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.
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.
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.
Granted
more than 20 new long-term approvals for LNG exports to non-free trade
agreement countries.
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.
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.
First
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.
Treated
around 100,000 patients with convalescent plasma, which may reduce mortality by
50 percent.
Provided
$48 million to fund the Mayo Clinic study that tested the efficacy of
convalescent plasma for patients with COVID-19.
Made
an agreement to support the large-scale manufacturing of AstraZeneca’s cocktail
of two monoclonal antibodies.
Approved
Remdesivir as the first COVID-19 treatment, which could reduce hospitalization
time by nearly a third.
Secured
more than 90 percent of the world’s supply of Remdesivir, enough to treat over
850,000 high-risk patients.
Granted
an EUA to Eli Lilly for its anti-body treatments.
Finalized
an agreement with Eli Lilly to purchase the first doses of the company’s
investigational antibody therapeutic.
Provided
up to $270 million to the American Red Cross and America’s Blood Centers to
support the collection of up to 360,000 units of plasma.
Launched
a nationwide campaign to ask patients who have recovered from COVID-19 to
donate plasma.
Announced
Phase 3 clinical trials for varying types of blood thinners to treat adults
diagnosed with COVID-19.
Issued
an EUA for the monoclonal antibody therapy bamlanivimab.
FDA
issued an EUA for casirivimab and imdevimab to be administered together.
Launched
the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium with private sector and
academic leaders unleashing America’s supercomputers to accelerate coronavirus
research.
Brought
the full power of American medicine and government to produce a safe and
effective vaccine in record time.
Launched
Operation Warp Speed to initiate an unprecedented drive to develop and make
available an effective vaccine by January 2021.
Pfizer
and Moderna developed two vaccines in just nine months, five times faster than
the fastest prior vaccine development in American history.
Pfizer
and Moderna’s vaccines are approximately 95 effective – far exceeding all
expectations.
AstraZeneca
and Johnson & Johnson also both have promising candidates in the final
stage of clinical trials.
The
vaccines will be administered within 24 hours of FDA-approval.
Made
millions of vaccine doses available before the end of 2020, with hundreds of
millions more to quickly follow.
FedEx
and UPS will ship doses from warehouses directly to local pharmacies,
hospitals, and healthcare providers.
Finalized
a partnership with CVS and Walgreens to deliver vaccines directly to residents
of nursing homes and long-term care facilities as soon as a state requests it,
at no cost to America’s seniors.
Signed
an executive order to ensure that the United States government prioritizes
getting the vaccine to American citizens before sending it to other nations.
Provided
approximately $13 billion to accelerate vaccine development and to manufacture
all of the top candidates in advance.
Provided
critical investments of $4.1 billion to Moderna to suppot the development,
manufacturing, and distribution of their vaccines. Moderna announced its vaccine is 95 percent
effective and is pending FDA approval.
Provided
Pfizer up to $1.95 billion to support the mass-manufacturing and nationwide
distribution of their vaccine candidate. Pfizer announced its vaccine is 95
percent effective and is pending FDA approval.
Provided
approximately $1 billion to support the manufacturing and distribution of
Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine candidate.
Johnson
& Johnson’s vaccine candidate reached the final stage of clinical trials.
Made
up to $1.2 billion available to support AstraZeneca’s vaccine candidate.
AstraZeneca’s
vaccine candidate reached the final stage of clinical trials.
Made
an agreement to support the large-scale manufacturing of Novavax’s vaccine
candidate with 100 million doses expected.
Partnered
with Sanofi and GSK to support large-scale manufacturing of a COVID-19
investigational vaccine.
Awarded
$200 million in funding to support vaccine preparedness and plans for the
immediate distribution and administration of vaccines.
Provided
$31 million to Cytvia for vaccine-related consumable products.
Under
the PREP Act, issued guidance authorizing qualified pharmacy technicians to administer
vaccines.
Announced
that McKesson Corporation will produce store, and distribute vaccine ancillary
supply kits on behalf of the Strategic National Stockpile to help healthcare
workers who will administer vaccines.
Announced
partnership with large-chain, independent, and regional pharmacies to deliver
vaccines.
Prioritized
resources for the most vulnerable Americans, including nursing home residents.
Quickly
established guidelines for nursing homes and expanded telehealth opportunities
to protect vulnerable seniors.
Increased
surveillance, oversight, and transparency of all 15,417 Medicare and Medicaid
nursing homes by requiring them to report cases of COVID-19 to all residents,
their families, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Required
that all nursing homes test staff regularly.
Launched
an unprecedented national nursing home training curriculum to equip nursing
home staff with the knowledge they need to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Delivered
$81 million for increased inspections and funded 35,000 members of the Nation
Guard to deliver critical supplies to every Medicare-certified nursing homes.
