JUMPSTARTING JOB CREATION
President Donald J. Trump is looking out for the American workers who Washington has left behind.
- President Trump has worked with the private sector to deliver tens of thousands of new jobs for Americans.
- President Trump ordered the United States to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement and negotiations.
- President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum to clear roadblocks to construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
- President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum declaring that the Dakota Access Pipeline serves the national interest and initiating the process to complete its construction.
- President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum to help ensure that new pipeline construction and repair work use materials and equipment from the United States.
CUTTING GOVERNMENT RED TAPE
President Trump has quickly taken steps to get the Government out of the way of job creation.
- President Trump directed each agency to establish a Regulatory Reform Task Force to identify costly and unnecessary regulations in need of modification or repeal.
- President Trump has required that for every new Federal regulation, two existing regulations be eliminated.
- President Trump directed the Department of Commerce to streamline Federal permitting processes for domestic manufacturing and to reduce regulatory burdens on domestic manufacturers.
- President Trump signed legislation, House Joint Resolution 38, to prevent the burdensome “Stream Protection Rule” from causing further harm to the coal industry.
- President Trump ordered the review of the “Clean Water Rule: Definition of Waters of the United States,” known as the WOTUS rule, to evaluate whether it is stifling economic growth or job creation.
REFORMING WASHINGTON
President Trump has taken actions to reform the old Washington way of doing business and to ensure that his entire Administration are working for the American people.
- President Trump put in place a hiring freeze for Federal civilian employees to stop the further expansion of an already bloated government.
- President Trump signed an Executive Order establishing new ethics commitments for all Executive branch appointees, putting in place a five-year lobbying ban and a permanent ban on lobbying for foreign governments, so that appointees serve the American people instead of their own interests.
PUTTING PATIENT HEALTHCARE FIRST
After years of false promises, rising costs, and shrinking accessibility, President Trump is championing reforms to put patients first.
- President Trump has supported efforts by Republicans in Congress to repeal the worst parts of Obamacare and replace them with the American Health Care Act.
- President Trump acted on his first day in office to instruct Federal agencies to minimize the burden of Obamacare on Americans.
PRIORITIZING AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY
President Trump has taken action to ensure the safety and security of the United States homeland, its borders, and its people.
- Under President Trump’s leadership, the Department of the Treasury sanctioned 25 entities and individuals involved in Iran’s ballistic missile program.
- President Trump implemented new protections against foreign terrorists entering our country.
- President Trump has proposed increasing the military’s budget by $54 billion so that it can begin to rebuild.
- As a result of a Presidential Memorandum President Trump signed on January 28, he has received a plan to defeat ISIS designed by the Secretary of Defense and other members of his Cabinet.
- President Trump ordered a review of military readiness and made it the policy of the United States to rebuild the United States’ Armed Forces.
- President Trump has negotiated to bring down the price of the F-35, saving millions of dollars.
DELIVERING ON IMMIGRATION REFORM
President Trump has made enforcing the Nation’s immigration laws a priority of his Administration.
- President Trump signed an Executive Order to start work on a southern border wall.
- President Trump signed an Executive Order to enhance the public safety of Americans through enforcement of immigration laws.
- President Trump signed an Executive Order to halt funding to jurisdictions in the United States that do not comply with Federal immigration rules.
- President Trump signed an Executive Order to begin the removal of illegal immigrants who have committed certain crimes.
- Following through on President Trump’s direction, the Department of Homeland Security will hire 10,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and agents and 5,000 border patrol agents.
RESTORING PUBLIC SAFETY TO AMERICAN COMMUNITIES
President Trump is following through on his promise to restore public safety for all Americans.
- President Trump signed an Executive Order directing the Attorney General to develop a strategy to more effectively prosecute people who engage in crimes against law enforcement officers.
- President Trump signed an Executive Order to establish a task force, led by the Attorney General, to reduce crime and restore public safety in communities across America.
- President Trump signed an Executive Order re-focusing the Federal Government’s energy and resources on dismantling transnational criminal organizations, such as drug cartels.
HELPING WOMEN AND MINORITIES SUCCEED
President Trump knows the country cannot reach its potential unless every American has a chance to prosper.
- President Trump signed an Executive Order strengthening and repositioning the Historically Black Colleges and Universities initiatives within the White House to foster better opportunities in higher education.
- President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau launched the United States-Canada Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders.
- President Trump signed into law the Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act to encourage the National Science Foundation’s entrepreneurial programs to recruit and support women to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and into the commercial world.
- President Trump signed into law the Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers (INSPIRE) Women Act to encourage women to study science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), pursue careers in aerospace, and further advance the nation’s space science and exploration efforts.
KEEPING HIS PROMISE TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION
President Trump promised a U.S. Supreme Court justice in the mold of late Justice Antonin Scalia selected from his previously announced list of 20 judges
- President Trump nominated Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court because of his consistent record defending the Constitution.
(President Trump’s accomplishments in first 50 days in office. Courtesy of Fox News)
