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Invest $300 million in COPS program
"Biden will reinvigorate the COPS program with a $300 million investment."
Create 1 million auto industry jobs
"Create 1 million new jobs in the American auto industry, domestic auto supply chains, and auto infrastructure, from parts to materials to electric vehicle charging stations, positioning American auto workers and manufacturers to win the 21st century."
Repeal Hyde Amendment
"Biden supports repealing the Hyde Amendment because health care is a right that should not be dependent on one’s zip code or income."
Enact the Equality Act
"The Equality Act is the best vehicle for ensuring equal rights under the law for LGBTQ+ Americans, and will guarantee that LGBTQ+ individuals are protected under existing civil rights laws. .. Biden will also direct his Cabinet to ensure immediate and full enforcement of the Equality Act across all federal departments and agencies."
End pay discrimination
"Biden will continue to prioritize closing wage gaps and ending paycheck discrimination. He strongly supports Senator Patty Murray and Congresswoman DeLauro’s Paycheck Fairness Act, which codifies and expands critical Obama-Biden protections for workers’ paychecks. He will also take action to strengthen the ability of employees to challenge discriminatory pay practices and hold employers accountable."
Reduce health uninsured rate for African Americans
"Reducing the uninsured rate for African Americans ... nationally, 11% of nonelderly African Americans are uninsured, compared to 8% of white people."
Create a public credit reporting agency
"Biden will create a new public credit reporting and scoring division within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to provide consumers with a government option that seeks to minimize racial disparities, for example by ensuring the algorithms used for credit scoring don’t have a discriminatory impact, and by accepting non-traditional sources of data like rental history and utility bills to establish credit. "
Forgive student loan debt from public colleges and universities
"Forgive all undergraduate tuition-related federal student debt from two- and four-year public colleges and universities and private HBCUs and MSIs for debt-holders earning up to $125,000."
Work to codify Roe v. Wade
"As president, Biden will work to codify Roe v. Wade, and his Justice Department will do everything in its power to stop the rash of state laws that so blatantly violate the constitutional right to an abortion, such as so-called TRAP laws, parental notification requirements, mandatory waiting periods, and ultrasound requirements."
Rejoin Iran nuclear deal
"Tehran must return to strict compliance with the deal. If it does so, I would rejoin the agreement and use our renewed commitment to diplomacy to work with our allies to strengthen and extend it, while more effectively pushing back against Iran’s other destabilizing activities."
Decriminalize marijuana
"Decriminalize the use of cannabis."
Get COVID-19 under control
"I’m never going to raise the white flag and surrender. We’re going to beat this virus. We’re going to get it under control, I promise you. "
Forgive student loan debt from public colleges and universities
"Forgive all undergraduate tuition-related federal student debt from two- and four-year public colleges and universities and private HBCUs and MSIs for debt-holders earning up to $125,000."
Double value of Pell Grants
"Double the maximum value of Pell grants and significantly increase the number of middle-class Americans who can participate in the program. "
Provide Section 8 vouchers to low-income families to cap housing costs at 30% of income
"Provide Section 8 housing vouchers to every eligible family so that no one has to pay more than 30% of their income for rental housing."