Tag: Joe Biden

July 6, 2023

President Joe Biden’s “Bidenomics” tour brought him to West Columbia, S.C., Thursday, where he announced solar equipment provider Enphase Energy’s $60 million investment across all its U.S. manufacturing lines, alongside its manufacturing partner Flex. Enphase anticipates that its West Columbia […]

April 25, 2023

President Biden on Tuesday again pledged that federally funded infrastructure projects will abide by Buy America guidelines, and made sure to note construction materials will be included in that effort. Just hours after announcing his re-election bid, Biden touted his […]

April 4, 2023

President Biden took to the stage just outside the Twin Cities on Monday on the latest stop of his “Investing in America ” tour, visiting a factory owned by engine maker Cummins. Biden put on his usual show — He […]

March 28, 2023

President Biden flew down to North Carolina on Tuesday to officially launch the administration’s “Investing in America” tour, a three-week jaunt that will highlight how industrial policy is attracting hundreds of billions of dollars in private investments, creating well-paid factory […]

February 8, 2023

President Biden used much of his State of the Union address on Tuesday night to tout his administration’s progress in strengthening American manufacturing, citing the 800,000 factory jobs and $300 billion worth of investments that have been created over the […]

November 15, 2022

On the heels of the first meeting between Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping since Biden became president, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission released its 2022 annual report Tuesday that outlined 39 policy recommendations to Congress to […]

August 10, 2022

US President Joe Biden is said to have OK’d the ban which is with the Office of Management and Budget while details are completed. Suppliers of the software include Cadence, Synopsys and Siemens. Already the US has banned sales of […]

August 9, 2022

President Joe Biden signed a $280 billion bipartisan bill Aug. 9 to boost domestic high-tech manufacturing, part of his administration’s push to boost U.S. competitiveness over China. The Rose Garden ceremony included lawmakers, union officials, local politicians and business leaders, […]

July 26, 2022

“Congress must pass this bill as soon as possible,” said Biden “there is an economic imperative. This bill is going to supercharge efforts to make semiconductors.” The bill puts up $52 billion in subsidies for U.S. semiconductor production, and a […]

June 23, 2022

President Joe Biden’s plan to suspend the federal gasoline tax would only make things worse for U.S. drivers, one industry CEO said ahead of a meeting in Washington between oil executives and administration officials. “The gasoline tax holiday would actually […]

June 23, 2022

A meeting with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to discuss lowering gas prices and boosting domestic oil supplies was constructive, but did not produce a major breakthrough, groups representing the oil industry and refiners said June 23. The meeting with Granholm […]

March 31, 2022

President Biden will tap up to 180 million barrels of government oil reserves over six months to address the rise in energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the White House said Thursday. The decision to release oil from the […]

March 17, 2022

The House of Representatives on Thursday voted 424-8 to suspend normalized trade relations with Russia, another step forward in the ongoing effort to inflict economic damage on Vladimir Putin and his regime for the unjustified invasion of Ukraine. Lawmakers also […]

March 8, 2022

President Biden is enlisting top executives and governors of two auto-industry states to push Congress to resolve differences and pass legislation aimed at boosting U.S. competitiveness with China. The legislation includes $52 billion to boost domestic silicon-chip manufacturing, a provision […]

February 23, 2022

In the midst of an uncertain future for America’s increasingly unstable relationship with Russia and China, some of the world’s largest exporters of rare-earth minerals, President Biden on Tuesday announced a multi-million dollar investment in a California-based rare earth facility, […]

November 17, 2021

President Biden just signed the much anticipated infrastructure bill, formally called Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America, aka, INVEST in America Act. According to a study commissioned by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers […]

November 17, 2021

President Joe Biden is highlighting billions of dollars in his giant bipartisan infrastructure deal to pay for the installation of electric vehicle chargers across the country, an investment he says will go a long way to curbing planet-warming carbon emissions […]

November 2, 2021

The Biden administration is planning to sell oil and gas leases on huge tracts of public land in the U.S. West, despite the Interior Department’s conclusion that doing so could cost society billions of dollars in climate change impacts. Administration […]

September 22, 2021

As President Biden convenes heads of state for a Covid-19 summit on Wednesday, pressure is growing on American drug companies — particularly Moderna, the upstart biotech firm that developed its coronavirus vaccine with billions of dollars in taxpayer money — […]

August 6, 2021

President Biden issued an executive order on Thursday that sets a target that at least half of all cars, trucks and SUVs sold in the U.S.by 2030 will be zero emission vehicles. Biden’s order was the product of months-long negotiations […]