A thorough list of what have
PRESIDENT TRUMP and his cabinet accomplished..... some of you were asking:
Here you
go.
* Trump
recently signed 3 bills to benefit Native people. One gives compensation to the
Spokane tribe for loss of their lands in the mid-1900s, one funds Native
language programs, and the third gives federal recognition to the Little Shell
Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Montana.
* Trump
finalized the creation of Space Force as our 6th Military branch.
* Trump
signed a law to make cruelty to animals a federal felony so that animal abusers
face tougher consequences.
* Violent
crime has fallen every year he’s been in office after rising during the 2 years
before he was elected.
* Trump
signed a bill making CBD and Hemp legal.
* Trump’s
EPA gave $100 million to fix the water infrastructure problem in Flint,
Michigan.
* Under
Trump’s leadership, in 2018 the U.S. surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia to
become the world’s largest producer of crude oil.
* Trump
signed a law ending the gag orders on Pharmacists that prevented them from
sharing money-saving information.
* Trump
signed the “Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act”
(FOSTA), which includes the “Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act” (SESTA) which
both give law enforcement and victims new tools to fight sex trafficking.
* Trump
signed a bill to require airports to provide spaces for breastfeeding Moms.
* The 25%
lowest-paid Americans enjoyed a 4.5% income boost in November 2019, which
outpaces a 2.9% gain in earnings for the country's highest-paid workers.
*
Low-wage workers are benefiting from higher minimum wages and from corporations
that are increasing entry-level pay.
* Trump
signed the biggest wilderness protection & conservation bill in a decade
and designated 375,000 acres as protected land.
* Trump
signed the Save our Seas Act which funds $10 million per year to clean tons of
plastic & garbage from the ocean.
* He
signed a bill this year allowing some drug imports from Canada so that
prescription prices would go down.
* Trump
signed an executive order this year that forces all healthcare providers to
disclose the cost of their services so that Americans can comparison shop and
know how much less providers charge insurance companies.
* When
signing that bill he said no American should be blindsided by bills for medical
services they never agreed to in advance.
*
Hospitals will now be required to post their standard charges for services,
which include the discounted price a hospital is willing to accept.
* In the
eight years prior to President Trump’s inauguration, prescription drug prices
increased by an average of 3.6% per year. Under Trump, drug prices have seen
year-over-year declines in nine of the last ten months, with a 1.1% drop as of
the most recent month.
* He
created a White House VA Hotline to help veterans and principally staffed it
with veterans and direct family members of veterans.
* VA
employees are being held accountable for poor performance, with more than 4,000
VA employees removed, demoted, and suspended so far.
* Issued
an executive order requiring the Secretaries of Defense, Homeland Security, and
Veterans Affairs to submit a joint plan to provide veterans access to access to
mental health treatment as they transition to civilian life.
* Because
of a bill signed and championed by Trump, In 2020, most federal employees will
see their pay increase by an average of 3.1% — the largest raise in more than
10 years.
* Trump
signed into a law up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for millions of federal
workers.
* Trump
administration will provide HIV prevention drugs for free to 200,000 uninsured
patients per year for 11 years.
*
All-time record sales during the 2019 holidays.
* Trump
signed an order allowing small businesses to group together when buying
insurance to get a better price
*
President Trump signed the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act that provides funding
for states to develop maternal mortality reviews to better understand maternal
complications and identify solutions & largely focuses on reducing the
higher mortality rates for Black Americans.
* In
2018, President Trump signed the groundbreaking First Step Act, a criminal
justice bill which enacted reforms that make our justice system fairer and help
former inmates successfully return to society.
* The
First Step Act’s reforms addressed inequities in sentencing laws that
disproportionately harmed Black Americans and reformed mandatory minimums that
created unfair outcomes.
* The
First Step Act expanded judicial discretion in sentencing of non-violent
crimes.
* Over
90% of those benefitting from the retroactive sentencing reductions in the
First Step Act are Black Americans.
* The
First Step Act provides rehabilitative programs to inmates, helping them
successfully rejoin society and not return to crime.
* Trump
increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by
more than 14%.
* Trump
signed legislation forgiving Hurricane Katrina debt that threatened HBCUs.
* New
single-family home sales are up 31.6% in October 2019 compared to just one year
ago.