Deployed
Federal Task Force Strike Teams to provide onsite technical assistance and
education to nursing homes experiencing outbreaks.
Distributed
tens of billions of dollars in Provider Relief Funds to protect nursing homes,
long-term care facilities, safety-net hospitals, rural hospitals, and
communities hardest hit by the virus.
Released
1.5 million N95 respirators from the Strategic National Stockpile for
distribution to over 3,000 nursing home facilities.
Directed
the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council to refocus on
underserved communities impacted by the coronavirus.
Required
that testing results reported include data on race, gender, ethnicity, and ZIP
code, to ensure that resources were directed to communities disproportionately
harmed by the virus.
Ensured
testing was offered at 95 percent of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC),
which serve over 29 million patients in 12,000 communities across the Nation.
Invested
an unprecedented $8 billion in tribal communities.
Maintained
safe access for Veterans to VA healthcare throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic and
supported non-VA hospital systems and private and state-run nursing homes with
VA clinical teams.
Signed
legislation ensuring no reduction of VA education benefits under the GI Bill
for online distance learning.
Supported
Americans as they safely return to school and work.
Issued
the Guidelines for Opening Up America Again, a detailed blueprint to help
governors as they began reopening the country. Focused on protecting the most
vulnerable and mitigating the risk of any resurgence, while restarting the
economy and allowing Americans to safely return to their jobs.
Helped
Americans return to work by providing extensive guidance on workplace-safety
measures to protect against COVID-19, and investigating over 10,000
coronavirus-related complaints and referrals.
Provided
over $31 billion to support elementary and secondary schools.
Distributed
125 million face masks to school districts.
Provided
comprehensive guidelines to schools on how to protect and identify high-risk
individuals, prevent the spread of COVID-19, and conduct safe in-person teaching.
Brought
back the safe return of college athletics, including Big Ten and Pac-12 football.
Rescued
the American economy with nearly $3.4 trillion in relief, the largest financial
aid package in history.
Secured
an initial $8.3 billion Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Act, supporting
the development of treatments and vaccines, and to procure critical medical
supplies and equipment.
Signed
the $100 billion Families First Coronavirus Relief Act, guaranteeing free
coronavirus testing, emergency paid sick leave and family leave, Medicaid
funding, and food assistance.
Signed
the $2.3 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act,
providing unprecedented and immediate relief to American families, workers, and
businesses.
Signed
additional legislation providing nearly $900 billion in support for coronavirus
emergency response and relief, including critically needed funds to continue
the Paycheck Protection Program.
Signed
the Paycheck Protection Program and Healthcare Enhancement Act, adding an
additional $310 billion to replenish the program.
Delivered
approximately 160 million relief payments to hardworking Americans.
Through
the Paycheck Protection Program, approved over $525 billion in forgivable loans
to more than 5.2 million small businesses, supporting more than 51 million
American jobs.
The
Treasury Department approved the establishment of the Money Market Mutual Fund
Liquidity Facility to provide liquidity to the financial system.
The
Treasury Department, working with the Federal Reserve, was able to leverage
approximately $4 trillion in emergency lending facilities.
Signed
an executive order extending expanded unemployment benefits.
Signed
an executive order to temporarily suspend student loan payments, evictions, and
collection of payroll taxes.
Small
Business Administration expanded access to emergency economic assistance for
small businesses, faith-based, and religious entities.
Protected
jobs for American workers impacted by COVID-19 by temporarily suspending several
job-related nonimmigrant visas, including H-1B’s, H-2B’s without a nexus to the
food-supply chain, certain H-4’s, as well as L’s and certain J’s.
Great
Healthcare for Americans
Empowered
American patients by greatly expanding healthcare choice, transparency, and
affordability.
Eliminated
the Obamacare individual mandate – a financial relief to low and middle-income
households that made up nearly 80 percent of the families who paid the penalty
for not wanting to purchase health insurance.
Increased
choice for consumers by promoting competition in the individual health
insurance market leading to lower premiums for three years in a row.
Under
the Trump Administration, more than 90 percent of the counties have multiple
options on the individual insurance market to choose from.
Offered
Association Health Plans, which allow employers to pool together and offer more
affordable, quality health coverage to their employees at up to 30 percent
lower cost.
Increased
availability of short-term, limited-duration health plans, which can cost up to
60 percent less than traditional plans, giving Americans more flexibility to
choose plans that suit their needs.
Expanded
Health Reimbursement Arrangements, allowing millions of Americans to be able to
shop for a plan of their choice on the individual market, and then have their
employer cover the cost.
Added
2,100 new Medicare Advantage plan options since 2017, a 76 percent increase.
