Beden presents his administration's comprehensive initiatives to Congress

The future of America is in our hands” In his 100-day presidency speech, Joe Biden urged the divided Congress to support his plan to re-animate the country's engines.

This project is the largest one in the United States since World War II”.

Biden asked to take action as soon as possible. This package would advance police reform, reinforce the law on the use of firearms and create a comprehensive draft law and reform for US immigration once and for all.

“Today I'm here to talk about a situation of crisis and opportunity. To rebuild the country, revive the economy and victory in the battle for America's future, the president said.

He listed a number of challenges at the beginning of his administration, including its pandemic and economic crisis, as well as its attack on the Capitol on January 6th.

The president addressed the Americans with the words “thanks to you, the American people, in the face of the most difficult pandemic we've encountered, we've overcome logistical problems” to bring this challenge under control, also underlining financial assistance to protect financially hit Americans from pandemic.

He underlined progress in the vaccine campaign, but called on Americans to do what they can to fight the virus that has caused more than 570,000 deaths in the US and infected more than 32 million people.

The president called on Americans to be vaccinated, noting that all from 16 years of age and above qualify for actual vaccination, writes A2.

He also spoke of the need to modernise infrastructure for Internet connections, announcing he had appointed Vice President Harris to lead these efforts.

“Thanks to the American Rescue Plan we are on the right track to halve the poverty among American children,” said the president, speaking of his initiative to financially assist American families with small children.