* Made
HBCUs a priority by creating the position of executive director of the White
House Initiative on HBCUs.
* Trump
received the Bipartisan Justice Award at a historically black college for his
criminal justice reform accomplishments.
* The
poverty rate fell to a 17-year low of 11.8% under the Trump administration as a
result of a jobs-rich environment.
* Poverty
rates for African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans have reached their lowest
levels since the U.S. began collecting such data.
*
President Trump signed a bill that creates five national monuments, expands
several national parks, adds 1.3 million acres of wilderness, and permanently
reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
* Trump’s
USDA committed $124 Million to rebuild rural water infrastructure.
*
Consumer confidence & small business confidence is at an all time high.
* More
than 7 million jobs created since election.
* More
Americans are now employed than ever recorded before in our history.
* More
than 400,000 manufacturing jobs created since his election.
* Trump
appointed 5 openly gay ambassadors.
* Trump
ordered Ric Grenell, his openly gay ambassador to Germany, to lead a global
initiative to decriminalize homosexuality across the globe.
* Through
Trump’s Anti-Trafficking Coordination Team (ACTeam) initiative, Federal law
enforcement more than doubled convictions of human traffickers and increased
the number of defendants charged by 75% in ACTeam districts.
* In
2018, the Department of Justice (DOJ) dismantled an organization that was the
internet’s leading source of prostitution-related advertisements resulting in
sex trafficking.
* Trump’s
OMB published new anti-trafficking guidance for government procurement
officials to more effectively combat human trafficking.
* Trump’s
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations arrested
1,588 criminals associated with Human Trafficking.
* Trump’s
Department of Health and Human Services provided funding to support the
National Human Trafficking Hotline to identify perpetrators and give victims
the help they need.
* The
hotline identified 16,862 potential human trafficking cases.
* Trump’s
DOJ provided grants to organizations that support human trafficking victims –
serving nearly 9,000 cases from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018.
* The
Department of Homeland Security has hired more victim assistance specialists,
helping victims get resources and support.
*
President Trump has called on Congress to pass school choice legislation so
that no child is trapped in a failing school because of his or her zip code.
* The
President signed funding legislation in September 2018 that increased funding
for school choice by $42 million.
* The tax
cuts signed into law by President Trump promote school choice by allowing
families to use 529 college savings plans for elementary and secondary
education.
* Under
his leadership ISIS has lost most of their territory and been largely
dismantled.
* ISIS
leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was killed.
* Signed
the first Perkins CTE reauthorization since 2006, authorizing more than $1
billion for states each year to fund vocational and career education programs.
*
Executive order expanding apprenticeship opportunities for students and
workers.
* Trump
issued an Executive Order prohibiting the U.S. government from discriminating
against Christians or punishing expressions of faith.
* Signed
an executive order that allows the government to withhold money from college
campuses deemed to be anti-Semitic and who fail to combat anti-Semitism.
*
President Trump ordered a halt to U.S. tax money going to international
organizations that fund or perform abortions.
* Trump
imposed sanctions on the socialists in Venezuela who have killed their
citizens.
*
Finalized new trade agreement with South Korea.
* Made a
deal with the European Union to increase U.S. energy exports to Europe.
*
Withdrew the U.S. from the job killing TPP deal.
* Secured
$250 billion in new trade and investment deals in China and $12 billion in
Vietnam.
* Okay’d
up to $12 billion in aid for farmers affected by unfair trade retaliation.
* Has had
over a dozen US hostages freed, including those Obama could not get freed.
* Trump
signed the Music Modernization Act, the biggest change to copyright law in
decades.
* Trump
secured Billions that will fund the building of a wall at our southern border.
* The
Trump Administration is promoting second chance hiring to give former inmates
the opportunity to live crime-free lives and find meaningful employment.
* Trump’s
DOJ and the Board Of Prisons launched a new “Ready to Work Initiative” to help
connect employers directly with former prisoners.
*
President Trump’s historic tax cut legislation included new Opportunity Zone
Incentives to promote investment in low-income communities across the country.
* 8,764
communities across the country have been designated as Opportunity Zones.
*
Opportunity Zones are expected to spur $100 billion in long-term private
capital investment in economically distressed communities across the country.
