[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 98 (Tuesday, June 6, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S1964]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                          Investing in America

  Mr. President, now on implementation, last week, Congress passed 
legislation averting catastrophic default. That alone is very good news 
for every single community in this country. Better yet, Congress 
averted default while also preserving the important investments we have 
made through legislation like the CHIPS and Science Act, the bipartisan 
infrastructure bill, and Democrats' landmark Inflation Reduction Act.
  Now, Democrats are getting the word out on our agenda, and for months 
I have worked with the administration and with my colleagues to 
painstakingly plan out implementation.
  It is one thing for Americans to read about Congress passing this 
bill or that bill; it is a whole different ball game for them to see 
these investments come to life through new construction projects, new 
factory openings, new job announcements, and even more private sector 
investments. Implementing our agenda is not abstract; it is happening 
across the country as we speak. It means jobs, jobs, jobs as well as 
real help for so many different communities--suburban, urban, rural--
across the country.
  To that end, the Biden administration announced today they will hit 
the road very soon for their phase 2 Investing in America tour. It will 
be a great chance for Americans to hear directly from the 
administration in their own backyards and for the administration to 
tout the new projects sprouting across the country.
  Today, the White House also announced the rollout of invest.gov--a 
terrific new resource mapping out precisely how implementation is 
taking root across the country. I encourage everyone to visit 
invest.gov so they can see all the projects in semiconducting, clean 
energy, battery and EV manufacturing, and bio manufacturing that have 
been announced since the beginning of President Biden's term.
  My friends, the numbers don't lie. Under President Biden and 
Democrats in Congress, 32,000 infrastructure projects and more than 
$470 billion--billion with a capital ``B''--worth of private 
investments have been announced, including $214 billion in investments 
toward semiconductors, which was largely made possible thanks to the 
CHIPS and Science Act; more than $200 billion to help make America the 
leader in clean energy manufacturing, led by legislation like the 
Inflation Reduction Act. And these investments include everything from 
new battery plants in Georgia and West Virginia to solar power 
facilities in Oklahoma and South Carolina, to wind turbine assembly 
lines in New York, and so much more.
  These are just a few examples of how Democrats' agenda is paving the 
way for the future and the future of jobs in this country.
  Implementation will remain at the top of Democrats' priority list in 
the months and years ahead. Democrats have a great story to tell the 
American people. Now we are putting in the work to make sure Americans 
know precisely--precisely--how our agenda is working for them.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.