John Podesta, founder of the Center for American Progress, released the following statement: In his first 100 days in office, President Biden has set our country on a path to build back better—and he’s making big progress already, with more ahead. On January 20, America was a nation in crisis. Collectively, we were reeling from the January 6 white supremacist, insurrectionist attack on our Capitol. Nearly 200,000 Americans per day were being diagnosed with COVID-19, while 400,000 of our parents, siblings, neighbors, and friends had already perished from the disease in less than a year’s time. Despite promising to vaccinate 20 million people by the end of 2020, the previous White House vaccinated less than 3 million. Our standing in the world—on pressing issues such as the climate fight—and our relationship with our allies had been left severely diminished.