kingdom.
       Built collation among allies to ban Chinese Telecom Company
       Huawei from their 5G infrastructure.
       Preserved American jobs for American workers and rejected the
       importation of cheap foreign labor.
       Pressured the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to reverse their
       decision to lay off over 200 American workers and replace them
       with cheaper foreign workers.
       Removed the TVA Chairman of the Board and a TVA Board Member.
       Life-Saving Response to the China Virus
       Restricted travel to the United States from infected regions of
       the world.
       Suspended all travel from China, saving thousands of lives.
       Required all American citizens returning home from designated
       outbreak countries to return through designated airports with
       enhanced screening measures, and to undergo a self-quarantine.
       Announced further travel restrictions on Iran, the Schengen Area
       of Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Brazil.
       Issued travel advisory warnings recommending that American
       citizens avoid all international travel.
       Reached bilateral agreements with Mexico and Canada to suspend
       non-essential travel and expeditiously return illegal aliens.
       Repatriated over 100,000 American citizens stranded abroad on
       more than 1,140 flights from 136 countries and territories.
       Safely transported, evacuated, treated, and returned home
       trapped passengers on cruise ships.
       Took action to authorize visa sanctions on foreign governments
       who impede our efforts to protect American citizens by refusing
       or unreasonably delaying the return of their own citizens,
       subjects, or residents from the United States.
       Acted early to combat the China Virus in the United States.
       Established the White House Coronavirus Task Force, with leading
       experts on infectious diseases, to manage the Administration’s
       efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and to keep
       workplaces safe.
       Pledged in the State of the Union address to “take all necessary
       steps to safeguard our citizens from the Virus,” while the
       Democrats’ response made not a single mention of COVID-19 or
       even the threat of China.
       Declared COVID-19 a National Emergency under the Stafford Act.
       Established the 24/7 FEMA National Response Coordination Center.
       Released guidance recommending containment measures critical to
       slowing the spread of the Virus, decompressing peak burden on
       hospitals and infrastructure, and diminishing health impacts.
       Implemented strong community mitigation strategies to sharply
       reduce the number of lives lost in the United States down from
       experts’ projection of up to 2.2 million deaths in the United
       States without mitigation.
       Halted American funding to the World Health Organization to
       counter its egregious bias towards China that jeopardized the
       safety of Americans.
       Announced plans for withdrawal from the World Health
       Organization and redirected contribution funds to help meet
       global public health needs.
       Called on the United Nations to hold China accountable for their
       handling of the virus, including refusing to be transparent and
       failing to contain the virus before it spread.
       Re-purposed domestic manufacturing facilities to ensure
       frontline workers had critical supplies.
       Distributed billions of pieces of Personal Protective Equipment,
       including gloves, masks, gowns, and face shields.
       Invoked the Defense Production Act over 100 times to accelerate
       the development and manufacturing of essential material in the
       USA.
       Made historic investments of more than $3 billion into the
       industrial base.
       Contracted with companies such as Ford, General Motors, Philips,
       and General Electric to produce ventilators.
       Contracted with Honeywell, 3M, O&M Halyard, Moldex, and Lydall
       to increase our Nation’s production of N-95 masks.
       The Army Corps of Engineers built 11,000 beds, distributed
       10,000 ventilators, and surged personnel to hospitals.
       Converted the Javits Center in New York into a 3,000-bed
       hospital, and opened medical facilities in Seattle and New
       Orleans.
       Dispatched the USNS Comfort to New York City, and the USNS Mercy
       to Los Angeles.
       Deployed thousands of FEMA employees, National Guard members,
       and military forces to help in the response.
       Provided support to states facing new emergences of the virus,
       including surging testing sites, deploying medical personnel,
       and advising on mitigation strategies.
       Announced Federal support to governors for use of the National
       Guard with 100 percent cost-share.
       Established the Supply Chain Task Force as a “control tower” to
       strategically allocate high-demand medical supplies and PPE to
       areas of greatest need.
