Biden hails "historic" achievements at DNC holiday reception

• "That's the road ahead, to never give up, to keep the faith," Biden said. "To know, that what we're doing matters."

What he's saying: Biden pointed to achievements including 2021's $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, 2022's CHIPS and Science Act that was designed to bolster domestic semiconductor manufacturing and the Inflation Reduction Act that he signed into law that same year to lower the deficit and drive down inflation while addressing climate change.

• "We passed historic legislation. Laws that are literally building the strongest economy in the world," Biden said.
• "Many of the laws we passed were so consequential it wouldn't be implemented right away. It takes time to build those ... factories for chips. It takes time to get this construction going."

Zoom in: Biden said he's always believed it's important to ask yourself in public service "have we left the country in better shape than we found it?'"

• The answer "is a resounding 'yes,'" he said. "Because of all of you assembled here, we can be proud we're leaving America in a better place today than we came here four years ago," Biden said.

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