00:00 It's clear even just in the wake of the American Rescue Plan, I've seen a lot of communities
00:22 where people had major benefits from the American Rescue Plan, but don't necessarily know that
00:29 that's how that happened.
00:30 As a matter of fact, it happened to me once.
00:32 I was back last summer in South Bend for a wedding.
00:36 Went running with an old friend who was a city planner.
00:41 He took me on this rail-to-trail project.
00:46 It was a coal line that's now this great multi-use trail.
00:50 Halfway through the run, I said, "Wait a minute.
00:52 I don't remember this being in my park spot.
00:54 How'd the new mayor get this done?"
00:57 He said, "Oh, ZARPA."
00:59 That was a real wake-up call to me that I'm a member of this administration.
01:04 I was the mayor of this city.
01:06 It was not obvious to me that I was benefiting from an asset created under the president's
01:13 leadership.
01:14 When something is unambiguously and uncontroversially good, you have to work 10 times harder to
01:21 get attention to it.
01:22 The best things we're doing, because it's pretty hard to argue against them, don't
01:27 always sizzle, especially online, which is one of the reasons why it's important to make
01:33 up for that dynamic by physically getting out there.
01:36 When we do get out there, it's magnificent.
01:38 Yes, we're going to be on the road.
01:40 We're going to be drawing attention to this good work.
01:44 Where appropriate, we're going to be drawing attention to the contrast with legislators
01:51 who described this as wasteful spending when we were trying to get it through Congress,
01:56 but are just as happy as anybody else now that the spending is coming to benefit their
02:01 communities.
02:02 We've got to tell the story of how this got there.
02:05 The other challenge we face, obviously, is that unlike some of the president's other
02:09 accomplishments like the PACT Act, the eligibilities there for veterans or the $35 insulin, if
02:20 it's a new airport terminal or a new bridge, it can take years to get done.
02:24 But I would also add, even if it's a few years before you are driving on that bridge, it
02:31 may just be a few more weeks before your cousin's got a job working on that bridge.
02:35 We're going to be emphasizing the economic benefit as well as the better infrastructure
02:39 that's coming out of this work.
02:40 President Biden has established a sense of belonging that's benefiting every generation.
02:45 That's what I would add, leading on policies that really speak to what I think is one of
02:49 the central problems in this country, which is short-termism versus long-termism.
02:54 He's dialed in on the details, but also very, very focused on the big picture and applying
02:59 a level of energy that moves through the administration and certainly makes departments like mine
03:05 feel accountable for matching the pace of his ambitions for the country.
03:09 Thank you.
03:10 Thank you.
03:11 Thank you.
03:11 Thank you.
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