On the recordApril 26, 2021
at his first official news conference 1 month ago, President Biden said: I got elected to solve problems and the most urgent problem was COVID-19 and the economic disruption facing millions and millions of Americans. If we were to measure President Biden using only those standards, the first hundred days of the Biden-Harris administration have been a historic success. But this new administration has done far more in its first hundred days than just tackle the pandemic; it helped small families and small businesses that are hurting financially because of the coronavirus. President Biden is reestablishing America's role as a leader in the world and repairing alliances that were damaged dangerously under his predecessor. Equally important, Joe Biden is restoring credibility and dignity to the Office of the President itself. As President Biden prepares to deliver his first joint address to Congress on Wednesday, it is worth considering how far we have come in 100 days. President Biden inherited a nation torn apart by political division, an out-of-control pandemic, and an economy that was in a deep, deep hole. Hundreds of thousands of American small businesses had been closed when he took office. The pandemic caused most of this. Millions of Americans had lost jobs. We lost 140,000 jobs in December alone.…