       #Post#: 64--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Trump's Administration.   6
       By: pearl Date: January 17, 2021, 1:31 am
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Requested critical data elements from states about the status of
       hospital capacity, ventilators, and PPE.
       Executed nearly 250 flights through Project Air Bridge to
       transport hundreds of millions of surgical masks, N95
       respirators, gloves, and gowns from around the world to
       hospitals and facilities throughout the United States.
       Signed an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to
       ensure that Americans have a reliable supply of products like
       beef, pork, and poultry.
       Stabilized the food supply chain restoring the Nation’s protein
       processing capacity through a collaborative approach with
       Federal, state, and local officials and industry partners.
       The continued movement of food and other critical items of daily
       life distributed to stores and to American homes went
       unaffected.
       Replenished the depleted Strategic National Stockpile.
       Increased the number of ventilators nearly ten-fold to more than
       153,000.
       Despite the grim projections from the media and governors, no
       American who has needed a ventilator has been denied a
       ventilator.
       Increased the number of N95 masks fourteen-fold to more than 176
       million.
       Issued an executive order ensuring critical medical supplies are
       produced in the United States.
       Created the largest, most advanced, and most innovative testing
       system in the world.
       Built the world’s leading testing system from scratch,
       conducting over 200 million tests – more than all of the
       European Union combined.
       Engaged more than 400 test developers to increase testing
       capacity from less than 100 tests per day to more than 2 million
       tests per day.
       Slashed red tape and approved Emergency Use Authorizations for
       more than 300 different tests, including 235 molecular tests, 63
       antibody tests, and 11 antigen tests.
       Delivered state-of-the-art testing devices and millions of tests
       to every certified nursing home in the country.
       Announced more flexibility to Medicare Advantage and Part D
       plans to waive cost-sharing for tests.
       Over 2,000 retail pharmacy stores, including CVS, Walmart, and
       Walgreens, are providing testing using new regulatory and
       reimbursement options.
       Deployed tens of millions of tests to nursing homes, assisted
       living facilities, historically black colleges and universities
       (HBCUs), tribes, disaster relief operations, Home Health/Hospice
       organizations, and the Veterans Health Administration.
       Began shipping 150 million BinaxNOW rapid tests to states,
       long-term care facilities, the IHS, HBCUs, and other key
       partners.
       Pioneered groundbreaking treatments and therapies that reduced
       the mortality rate by 85 percent, saving over 2 million lives.
       The United States has among the lowest case fatality rates in
       the entire world.
       The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched the Coronavirus
       Treatment Acceleration Program to expedite the regulatory review
       process for therapeutics in clinical trials, accelerate the
       development and publication of industry guidance on developing
       treatments, and utilize regulatory flexibility to help
       facilitate the scaling-up of manufacturing capacity.
       More than 370 therapies are in clinical trials and another 560
       are in the planning stages.
       Announced $450 million in available funds to support the
       manufacturing of Regeneron’s antibody cocktail.
       Shipped tens of thousands of doses of the Regeneron drug.
       Authorized an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for convalescent
       plasma.
       ld.
       Signed first-ever executive order to affirm that it is the
       official policy of the United States Government to protect
       patients with pre-existing conditions.
       Passed Right To Try to give terminally ill patients access to
       lifesaving cures.
       Signed an executive order to fight kidney disease with more
       transplants and better treatment.
       Signed into law a $1 billion increase in funding for critical
       Alzheimer’s research.
       Accelerated medical breakthroughs in genetic treatments for
       Sickle Cell disease.
       Finalized the interoperability rules that will give American
       patients access to their electronic health records on their
       phones.
       Initiated an effort to provide $500 million over the next decade
       to improve pediatric cancer research.
       Launched a campaign to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic in America in
       the next decade.
       Started a program to provide the HIV prevention drug PrEP to
       uninsured patients for free.
       Signed an executive order and awarded new development contracts
       to modernize the influenza vaccine.
