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magazine from the White House 2018-02-00 】
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No more
roadblocks to rebuilding America
The Anderson
Memorial Bridge between Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts,
sits near the heart of Harvard University. An elegant, Georgian
Revival structure, it took 11 months to build the original
bridge in 1912.
When it came time to
repair it nearly 100 years later, the project dragged on for
close to 5 years—at a significant cost overrun.
Why did it take more
than 5 times as long to repair the structure today as it did to
create it more than a century ago? The Anderson Bridge project
was the victim of a bloated, tangled patchwork of regulatory
oversight that squanders the advantages of modern technology in
building fast, safe, and reliable infrastructure throughout
America.
This week, President
Donald J. Trump laid out six principles for reversing this
unacceptable trend. One such principle: Return decision-making
authority to the state and local communities whose needs are
most at stake.
See
the President’s 6 principles for rebuilding America here.
A special 200th
birthday
Most people know February 14 as
Valentine’s Day, but today holds another significance that
all Americans should be familiar with: It is the 200th birthday
of abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass.
In honor of African
American History Month, Vice President Mike Pence visited the
National Museum of African American History and Culture in
Washington yesterday. Authorized by President George W. Bush in
2003 and opened to the public in 2016, the museum has quickly
become a major destination in the Nation’s capital.
“It is deeply humbling
for me to stand before you today in the midst of this great
national monument to the struggles, the sacrifices, and the
triumphs of so many American heroes,” the Vice President
said. “The history that’s recorded in these halls literally
is stitched into every fabric of the American story.”
Later yesterday
afternoon, African American leaders from across the country
joined President Trump and the First Lady for a reception at
the White House commemorating African American History Month.
Read
more about the special meaning of this year’s African
American History Month.
On tax reform,
the good news keeps rolling in
In the weeks
following the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, American
companies have unleashed a remarkable stream of wage increases,
bonuses, and retirement account contributions—all while
sharing plans for even greater investment in workers and
equipment alike.
As of this week, more
than 350 companies have made these intentions public,
announcing more than $150 billion in planned investments at
home and $4.2 billion in bonuses paid to more than 4 million
U.S. workers. The largest U.S. company, the largest U.S. bank,
and the largest U.S. employer have all announced intentions to
raise worker wages or give out bonuses during the past few
weeks.
What does all of this
good news add up to? While it’s impossible to measure with
complete certainty the effects of such sweeping legislation,
the President’s Council of Economic Advisers estimates that
the total increase in annual pay resulting from tax reform will
reach $4,000 per household.
Read more:
Companies
announce benefits of tax reform for American workers
Photo of
the Day
President Donald
J. Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and U.S. Surgeon General
Vice Adm. Jerome M. Adams | February 13, 2018
(Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)
POTUS TODAY
This morning, President
Trump will meet with bipartisan members of Congress about
infrastructure. In the afternoon, the President will
participate in a working session regarding the opportunity
zones provided by tax reform.
Later, the President
will sign H.R. 4708, the DHS Blue Campaign Authorization Act,
and S. 534, the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Assault
and Safe Sport Authorization Act.
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