the harms of social media. as francis haugen who is here tonight with us has shown, we must hold social media platforms accountable for the national experiment they are conducting on our children for profit. [applause] folks, thank you. thank you for the courage you show. it is time to strengthen privacy protections. and targeted advertising to children. command they stop collecting personal data on our own children. let s get all americans the mental health services they need. more people can turn for help in full parity between physical and mental health care if we treated that way in our insurance.
the people just a little bit of breathing room. unlike the 2 trillion-dollar tax cut past in the previous administration, that benefited the top 1% of americans, the american rescue plan helped working people and left no one behind. [cheers and applause] and it worked. it worked. it worked. we created jobs got lots of jobs. in fact, our economy created over 6.5 million new jobs just last year. more jobs in one-year than i were before in the history of united states of america.
that led to gps and made our forces so much safer and wage war with more clarity. it will have a singular purpose. this drive breakthroughs in cancer, alzheimer s, and diabetes and more. a unity agenda for the nation. we can do these things. it is within our power. and i don t want to see a partisan edge to any one of those four things. my fellow americans, tonight we have gathered in this sacred space. a citadel of democracy. in this capital. generation after generation of americans have debated great questions and made great strife and have done great things. we fought for freedom, expanded liberty, debated totalitarianism and terror. we built the strongest, freest, and most prosperous nation the world has ever known.
or treatment, harm reduction and recovery. get rid of outdated rules that stop doctors from prescribing treatments. stop the flow of illicit drugs by working with state and local law enforcement to go after the traffickers. and if you are suffering from addiction, you should know if you not alone. i believe in recovery, and i celebrate the 23 million, 23 million americans in recovery. second, let s take on mental health. especially among our children whose lives and education have been turned upside down. the american rescue plan give schools money to hire teachers and help students make up for lost learning. i urge every parent to make sure your school does just that. have the money. we can all play a part. sign up to be a tutor or a mentor. children are also struggling before the pandemic. bullying, violence, trauma, and
it is time to read it. but we can t project strength abroad if we are weak at home. and that is what i want to discuss with you tonight. the presidents and democrats in congress have spent the last year either ignoring issues facing americans or making them worse. they were warned that spending trillions would lead to soaring inflation. they were told that their anti-energy policies would sends prices to new heights but they plowed ahead anyway. raising the price at the pump by 50% and pushing inflation to a 40 year high. four decades ago when our nation was last reeling from inflation, i was a young working mom just starting out. my husband kevin worked days why i ll know mike while i watched our girls and we would switch. we would pass on the yard as he was coming home and i was leaving to work evenings at the local grocery store.