       Protected our Nation’s seniors by safeguarding and strengthening
       Medicare.
       Updated the way Medicare pays for innovative medical products to
       ensure beneficiaries have access to the latest innovation and
       treatment.
       Reduced improper payments for Medicare an estimated $15 billion
       since 2016 protecting taxpayer dollars and leading to less
       fraud, waste, and abuse.
       Took rapid action to combat antimicrobial resistance and secure
       access to life-saving new antibiotic drugs for American seniors,
       by removing several financial disincentives and setting policies
       to reduce inappropriate use.
       Launched new online tools, including eMedicare, Blue Button 2.0,
       and Care Compare, to help seniors see what is covered, compare
       costs, streamline data, and compare tools available on
       Medicare.gov.
       Provided new Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits, including
       modifications to help keep seniors safe in their homes, respite
       care for caregivers, non-opioid pain management alternatives
       like therapeutic massages, transportation, and more in-home
       support services and assistance.
       Protected Medicare beneficiaries by removing Social Security
       numbers from all Medicare cards, a project completed ahead of
       schedule.
       Unleashed unprecedented transparency in Medicare and Medicaid
       data to spur research and innovation.
       Remaking the Federal Judiciary
       Appointed a historic number of Federal judges who will interpret
       the Constitution as written.
       Nominated and confirmed over 230 Federal judges.
       Confirmed 54 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals,
       making up nearly a third of the entire appellate bench.
       Filled all Court of Appeals vacancies for the first time in four
       decades.
       Flipped the Second, Third, and Eleventh Circuits from
       Democrat-appointed majorities to Republican-appointed
       majorities. And dramatically reshaped the long-liberal Ninth
       Circuit.
       Appointed three Supreme Court justices, expanding its
       conservative-appointed majority to 6-3.
       Appointed Justice Neil Gorsuch to replace Justice Antonin
       Scalia.
       Appointed Justice Brett Kavanaugh to replace Justice Anthony
       Kennedy.
       Appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett to replace Justice Ruth
       Bader Ginsburg.
       Achieving a Secure Border
       Secured the Southern Border of the United States.
       Built over 400 miles of the world’s most robust and advanced
       border wall.
       Illegal crossings have plummeted over 87 percent where the wall
       has been constructed.
       Deployed nearly 5,000 troops to the Southern border. In
       addition, Mexico deployed tens of thousands of their own
       soldiers and national guardsmen to secure their side of the
       US-Mexico border.
       Ended the dangerous practice of Catch-and-Release, which means
       that instead of aliens getting released into the United States
       pending future hearings never to be seen again, they are
       detained pending removal, and then ultimately returned to their
       home countries.
       Entered into three historic asylum cooperation agreements with
       Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala to stop asylum fraud and
       resettle illegal migrants in third-party nations pending their
       asylum applications.
       Entered into a historic partnership with Mexico, referred to as
       the “Migrant Protection Protocols,” to safely return
       asylum-seekers to Mexico while awaiting hearings in the United
       States.
       Fully enforced the immigration laws of the United States.
       Signed an executive order to strip discretionary Federal grant
       funding from deadly sanctuary cities.
       Fully enforced and implemented statutorily authorized “expedited
       removal” of illegal aliens.
       The Department of Justice prosecuted a record-breaking number of
       immigration-related crimes.
       Used Section 243(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)
       to reduce the number of aliens coming from countries whose
       governments refuse to accept their nationals who were ordered
       removed from the United States.
       #Post#: 65--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Trump's Administration.   7.
       By: pearl Date: January 17, 2021, 1:32 am
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Ended asylum fraud, shut down human smuggling traffickers, and
       solved the humanitarian crisis across the Western Hemisphere.
       Suspended, via regulation, asylum for aliens who had skipped
       previous countries where they were eligible for asylum but opted
       to “forum shop” and continue to the United States.
