[Epoch Times January 22, 2021](Reported by the Epoch Times reporter Zachary Stieber / compiled by Takasugi) Senate Republican Leader MitchMcConnell(Mitch McConnell) said on Thursday (January 21) that Joe, who just announced his inauguration as presidentBiden(Joe Biden) Implemented multiple wrong measures on the first day in office.
McConnellThe Senate in Washington DC stated: “The President rejoined the failed Paris Climate Agreement-this is a terrible agreement that will cause us serious economic pain to American working families, and there is no guarantee that China or Russia will implement it. Commitment. In fact, the United States is already reducing carbon emissions, while China and other countries that have signed agreements are increasing carbon emissions. Rejoining will only allow us to stifle jobs in the United States, and our competitors will continue to whizz by. “
He also said: “The president also unilaterally cancelled the Keystone XL pipeline. His first task on the first day after taking office was to eliminate thousands of American jobs, including union jobs, and make us stronger. Our ally, Canada, was disappointed and reversed some of the progress we have made in energy security. This is a project supported by the liberal Canadian government and Prime Minister Trudeau to invest in energy in North America. Even the State Department under Obama has concluded that This will not cause damage to the climate. However, just because the cancellation of the pipeline project may make people feel like it is an environmentally friendly thing, the new government has killed these jobs.”
McConnell also criticizedBidenThe government issued a proposal to amnesty illegal immigrants and dismissed the independent general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board.
He said: “This is not a day that American workers deserve. It is still too early, and President Biden has enough time to remember that his election is not attributed to the extreme left. The president can and should focus his government’s work. Put it on creating high-paying American jobs, not sacrificing our people’s livelihoods for the sake of liberal symbolism. The Republicans in the Senate will be ready, willing and eager to help achieve this goal.”
This is the first time McConnell has delivered a speech in the new Congress as a minority leader in the Senate. Earlier this month, the Democrats won the runoff election for the Georgia senator, thus winning a majority in the Senate.
After taking office on Wednesday (January 20), Biden signed a series of executive orders that dismantled former President DonaldTrump（Trump) Some achievements.
Senate Majority Leader, New York State Democrat ChuckSchumer(Chuck Schumer) also spoke before McConnell. He praised the series of orders signed by Biden.
Schumer“Although the celebrations are in full swing, our new president and the new Senate have begun the work of rebuilding our country and healing its wounds. With a stroke of the pen, President Biden began the process of rejoining the United States and the Paris Agreement. ; He extended the moratorium on student loan repayments; ended the Muslim travel ban; reset protection measures for “dreamer” immigrants in our country; and stopped building invalid border walls.”
Schumer also said: “It is vital that President Biden also signed a series of orders requiring the federal government to refocus on fighting the coronavirus (Chinese Communist Party virus); the United States has rejoined the World Health Organization; and in all federal facilities. Mandatory wearing of masks; President Biden also appointed a new coronavirus (Chinese Communist Party virus) response coordinator to manage the distribution of vaccines. This is an urgent need to do, too.TrumpA failure of the government. “
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