
As president, I will be pragmatic in my approach.
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As president, I will be pragmatic in my approach.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

The United States has reasserted America’s position as a global leader in climate.

Calls himself the most labor friendly president in history, and I don't think many of you would argue with that.

All this historic climate change is in stark contrast to my predecessor. He says he’d repeal the Inflation Reduction Act.

There is nothing beyond our capacity when we act together.

There are more than 14 gigafactories opening or under construction to make advanced batteries here in America and more to come.

We’ve quadrupled the development of electric vehicles since I took office.

In just two years since the Inflation Reduction Act, we’ve created more than 330,000 clean energy jobs.

In just under four years, the economy has created nearly 16 million jobs—the most ever in a single presidential term.

We’re deploying a fleet of clean school buses that will not pollute the air.

The Inflation Reduction Act lowers energy costs for families with rebates and tax credits to install rooftop solar and energy-efficient appliances.

I think we’ve laid out a better choice. And today, we are better positioned than any other nation in the world to promote a clean energy future.

Four years ago, Kamala and I inherited the worst pandemic in a century, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

I wrote and signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, the most significant climate law ever passed in the history of the world.

We can do this. We really can. And we owe it to our children. And, quite frankly, we owe it to lead the world.

American solar panel manufacturing is up four times what it was four years ago, with more to come.

This is a new formula on climate: creating jobs, reducing pollution, cleaning up our water and air, improving our quality of life, building a better America.