       Safeguarded migrant families, and protected migrant safety, by
       promulgating new regulations under the Flores Settlement
       Agreement.
       Proposed regulations to end the practice of giving free work
       permits to illegal aliens lodging meritless asylum claims.
       Issued “internal relocation” guidance.
       Cross-trained United States Border Patrol agents to conduct
       credible fear screenings alongside USCIS (United States
       Citizenship and Immigration Services) adjudication personnel to
       reduce massive backlogs.
       Streamlined and expedited the asylum hearing process through
       both the Prompt Asylum Claim Review (PACR) and the Humanitarian
       Asylum Review Process (HARP).
       Launched the Family Fraud Initiative to identify hundreds of
       individuals who were fraudulently presenting themselves as
       family units at the border, oftentimes with trafficking
       children, in order to ensure child welfare.
       Improved screening in countries with high overstay rates and
       reduced visa overstay rates in many of these countries.
       Removed bureaucratic constraints on United States consular
       officers that reduced their ability to appropriately vet visa
       applicants.
       Worked with Mexico and other regional partners to dismantle the
       human smuggling networks in our hemisphere that profit from
       human misery and fuel the border crisis by exploiting vulnerable
       populations.
       Secured our Nation’s immigration system against criminals and
       terrorists.
       Instituted national security travel bans to keep out terrorists,
       jihadists, and violent extremists, and implemented a uniform
       security and information-sharing baseline all nations must meet
       in order for their nationals to be able to travel to, and
       emigrate to, the United States.
       Suspended refugee resettlement from the world’s most dangerous
       and terror-afflicted regions.
       Rebalanced refugee assistance to focus on overseas resettlement
       and burden-sharing.
       85 percent reduction in refugee resettlement.
       Overhauled badly-broken refugee security screening process.
       Required the Department of State to consult with states and
       localities as part of the Federal government’s refugee
       resettlement process.
       Issued strict sanctions on countries that have failed to take
       back their own nationals.
       Established the National Vetting Center, which is the most
       advanced and comprehensive visa screening system anywhere in the
       world.
       Protected American workers and taxpayers.
       Issued a comprehensive “public charge” regulation to ensure
       newcomers to the United States are financially self-sufficient
       and not reliant on welfare.
       Created an enforcement mechanism for sponsor repayment and
       deeming, to ensure that people who are presenting themselves as
       sponsors are actually responsible for sponsor obligations.
       Issued regulations to combat the horrendous practice of “birth
       tourism.”
       Issued a rule with the Department of Housing and Urban
       Development (HUD) to make illegal aliens ineligible for public
       housing.
       Issued directives requiring Federal agencies to hire United
       States workers first and prioritizing the hiring of United
       States workers wherever possible.
       Suspended the entry of low-wage workers that threaten American
       jobs.
       Finalized new H-1B regulations to permanently end the
       displacement of United States workers and modify the
       administrative tools that are required for H-1B visa issuance.
       Defended United States sovereignty by withdrawing from the
       United Nations’ Global Compact on Migration.
       Suspended Employment Authorization Documents for aliens who
       arrive illegally between ports of entry and are ordered removed
       from the United States.
       Restored integrity to the use of Temporary Protected Status
       (TPS) by strictly adhering to the statutory conditions required
       for TPS.
       Restoring American Leadership Abroad
       Restored America’s leadership in the world and successfully
       negotiated to ensure our allies pay their fair share for our
       military protection.
       Secured a $400 billion increase in defense spending from NATO
       (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) allies by 2024, and the
       number of members meeting their minimum obligations more than
       doubled.
       Credited by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg for strengthening
       NATO.
       Worked to reform and streamline the United Nations (UN) and
       reduced spending by $1.3 billion.
       Allies, including Japan and the Republic of Korea, committed to
       increase burden-sharing.
       Protected our Second Amendment rights by announcing the United
       States will never ratify the UN Arms Trade Treaty.
       Returned 56 hostages and detainees from more than 24 countries.
