August 15, 2023
ICYMI: On the eve of the IRA Anniversary, President Biden delivers
remarks in Wisconsin, and Vice President Harris delivers remarks in
Washington State
Today, the day before the one year anniversary of the Inflation
Reduction Act—the largest climate investment in history—President
Biden will traveled to Milwaukee, WI, to discuss how Bidenomics and
his Investing in America agenda are ushering in a manufacturing
boom, which has attracted more than $110 billion in private sector
investment in clean energy manufacturing in the last year and is
creating good-paying union jobs.
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While in Milwaukee, the President toured Ingeteam, a clean energy
manufacturing company that produces onshore wind turbine generators.
Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, the company expects orders of
wind turbine generators to double next year. Ingeteam also recently
announced that as a result of the President’s Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law, the company will begin manufacturing electric
vehicle charging stations at its facility in Milwaukee, creating 100
new jobs.
In conjunction with the President’s visit to Wisconsin, Siemens
also announced that thanks to the clean energy incentives in the
Inflation Reduction Act, it will manufacture solar inverters in the
United States—in Kenosha County, WI.
In Wisconsin alone, companies have committed over $3 billion in
manufacturing and clean energy investments since President Biden was
sworn into office. This includes a $1.5 billion investment from
Alliant Energy to build utility scale battery storage facilities at
solar farms across the state using union workers, creating 2,000
local construction jobs and saving Wisconsin residents more than
$1.6 billion in energy costs.
Today, Vice President Harris traveled to Seattle, WA to highlight
the monumental progress the administration has made to build a clean
energy economy that creates good-paying union jobs and ensure access
to clean air and water for all communities.
“Together we are building a clean-energy economy, and through all of
our work, President Biden and I are building an economy that works
for working people, and that, my friends, is called 'Bidenomics'.
And Bidenomoics is working."
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The Vice President received a tour and update from McKinstry, a
Seattle green construction company, on the company's
energy-efficient upgrades enabled by the Inflation Reduction Act.
The Vice President was joined by Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff and
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.
In celebration of the one year anniversary of the Inflation
Reduction Act, the President, the Vice President, and senior
Administration officials will fan out across the country to
highlight the impact the historic law is having on communities
across the country.
* Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to Las Vegas, NV on
Monday to tour a clean energy worker training center and deliver
remarks on how the Inflation Reduction Act is transforming the
economy, revitalizing American manufacturing, strengthening American
supply chains and making the economy fairer for workers and
families.
* Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su will travel to Portsmouth, VA on
Friday to join Rep. Bobby Scott for a clean economy workforce tour
and roundtable at Tidewater Community College. She will also visit
Hampton Roads to learn more about workforce development efforts for
the region’s growing clean energy and resilience sectors.
* Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will travel to Alaska from
Monday through Wednesday to highlight how the Administration is
investing in infrastructure, climate resilience, and a clean energy
economy.
* Small Business Administrator Isabel Guzman will travel to Florida,
Kansas, Colorado, and California throughout the week to showcase the
Inflation Reduction Act’s impact on small businesses, families, and
the economy.
* Senior Advisor Mitch Landrieu will travel to New York, NY on
Monday to deliver remarks at the Laborers’ International Union of
North America (LiUNA) conference and highlight how Bidenomics and
the President’s Investing in America agenda are creating good-paying
union jobs in construction, manufacturing, and infrastructure. He
will also travel to Huntsville, Alabama on Wednesday to attend a
manufacturing expansion announcement for electronics for high speed
internet deployment.
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