foreclosures today and before the pandemic. we still have more work to do, though. we re clearly moving in the right direction. there is more breathing room in store for american workers and families. starting last week, as of january 1st, a month s supply of insulin is now capped at $35 for seniors on medicare. some were paying hundreds of dollars every month for insulin. not anymore. starting last week, big pharma raises prices faster than inflation they ll face big penalties. starting last week, americans can get tax credits when they install energy efficient apply nesss like heat pumps or solar panels or buy electric vehicles. these were all pieces of the big law we passed last year. now they are kicking in and americans are starting to feel the benefits in their everyday lives. that s not all. we re seeing historic
courage, unfortunately a time as a congressman is coming up, i think possibly because of, political courage and the way you decided to run your race, and where you decided to run it, but let me ask you what is your proudest moment of your time in office, what do you hope to do next? i appreciate that opportunity, obviously redistricting has been a nightmare in new york in particular, and it cost us the house which has been to the detriment of our democracy. i ve done a lot of things as a freshman member of congress, one of the things i m most proud of is having bridge divides but caucus of the time, to pass the largest investment in our nation s history, in generations. and then of course, i m also proud to have helped which is going to cap the price of prescriptions for seniors on medicare, and like my grandmother, which is one of the reasons i ran for congress in the first place, as well as investing climate, action and in a way this nation has never seen. i would say to keep doi
default. again, read this. that s what they re saying. unless we yield to their demands to cut social security and medicare, they re determined to cut social security and medicare and they re willing to take down the economy over it. there is nothing, nothing that would create more chaos or do more damage to the american economy than that happening if it were to happen. let me close with this. it s been a rough few years for a lot of people i grew up with, hard-working americans. for a lot of families things are still tough. but there are some bright spots where america s reasserting itself. i ve asked ceos including micron and ceos in many other countries the following question when i spoke to the business round table, spoke to the chamber of commerce, national chamber of commerce. when the united states government decides to invest considerable resources in new industry that we need to build up for our national security and economic well-being, does that encourage or discourage
promised infrastructure week, you heard it for four years, but it never got done it became a punch line when he talked about infrastructure week, on my watch we turned infrastructure week into the decade of infrastructure, headline, once in a generation invest in our roads, high-speed internet, american people are seeing the benefits of the economy that works for them, families have more net worth today than they did before the pandemic. fewer families are behind on their mortgages, credit bills before the pandemic. more americans health insurance, more americans have health insurance before the pandemic and we re doing everything we can to give folks just a little bit of breathing room as my dad would say. we re giving medicare to
security medicare every five years, every five years it can be up on the ballot. every five years. no longer no such thing as a permanent plan, every five years you ve been paying social security since you were 16 years old and your first paycheck. senator ron johnson he wants it done every year, every year social security and medicare on the chopping block every single year, they put forward a real ticking time bomb, republican leadership in the congress has said, made it clear, that if they don t get their way, if i don t vote if i don t vote to reduce social security and medicare, if i don t support that, they re going to shut down the government. refuse to pay america s bills for the first time in american history, to put america in