       Worked to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific region, promoting
       new investments and expanding American partnerships.
       Advanced peace through strength.
       Withdrew from the horrible, one-sided Iran Nuclear Deal and
       imposed crippling sanctions on the Iranian Regime.
       Conducted vigorous enforcement on all sanctions to bring Iran’s
       oil exports to zero and deny the regime its principal source of
       revenue.
       First president to meet with a leader of North Korea and the
       first sitting president to cross the demilitarized zone into
       North Korea.
       Maintained a maximum pressure campaign and enforced tough
       sanctions on North Korea while negotiating de-nuclearization,
       the release of American hostages, and the return of the remains
       of American heroes.
       Brokered economic normalization between Serbia and Kosovo,
       bolstering peace in the Balkans.
       Signed the Honk Kong Autonomy Act and ended the United States’
       preferential treatment with Hong Kong to hold China accountable
       for its infringement on the autonomy of Hong Kong.
       Led allied efforts to defeat the Chinese Communist Party’s
       efforts to control the international telecommunications system.
       Renewed our cherished friendship and alliance with Israel and
       took historic action to promote peace in the Middle East.
       Recognized Jerusalem as the true capital of Israel and quickly
       moved the American Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
       Acknowledged Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights and
       declared that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are not
       inconsistent with international law.
       #Post#: 66--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Trump's Administration.   8.
       By: pearl Date: January 17, 2021, 1:33 am
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       Removed the United States from the United Nations Human Rights
       Council due to the group’s blatant anti-Israel bias.
       Brokered historic peace agreements between Israel and
       Arab-Muslim countries, including the United Arab Emirates, the
       Kingdom of Bahrain, and Sudan.
       Brokered a deal for Kosovo to normalize ties and establish
       diplomatic relations with Israel.
       Announced that Serbia would move its embassy in Israel to
       Jerusalem.
       First American president to address an assembly of leaders from
       more than 50 Muslim nations, and reach an agreement to fight
       terrorism in all its forms.
       Established the Etidal Center to combat terrorism in the Middle
       East in conjunction with the Saudi Arabian Government.
       Announced the Vision for Peace Political Plan – a two-state
       solution that resolves the risks of Palestinian statehood to
       Israel’s security, and the first time Israel has agreed to a map
       and a Palestinian state.
       Released an economic plan to empower the Palestinian people and
       enhance Palestinian governance through historic private
       investment.
       Stood up against Communism and Socialism in the Western
       Hemisphere.
       Reversed the previous Administration’s disastrous Cuba policy,
       canceling the sellout deal with the Communist Castro
       dictatorship.
       Pledged not to lift sanctions until all political prisoners are
       freed; freedoms of assembly and expression are respected; all
       political parties are legalized; and free elections are
       scheduled.
       Enacted a new policy aimed at preventing American dollars from
       funding the Cuban regime, including stricter travel restrictions
       and restrictions on the importation of Cuban alcohol and
       tobacco.
       Implemented a cap on remittances to Cuba.
       Enabled Americans to file lawsuits against persons and entities
       that traffic in property confiscated by the Cuban regime.
       First world leader to recognize Juan Guaido as the Interim
       President of Venezuela and led a diplomatic coalition against
       the Socialist Dictator of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro.
       Blocked all property of the Venezuelan Government in the
       jurisdiction of the United States.
       Cut off the financial resources of the Maduro regime and
       sanctioned key sectors of the Venezuelan economy exploited by
       the regime.
       Brought criminal charges against Nicolas Maduro for his
       narco-terrorism.
       Imposed stiff sanctions on the Ortega regime in Nicaragua.
       Joined together with Mexico and Canada in a successful bid to
       host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with 60 matches to be held in the
       United States.
       Colossal Rebuilding of the Military
       Rebuilt the military and created the Sixth Branch, the United
       States Space Force.
       Completely rebuilt the United States military with over $2.2
       trillion in defense spending, including $738 billion for 2020.
