EXCERPT:
BIDEN: “As we've indicated earlier, we’re going to be signing a number of executive orders over the next several days of the week and I’m going to start today. Compounding crisis of Covid — Covid-19, along with the economic crisis following that and climate crisis. Racial equity issues. Some of the executive actions I'm going to be signing today are going to help change the course of the Covid crisis, and we're going to combat climate change in a way that we haven't done so far, and advance racial equity and support underserved communities. We're going to rebuild our economy as well. And these are just all starting points. And we’re going to, in the process of rebuilding the economy, do what I said throughout the campaign and while running, rebuild the backbone of the country, the middle class. And so, it’s going to be a lot of focus on that and I think some of the things we're going to be doing are bold and vital. There’s no time to start like today. So what I’m going to be doing, I'm proud of today’s executive actions. I'm going to start by keeping the promises I made to the American people. A long way to go. These are just executive actions. They are important, but we’re going to need legislation for a lot of other things we’re going to do.”