* Trump
directed the Education Secretary to end Common Core.
* Trump
signed the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund into law.
* Trump
signed measure funding prevention programs for Veteran suicide.
*
Companies have brought back over a TRILLION dollars from overseas because of
the TCJA bill that Trump signed.
*
Manufacturing jobs are growing at the fastest rate in more than 30 years.
* Stock
Market has reached record highs.
* Median
household income has hit highest level ever recorded.
*
African-American unemployment is at an all time low.
*
Hispanic-American unemployment is at an all time low.
*
Asian-American unemployment is at an all time low.
* Women’s
unemployment rate is at a 65-year low.
* Youth
unemployment is at a 50-year low.
* We have
the lowest unemployment rate ever recorded.
* The
Pledge to America’s Workers has resulted in employers committing to train more
than 4 million Americans.
* 95
percent of U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about the future— the highest
ever.
* As a
result of the Republican tax bill, small businesses will have the lowest top
marginal tax rate in more than 80 years.
* Record
number of regulations eliminated that hurt small businesses.
* Signed
welfare reform requiring able-bodied adults who don’t have children to work or
look for work if they’re on welfare.
* Under
Trump, the FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in
history.
*
Reformed Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income
seniors on their drugs—saving seniors 100’s of millions of $$$ this year alone.
* Signed
Right-To-Try legislation allowing terminally ill patients to try experimental
treatment that wasn’t allowed before.
* Secured
$6 billion in new funding to fight the opioid epidemic.
* Signed
VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, expanded VA telehealth services,
walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care.
* U.S.
oil production recently reached all-time high so we are less dependent on oil
from the Middle East.
* The
U.S. is a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957.
* NATO
allies increased their defense spending because of his pressure campaign.
*
Withdrew the United States from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord in 2017
and that same year the U.S. still led the world by having the largest reduction
in Carbon emissions.
* Has his
circuit court judge nominees being confirmed faster than any other new
administration.
* Had his
Supreme Court Justice’s Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh confirmed.
* Moved
U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
* Agreed
to a new trade deal with Mexico & Canada that will increase jobs here and
$$$ coming in.
* Reached
a breakthrough agreement with the E.U. to increase U.S. exports.
* Imposed
tariffs on China in response to China’s forced technology transfer,
intellectual property theft, and their chronically abusive trade practices, has
agreed to a Part One trade deal with China.
* Signed
legislation to improve the National Suicide Hotline.
* Signed
the most comprehensive childhood cancer legislation ever into law, which will
advance childhood cancer research and improve treatments.
* The Tax
Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law by Trump doubled the maximum amount of the
child tax credit available to parents and lifted the income limits so more
people could claim it.
* It also
created a new tax credit for other dependents.
* In
2018, President Trump signed into law a $2.4 billion funding increase for the
Child Care and Development Fund, providing a total of $8.1 billion to States to
fund child care for low-income families.
* The
Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC) signed into law by Trump provides a
tax credit equal to 20-35% of child care expenses, $3,000 per child &
$6,000 per family + Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) allow you to set aside up
to $5,000 in pre-tax $ to use for child care.
* In 2019
President Donald Trump signed the Autism Collaboration, Accountability,
Research, Education and Support Act (CARES) into law which allocates $1.8
billion in funding over the next five years to help people with autism spectrum
disorder and to help their families.
* In 2019
President Trump signed into law two funding packages providing nearly $19
million in new funding for Lupus specific research and education programs, as
well an additional $41.7 billion in funding for the National Institutes of
Health (NIH), the most Lupus funding EVER.
* Another
upcoming accomplishment to add: In the next week or two Trump will be signing
the first major anti-robocall law in decades called the TRACED Act (Telephone
Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence.) Once it’s thelaw, the
TRACED Act will extend the period of time the FCC has to catch & punish
those who intentionally break telemarketing restrictions. The bill also
requires voice service providers to develop a framework to verify calls are legitimate
before they reach your phone.
* US
stock market continually hits all-time record highs.
* Because
so many people asked for a document with all of this listed in one place, here
it is. No links provided to remove bias as Google search is easy. Print this
out for family, friends, neighbors, etc. I encourage you to drop this list off
to voters before the 2020 election too!
*Trump
did all of this while fighting flagrant abuse and impeachment charges.
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