"The Biden administration is certainly concerned about these children."
"It is intended to counter foreign company profit shifting by denying deductions to firms operating in the United States."
"Protecting our national security and economic security is paramount."
"China is our most serious competitor, and that it poses challenges to our security and our democratic values."
"It is a high priority of President Biden. It is a priority in the budget."
"I am hopeful China will decide it is in their interests to join this agreement, but I do pledge that this is not an agreement that we will weaken."
"We would not agree to any type of carve-out that would meaningfully weaken a robust global minimum tax regime, not for China and not for other countries."
"But we have to be clear-eyed about something: the pandemic was not our only economic problem."
"I believe we are well on our way towards that goal."
"While the highest earners have seen their income grow, families at the bottom end of the distribution have seen their pay stagnate."
"Climate change requires economy-wide investments by industry and government."
"This negotiation has been going on for, I believe, eight years. It stalled under the Trump administration. And so I really consider this an historic achievement."