Mr. Biden: If we had failed to reach an agreement on the budget, there were extreme voices threatening to take America, for the first time in our two hundred forty-seven year history, in default on our national debt. Nothing would have been more irresponsible. Nothing would have been more catastrophic

Mr. Biden: Unemployment is at 3.7%. More Americans are working today than ever in the history of this country.

[unemployment is at 3.7%, up from 3.4% last month; biggest one-month increase since onset of pandemic]

Mr. Biden: Right now, the average billionaire in America pays just 8% in federal taxes. Teachers and firefighters pay more than that…no billionaire should pay less in taxes than a teacher or a firefighter.

[the amount of actual money a billionaire pays far exceeds that of a teacher or firefighter]