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pre-existing conditions. 16. Because of Obamacare, over 3 million more young adults have health insurance today than would if the new law hadn’t passed. 17. The parents of over 17 million children with pre-existing conditions no longer have to worry that their children will be denied coverage. 18. President Obama has ordered the overhaul of federal government regulations to make them smarter, practical, and more efficient. Just a fraction of these commonsense initiatives will help save businesses $10 billion in the next five years alone.
reaching historic international agreements to curb carbon emissions, and taking action here at home to reduce carbon pollution from our vehicles and promote clean energy production.
shadowy corners of the financial industry. 25. As part of President Obama’s commitment to transparency, the White House has posted its visitor records online for the first time ever.
22. He has taken historic action to protect our environment -- signing one of the largest expansions of protected wilderness in a generation and putting in place standards to reduce toxic air pollution that will save thousands of lives.
26. President Obama’s all-of-theabove approach to energy has helped cut the United States’ dependence on foreign oil to its lowest level in 20 years.
23. President Obama fought for and won landmark Wall Street reform that reins in the abuses
28. He announced a plan to end the war in Afghanistan and transition security responsibility to the Afghan people.
27. President Obama responsibly ended the war in Iraq.
“I promised to be a president who would build a better future; who would move this nation forward; who would ensure that this generation - your generation - had the same chances and the same opportunities that our parents gave us. That’s what I’m here to do. That’s why I ran for president of the United States of America.”
19. His historic investments in clean energy have helped more than double the amount of electricity we obtain from wind and solar sources and helped increase biofuel production to its highest level in history.
20. President Obama is doubling fuel efficiency standards, which will save drivers more than $8,000 at the gas pump, not to mention lessen the impact of automobiles on our environment. 21. President Obama has taken unprecedented action to address climate change,
that led to the fifinancial nancial crisis and ends the era of taxpayer bailouts and “too big to fail.” 24. Wall Street reform created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the nation’s first federal agency focused solely on consumer financial protection -- and the Bureau is already protecting families from unfair and abusive financial practices from Wall Street banks and
29. President Obama sent the largest security assistance package to Israel in history and funded the Iron Dome system, which is protecting Israeli homes and schools from rocket attacks. 30. President Obama rallied the international community to implement the toughest sanctions on Iran in history.
31. 31. Through the President’s historic increases in Veterans Affairs funding, he has expanded and improved healthcare and job training access for our returning veterans. 32. President Obama negotiated the New START Treaty with Russia to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in both countries. At the same time, he also secured commitments see Promises Made-Kept on page 20
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