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Look, the bill I'm about to sign is not just about today. It's about tomorrow. It's about delivering progress and prosperity to American families.

In August 2022, Joe Biden, America's president, signed a landmark piece of legislation into law.

The Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA.

To take the most aggressive action ever, ever, ever, ever in confronting the climate crisis.

It promised a massive $370 billion of government funds for green infrastructure and industry,

including tax credits for Americans on solar panels and electric vehicles made in the country, all part

of a strategy to reboot domestic production and create jobs.

Tens of thousands of good paying jobs and clean energy manufacturing jobs. Solar factories

in the Midwest and the South, wind farms across the plains and off our shores, clean hydrogen projects and more all across America.

In the years since Biden put pen to paper on the IRA, there has been a surge in manufacturing

construction across the country. Companies are breaking ground on multi-billion dollar projects,

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