       Secured three pay raises for our service members and their
       families, including the largest raise in a decade.
       Established the Space Force, the first new branch of the United
       States Armed Forces since 1947.
       Modernized and recapitalized our nuclear forces and missile
       defenses to ensure they continue to serve as a strong deterrent.
       Upgraded our cyber defenses by elevating the Cyber Command into
       a major warfighting command and by reducing burdensome
       procedural restrictions on cyber operations.
       Vetoed the FY21 National Defense Authorization Act, which failed
       to protect our national security, disrespected the history of
       our veterans and military, and contradicted our efforts to put
       America first.
       Defeated terrorists, held leaders accountable for malign
       actions, and bolstered peace around the world.
       Defeated 100 percent of ISIS’ territorial caliphate in Iraq and
       Syria.
       Freed nearly 8 million civilians from ISIS’ bloodthirsty
       control, and liberated Mosul, Raqqa, and the final ISIS foothold
       of Baghuz.
       Killed the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and eliminated
       the world’s top terrorist, Qasem Soleimani.
       Created the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC) in
       partnership between the United States and its Gulf partners to
       combat extremist ideology and threats, and target terrorist
       financial networks, including over 60 terrorist individuals and
       entities spanning the globe.
       Twice took decisive military action against the Assad regime in
       Syria for the barbaric use of chemical weapons against innocent
       civilians, including a successful 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles
       strike.
       Authorized sanctions against bad actors tied to Syria’s chemical
       weapons program.
       Negotiated an extended ceasefire with Turkey in northeast Syria.
       Addressed gaps in American’s defense-industrial base, providing
       much-needed updates to improve the safety of our country.
       Protected America’s defense-industrial base, directing the first
       whole-of-government assessment of our manufacturing and defense
       supply chains since the 1950s.
       Took decisive steps to secure our information and communications
       technology and services supply chain, including unsafe mobile
       applications.
       Cmpleted several multi-year nuclear material removal campaigns,
       securing over 1,000 kilograms of highly enriched uranium and
       significantly reducing global nuclear threats.
       Signed an executive order directing Federal agencies to work
       together to diminish the capability of foreign adversaries to
       target our critical electric infrastructure.
       Established a whole-of-government strategy addressing the threat
       posed by China’s malign efforts targeting the United States
       taxpayer-funded research and development ecosystem.
       Advanced missile defense capabilities and regional alliances.
       Bolstered the ability of our allies and partners to defend
       themselves through the sale of aid and military equipment.
       Signed the largest arms deal ever, worth nearly $110 billion,
       with Saudi Arabia.
       Serving and Protecting Our Veterans
       Reformed the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to improve
       care, choice, and employee accountability.
       Signed and implemented the VA Mission Act, which made permanent
       Veterans CHOICE, revolutionized the VA community care system,
       and delivered quality care closer to home for Veterans.
       The number of Veterans who say they trust VA services has
       increased 19 percent to a record 91 percent, an all-time high.
       Offered same-day emergency mental health care at every VA
       medical facility, and secured $9.5 billion for mental health
       services in 2020.
       Signed the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017, which
       ensured that veterans could continue to see the doctor of their
       choice and wouldn’t have to wait for care.
       During the Trump Administration, millions of veterans have been
       able to choose a private doctor in their communities.
       Expanded Veterans’ ability to access telehealth services,
       including through the “Anywhere to Anywhere” VA healthcare
       initiative leading to a 1000 percent increase in usage during
       COVID-19.
       Signed the Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower
       Protection Act and removed thousands of VA workers who failed to
       give our Vets the care they have so richly deserve.
       Signed the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of
       2017 and improved the efficiency of the VA, setting record
       numbers of appeals decisions.
       Modernized medical records to begin a seamless transition from
       the Department of Defense to the VA.
       Launched a new tool that provides Veterans with online access to
       average wait times and quality-of-care data.
       The promised White House VA Hotline has fielded hundreds of
       thousands of calls.
