Biden had to tread a fine line between heralding economic progress his administration has made so far and stressing the need to continue supporting laid-off workers and pass his infrastructure proposal in the wake of last week's disappointing jobs report
Though the economy created a scant 266,000 jobs in April, Biden stressed that more than 1.5 million jobs have been added since he took office -- the most in the first 100 days of any of his predecessors."So let's be clear, our economic plan is working," he said, speaking from the White House."I never said, and no serious analyst ever suggested, that climbing out of the deep, deep hole our economy was in would be simple, easy, immediate or perfectly steady.
More federal assistance is on its wayAlso key to getting people back to work is removing the barriers that are keeping them home, including sending aid to state and local governments, providing access to child care, reopening schools and broadening vaccination efforts, Biden said.The President and White House outlined Monday some steps the administration is taking to assist in these areas.
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