Today, Director of the Gender Policy Council Jennifer Klein, Domestic Policy Advisor Neera Tanden, and Chief Economist of the Investing in America Cabinet Heather Boushey, alongside senior staff from the Department of the Treasury, convened child care providers, community development financial institutions (CDFIs), and local and national leaders to discuss opportunities for collaboration between child…
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FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Provide Debt Relief and Support for Student Loan Borrowers
No President has fought harder for student debt relief than President Biden, and he’s not done yet. President Biden and Vice President Harris will not let Republican elected officials succeed in denying hardworking Americans the relief they need. In light of the Supreme Court’s ruling this morning, President Biden and his Administration have already taken two…
A Proclamation on National Clean Energy Action Month, 2023
America is once again leading the world in the fight against climate change, and our Nation is in the midst of a clean energy revolution — reducing pollution, lowering energy costs, creating good-paying jobs, and making sure clean energy technologies are made in America. During National Clean Energy Action Month, we celebrate that historic progress…
FACT SHEET: President Biden Is Fighting to Reduce the Deficit, Cut Taxes for Working Families, and Invest in America by Making Big Corporations and the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share
President Biden is fighting to make the tax system fairer while Republicans continue to push tax cuts for the wealthy and big corporations. The President’s plan delivers tax cuts for families with children and working Americans, invests in America, and reduces deficits by trillions of dollars by enacting a new billionaire minimum tax and cracking…
The American Rescue Plan (ARP)’s Impact on Women: 15 Highlights by the Numbers
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Statement from Vice President Kamala Harris on Additional Student Loan Forgiveness
President Joe Biden and I are committed to delivering relief to student loan debt borrowers to help them move forward with their lives – whether they want to start a family, buy a home, or become an entrepreneur. Today, we are taking another historic step by forgiving $39 billion in student loan debt for 804,000 borrowers who…
FACT SHEET: Vice President Kamala Harris, Administration Officials Launch “SAVE Day of Action” to Highlight Cross-Sector Actions to Boost Enrollment in the SAVE Plan
Vice President Harris highlights: “President Biden and I know that far too many people in our nation are struggling with student loan debt. That is why we have forgiven nearly $144 billion for almost four million Americans while also creating the SAVE Plan so that millions of people can cut their payments in half or…
Neera Tanden Remarks at Democracy Journal Conference
As Prepared For Delivery: Thank you so much, Michael [Tomasky], for the introduction. Good afternoon, everyone. I’m really honored to help round out this important conference. It feels a bit eerie that this conference is about “Making Middle-Out Economics the New Mainstream.” Because, in summer 2013, I wrote an article for Democracy Journal—an issue called…
Neera Tanden Remarks to Press on Lower Health Care Costs
As Prepared For Delivery: Good evening, everyone. From Day One, President Biden and the Biden-Harris Administration have been focused on lowering health care costs for Americans. We know health care costs can be a huge economic stress for families. And that’s why we’ve lowered insurance costs in the ACA and have a big agenda to…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Historic Support for Tribal Small Businesses as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda
Small businesses are the backbone of the economy – employing half of all private sector workers and growing our economy from the middle-out and bottom-up in every corner of the United States, including in Indian Country. Tribal communities and Native-owned small businesses, however, were disproportionately hard hit by the pandemic, including a roughly 40% decline…
