[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 14, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H122-H123]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
Michigan (Ms. Stevens) for 5 minutes.
  Ms. STEVENS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the tremendous 
achievements of President Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United 
States.
  While I could spend my time highlighting the nearly innumerable 
achievements of his administration, I rise to celebrate what this 
Nation is today because of President Biden's leadership, a nation on 
the rise.
  President Biden and Vice President Harris inherited a nation in 
crisis; the greatest public health crisis in generations coupled with a 
threatening economic downturn with rising costs and high unemployment.
  President Biden recognized this head-on. He saw what our Nation 
needed, and he acted with a jump-start of economic investment to get 
Americans working, moving, and innovating like never before. Alongside 
congressional leaders, he delivered for the American people.
  President Biden delivered historic investments into our communities 
through the American Rescue Plan, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, 
the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act, just to 
name a few.
  These historic legislative packages unleashed hundreds of billions of 
dollars into our communities to get us moving and growing again.
  The national statistics may highlight the breadth and depth of these 
historic investments, but no place speaks better to the generational 
change created by President Biden's leadership like my home State of 
Michigan with $13 billion in infrastructure funding that has flowed 
through Michigan.
  Mr. Speaker, there have been 62 new clean energy projects, and the 
most in the country have been announced in Michigan.
  Over 400,000 new jobs have been created in Michigan, so many, in 
fact, that Detroit has been boasting its lowest levels of unemployment 
in three decades.
  With the largest investment in the Great Lakes in decades, nearly all 
areas of concern in Michigan will be remediated, including two 
affecting my district: the Clinton River and the River Rouge. Combined 
with historic State-level investments, Michigan, the home of the Flint 
water crisis, is officially headed to a lead-free future with Detroit 
being lead-free by the end of the decade.
  As home to the Big Three automakers, no place is leading the charge 
to electrify our future like we are in Michigan. We are manufacturing, 
we are growing, and we are innovating.
  These are stories, these are numbers that represent the American 
worker. American workers have been able to achieve an economic reality, 
not just a political wish list, because of President Biden's dedication 
and leadership.
  The needs of the American worker were heard, including seeing 
President Biden be the first President to join striking workers on a 
picket line in, of course, my home State of Michigan alongside the 
United Auto Workers.
  It is the last week of President Biden's historic administration. 
President Biden is a true public servant who has stood up every single 
day of his career on behalf of the American people, who has reached out 
to the next generation to make sure that we are heard, to mentor 
individuals like myself, and who has been selfless in his

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actions. We salute President Biden, and we recognize him for everything 
that he has done and committed to and the changes he has made.

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