       Formed the PREVENTS Task Force to fight the tragedy of Veteran
       suicide.
       Decreased veteran homelessness, and education benefits, and
       achieved record-low veteran unemployment.
       Signed and implemented the Forever GI Bill, allowing Veterans to
       use their benefits to get an education at any point in their
       lives.
       Eliminated every penny of Federal student loan debt owed by
       American veterans who are completely and permanently disabled.
       Compared to 2009, 49 percent fewer veterans experienced
       homelessness nationwide during 2019.
       Signed and implemented the HAVEN Act to ensure that Veterans
       who’ve declared bankruptcy don’t lose their disability payments.
       Helped hundreds of thousands of military service members make
       the transition from the military to the civilian workforce, and
       developed programs to support the employment of military
       spouses.
       Placed nearly 40,000 homeless veterans into employment through
       the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program.
       Placed over 600,000 veterans into employment through American
       Job Center services.
       Enrolled over 500,000 transitioning service members in over
       20,000 Department of Labor employment workshops.
       Signed an executive order to help Veterans transition seamlessly
       into the United States Merchant Marine.
       Making Communities Safer
       Signed into law landmark criminal justice reform.
       Signed the bipartisan First Step Act into law, the first
       landmark criminal justice reform legislation ever passed to
       reduce recidivism and help former inmates successfully rejoin
       society.
       Promoted second chance hiring to give former inmates the
       opportunity to live crime-free lives and find meaningful
       employment.
       Launched a new “Ready to Work” initiative to help connect
       employers directly with former prisoners.
       Awarded $2.2 million to states to expand the use of fidelity
       bonds, which underwrite companies that hire former prisoners.
       Reversed decades-old ban on Second Chance Pell programs to
       provide postsecondary education to individuals who are
       incarcerated expand their skills and better succeed in the
       workforce upon re-entry.
       Awarded over $333 million in Department of Labor grants to
       nonprofits and local and state governments for reentry projects
       focused on career development services for justice-involved
       youth and adults who were formerly incarcerated.
       Unprecedented support for law-enforcement.
       In 2019, violent crime fell for the third consecutive year.
       Since 2016, the violent crime rate has declined over 5 percent
       and the murder rate has decreased by over 7 percent.
       Launched Operation Legend to combat a surge of violent crime in
       cities, resulting in more than 5,500 arrests.
       Deployed the National Guard and Federal law enforcement to
       Kenosha to stop violence and restore public safety.
       Provided $1 million to Kenosha law enforcement, nearly $4
       million to support small businesses in Kenosha, and provided
       over $41 million to support law enforcement to the state of
       Wisconsin.
       Deployed Federal agents to save the courthouse in Portland from
       rioters.
       Signed an executive order outlining ten-year prison sentences
       for destroying Federal property and monuments.
       Directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate and
       prosecute Federal offenses related to ongoing violence.
       DOJ provided nearly $400 million for new law enforcement hiring.
       Endorsed by the 355,000 members of the Fraternal Order of
       Police.
       Revitalized Project Safe Neighborhoods, which brings together
       Federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials to
       develop solutions to violent crime.
       Improved first-responder communications by deploying the
       FirstNet National Public Safety Broadband Network, which serves
       more than 12,000 public safety agencies across the Nation.
       Established a new commission to evaluate best practices for
       recruiting, training, and supporting law enforcement officers.
       Signed the Safe Policing for Safe Communities executive order to
       incentive local police department reforms in line with law and
       order.
       Made hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of surplus military
       equipment available to local law enforcement.
       Signed an executive order to help prevent violence against law
       enforcement officers.
       Secured permanent funding for the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund
       for first responders.
       Implemented strong measures to stem hate crimes, gun violence,
       and human trafficking.
       Restored state and local control of education by faithfully
       implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act.