Lowered
Medicare Advantage premiums by 34 percent nationwide to the lowest level in 14
years. Medicare health plan premium savings for beneficiaries have totaled
$nearly 1.5 billion since 2017.
Improved
access to tax-free health savings accounts for individuals with chronic
conditions.
Eliminated
costly Obamacare taxes, including the health insurance tax, the medical device
tax, and the “Cadillac tax.”
Worked
with states to create more flexibility and relief from oppressive Obamacare
regulations, including reinsurance waivers to help lower premiums.
Released
legislative principles to end surprise medical billing.
Finalized
requirements for unprecedented price transparency from hospitals and insurance
companies so patients know what the cost is before they receive care.
Took
action to require that hospitals make the prices they negotiate with insurers
publicly available and easily accessible online.
Improved
patients access to their health data by penalizing hospitals and causing
clinicians to lose their incentive payments if they do not comply.
Expanded
access to telehealth, especially in rural and underserved communities.
Increased
Medicare payments to rural hospitals to stem a decade of rising closures and
deliver enhanced access to care in rural areas.
Issued
unprecedented reforms that dramatically lowered the price of prescription
drugs.
Lowered
drug prices for the first time in 51 years.
Launched
an initiative to stop global freeloading in the drug market.
Finalized
a rule to allow the importation of prescription drugs from Canada.
Finalized
the Most Favored Nation Rule to ensure that pharmaceutical companies offer the
same discounts to the United States as they do to other nations,
resulting in an estimated $85 billion in savings over seven years and $30
billion in out-of-pocket costs alone.
Proposed
a rule requiring federally funded health centers to pass drug company discounts
on insulin and Epi-Pens directly to patients.
Ended
the gag clauses that prevented pharmacists from informing patients about the
best prices for the medications they need.
Ended
the costly kickbacks to middlemen and ensured that patients directly benefit
from available discounts at the pharmacy counter, saving Americans up to 30
percent on brand name pharmaceuticals.
Enhanced
Part D plans to provide many seniors with Medicare access to a broad set of
insulins at a maximum $35 copay for a month’s supply of each type of insulin.
Reduced
Medicare Part D prescription drug premiums, saving beneficiaries nearly $2
billion in premium costs since 2017.
Ended
the Unapproved Drugs Initiative, which provided market exclusivity to generic
drugs.
Promoted
research and innovation in healthcare to ensure that American patients have
access to the best treatment in the world.
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.
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.
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.
In
addition, the United States negotiated a normalization agreement between Israel
and Morocco, and recognized Moroccan Sovereignty over the entire Western Sahara,
a position with long standing bipartisan support.
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.
Won
bid to host the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
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.
Completed
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, improved 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.
Signed
an executive order making clear that Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
applies to discrimination rooted in anti-Semitism.
Launched
a centralized website to educate the public about hate crimes and encourage
reporting.
Signed
the Fix NICS Act to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous criminals.
Signed
the STOP School Violence Act and created a Commission on School Safety to
examine ways to make our schools safer.
Launched
the Foster Youth to Independence initiative to prevent and end homelessness
among young adults under the age of 25 who are in, or have recently left, the
foster care system.
Signed
the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, which tightened criteria
for whether countries are meeting standards for eliminating trafficking.
Established
a task force to help combat the tragedy of missing or murdered Native American
women and girls.
Prioritized
fighting for the voiceless and ending the scourge of human trafficking across
the Nation, through a whole of government back by legislation, executive
action, and engagement with key industries.
Created
the first-ever White House position focused solely on combating human
trafficking.
Cherishing
Life and Religious Liberty
Steadfastly
supported the sanctity of every human life and worked tirelessly to prevent
government funding of abortion.
Reinstated
and expanded the Mexico City Policy, ensuring that taxpayer money is not used
to fund abortion globally.
Issued
a rule preventing Title X taxpayer funding from subsiding the abortion
industry.
Supported
legislation to end late-term abortions.
Cut
all funding to the United Nations population fund due to the fund’s support for
coercive abortion and forced sterilization.
Signed
legislation overturning the previous administration’s regulation that
prohibited states from defunding abortion facilities as part of their family
planning programs.
Fully
enforced the requirement that taxpayer dollars do not support abortion coverage
in Obamacare exchange plans.
Stopped
the Federal funding of fetal tissue research.
Worked
to protect healthcare entities and individuals’ conscience rights – ensuring
that no medical professional is forced to participate in an abortion in violation
of their beliefs.
Issued
an executive order reinforcing requirement that all hospitals in the United
States provide medical treatment or an emergency transfer for infants who are
in need of emergency medical care—regardless of prematurity or disability.
Led
a coalition of countries to sign the Geneva Consensus Declaration, declaring
that there is no international right to abortion and committing to protecting
women’s health.
First
president in history to attend the March for Life.
