like we used to. no one knows that better than all the folks in pittsburgh. that s why it matters so much. making it in america. that s what built this city, the steel city. the arsenal of democracy since world war ii. pittsburgh knows the consequences when we ignore the backbone and fail to invest in ourselves, fail to invest in our people. some of you have been around long enough to remember how this city lost 100,000 steel jobs between 1970 and 1990. i was raised when i moved from scranton, my dad department have any work. we moved to delaware. a town was a company town. not a single steel worker there now. by the 80s, more than 3/4s more
so nobody is left behind. nobody is left behind. you know, when pause for a second. think about how many times during the period when covid was so bad and still not good but we re getting there, when covid was so bad and schools were closed, you d ride by mcdonald s and see families in the parking lot. so the kid could use his or her computer to tie in to the internet out of mcdonald s or any other fast food restaurant. this is the united states of america for god s sake. what are we doing? what in god s name are we doing? we ve announced major investment of 858 million to modernize the montgomery lock in northwest pittsburgh. trace: there you have. biden talking about the economy there in pittsburgh, pennsylvania.
these are the kind of investments and partnerships that help us build a made in america future. we can t slow down now. we can t slow down now. we know what happens when we stop investing in the future. places like pittsburgh. decades ago, we used to invest 2% of our gross domestic product here in america. research and development. today we invest less than 1%. the united states of america used to be ranked number 1 in the world in investing in the future. now we rank number 9 in research and development. china was number 8 three decades ago. today they re number 2. other countries are catching up fast. we can and we must change that trajectory. we have an opportunity ahead of
protocols and process that s we implement here that includes expelling individuals that come in under title 42, given we re still in a global pandemic and includes those that do not show up will be subject to the repercussions of that. so that is the policy we re implements from our homeland security department. the president and vice president s warning to the minors, do not come is not being followed because these migrants keep coming. trace? trace: indeed they do. peter doocy live at the white house. thanks. let s bring in ari fleischer, former press secretary for george w. bush and sean duffy. fox news contributors. welcome to you. ari, we re going to get to more on the border and the crisis down there and what is happening with the male migrants. i want to go back to the president s speech in pittsburgh where he s talking about
in eerie at the same plant that thomas edison biltmore than a century ago. not only will they be running here at home, they ll be exported to canada, australia, creating more good paying jobs. folks, in the process, reducing climate change, creating jobs here in western pennsylvania. as i said, good paying jobs that you can raise a family on. my dad said all you need, a family needs a little breathing room, a little bit of breathing room. so many people don t have it now. also means something else. means that right here in pittsburgh, the future is being built on the foundation of this city s storied past. an announcement like this