       Signed an executive order that ensures public universities
       protect First Amendment rights or they will risk losing funding,
       addresses student debt by requiring colleges to share a portion
       of the financial risk, and increases transparency by requiring
       universities to disclose information about the value of
       potential educational programs.
       Issued a rule strengthening Title IX protections for survivors
       of sexual misconduct in schools, and that – for the first time
       in history – codifies that sexual harassment is prohibited under
       Title IX.
       Negotiated historic bipartisan agreement on new higher education
       rules to increase innovation and lower costs by reforming
       accreditation, state authorization, distance education,
       competency-based education, credit hour, religious liberty, and
       TEACH Grants.
       Prioritized support for Historically Black Colleges and
       Universities.
       Moved the Federal Historically Black Colleges and Universities
       (HBCU) Initiative back to the White House.
       Signed into law the FUTURE Act, making permanent $255 million in
       annual funding for HBCUs and increasing funding for the Federal
       Pell Grant program.
       Signed legislation that included more than $100 million for
       scholarships, research, and centers of excellence at HBCU
       land-grant institutions.
       Fully forgave $322 million in disaster loans to four HBCUs in
       2018, so they could fully focus on educating their students.
       Enabled faith-based HBCUs to enjoy equal access to Federal
       support.
       Combatting the Opioid Crisis
       Brought unprecedented attention and support to combat the opioid
       crisis.
       Declared the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency.
       Secured a record $6 billion in new funding to combat the opioid
       epidemic.
       Signed the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, the
       largest-ever legislative effort to address a drug crisis in our
       Nation’s history.
       Launched the Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse and Reduce Drug
       Supply and Demand in order to confront the many causes fueling
       the drug crisis.
       The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a
       record $9 billion in grants to expand access to prevention,
       treatment, and recovery services to States and local
       communities.
       Passed the CRIB Act, allowing Medicaid to help mothers and their
       babies who are born physically dependent on opioids by covering
       their care in residential pediatric recovery facilities.
       Distributed $1 billion in grants for addiction prevention and
       treatment.
       Announced a Safer Prescriber Plan that seeks to decrease the
       amount of opioids prescriptions filled in America by one third
       within three years.
       Reduced the total amount of opioids prescriptions filled in
       America.
       Expanded access to medication-assisted treatment and life-saving
       Naloxone.
       Launched FindTreatment.gov, a tool to find help for substance
       abuse.
       Drug overdose deaths fell nationwide in 2018 for the first time
       in nearly three decades.
       Launched the Drug-Impaired Driving Initiative to work with local
       law enforcement and the driving public at large to increase
       awareness.
       Launched a nationwide public ad campaign on youth opioid abuse
       that reached 58 percent of young adults in America.
       Since 2016, there has been a nearly 40 percent increase in the
       number of Americans receiving medication-assisted treatment.
       Approved 29 state Medicaid demonstrations to improve access to
       opioid use disorder treatment, including new flexibility to
       cover inpatient and residential treatment.
       Approved nearly $200 million in grants to address the opioid
       crisis in severely affected communities and to reintegrate
       workers in recovery back into the workforce.
       Took action to seize illegal drugs and punish those preying on
       innocent Americans.
       In FY 2019, ICE HSI seized 12,466 pounds of opioids including
       3,688 pounds of fentanyl, an increase of 35 percent from FY
       2018.
       Seized tens of thousands of kilograms of heroin and thousands of
       kilograms of fentanyl since 2017.
       The Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecuted more fentanyl
       traffickers than ever before, dismantled 3,000 drug trafficking
       organizations, and seized enough fentanyl to kill 105,000
       Americans.
       DOJ charged more than 65 defendants collectively responsible for
       distributing over 45 million opioid pills.
       Brought kingpin designations against traffickers operating in
       China, India, Mexico, and more who have played a role in the
       epidemic in America.
       Indicted major Chinese drug traffickers for distributing
       fentanyl in the U.S for the first time ever, and convinced China
       to enact strict regulations to control the production and sale
       of fentanyl.
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