Stood
up for religious liberty in the United States and around the world.
Protected
the conscience rights of doctors, nurses, teachers, and groups like the Little
Sisters of the Poor.
First
president to convene a meeting at the United Nations to end religious persecution.
Established
the White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative.
Stopped
the Johnson Amendment from interfering with pastors’ right to speak their
minds.
Reversed
the previous administration’s policy that prevented the government from
providing disaster relief to religious organizations.
Protected
faith-based adoption and foster care providers, ensuring they can continue to
serve their communities while following the teachings of their faith.
Reduced
burdensome barriers to ensure Native Americans are free to keep spiritually and
culturally significant eagle feathers found on their tribal lands.
Took
action to ensure Federal employees can take paid time off work to observe
religious holy days.
Signed
legislation to assist religious and ethnic groups targeted by ISIS for mass
murder and genocide in Syria and Iraq.
Directed
American assistance toward persecuted communities, including through
faith-based programs.
Launched
the International Religious Freedom Alliance – the first-ever alliance devoted
to confronting religious persecution around the world.
Appointed
a Special Envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism.
Imposed
restrictions on certain Chinese officials, internal security units, and
companies for their complicity in the persecution of Uighur Muslims in
Xinjiang.
Issued
an executive order to protect and promote religious freedom around the world.
Safeguarding
the Environment
Took
strong action to protect the environment and ensure clean air and clean water.
Took
action to protect vulnerable Americans from being exposed to lead and copper in
drinking water and finalized a rule protecting children from lead-based paint
hazards.
Invested
over $38 billion in clean water infrastructure.
In
2019, America achieved the largest decline in carbon emissions of any country
on earth. Since withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord, the United States
has reduced carbon emissions more than any nation.
American
levels of particulate matter – one of the main measures of air pollution – are
approximately five times lower than the global average.
Between
2017 and 2019, the air became 7 percent cleaner – indicated by a steep drop in
the combined emissions of criteria pollutants.
Led
the world in greenhouse gas emissions reductions, having cut energy-related CO2
emissions by 12 percent from 2005 to 2018 while the rest of the world increased
emissions by 24 percent.
In
FY 2019 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cleaned up more major
pollution sites than any year in nearly two decades.
The
EPA delivered $300 million in Brownfields grants directly to communities most
in need including investment in 118 Opportunity Zones.
Placed
a moratorium on offshore drilling off the coasts of Georgia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, and Florida.
Restored
public access to Federal land at Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante
National Monument.
Recovered
more endangered or threatened species than any other administration in its
first term.
Secured
agreements and signed legislation to protect the environment and preserve our
Nation’s abundant national resources.
The
USMCA guarantees the strongest environmental protections of any trade agreement
in history.
Signed
the Save Our Seas Act to protect our environment from foreign nations that
litter our oceans with debris and developed the first-ever Federal strategic plan
to address marine litter.
Signed
the Great American Outdoors Act, securing the single largest investment in
America’s National Parks and public lands in history.
Signed
the largest public lands legislation in a decade, designating 1.3 million new
acres of wilderness.
Signed
a historic executive order promoting much more active forest management to
prevent catastrophic wildfires.
Opened
and expanded access to over 4 million acres of public lands for hunting and
fishing.
Joined
the One Trillion Trees Initiative to plant, conserve, and restore trees in
America and around the world.
Delivered
infrastructure upgrades and investments for numerous projects, including over
half a billion dollars to fix the Herbert Hoover Dike and expanding funding for
Everglades restoration by 55 percent.
Expanding
Educational Opportunity
Fought
tirelessly to give every American access to the best possible education.
The
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expanded School Choice, allowing parents to use up to
$10,000 from a 529 education savings account to cover K-12 tuition costs at the
public, private, or religious school of their choice.
Launched
a new pro-American lesson plan for students called the 1776 Commission to
promote patriotic education.
Prohibited
the teaching of Critical Race Theory in the Federal government.
Established
the National Garden of American Heroes, a vast outdoor park that will feature
the statues of the greatest Americans to ever live.
Called
on Congress to pass the Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act to
expand education options for 1 million students of all economic backgrounds.
Signed
legislation reauthorizing the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program.
Issued
updated guidance making clear that the First Amendment right to Free Exercise
of Religion does not end at the door to a public school.
Took
action to promote technical education.
Signed
into law the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century
Act, which provides over 13 million students with high-quality vocational
education and extends more than $1.3 billion each year to states for critical
workforce development programs.
Signed
the INSPIRE Act which encouraged NASA to have more women and girls participate
in STEM and seek careers in aerospace.
Allocated
no less than $200 million each year in grants to prioritize women and
minorities in STEM and computer science education.
Drastically
reformed and modernized our educational system to restore local control and
promote fairness.
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.
