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As a result of the $700 million investment that I'm announcing today, we will protect 14 coal plants and 42 coal mines, a tremendous number, and build two new coal plants and one massive new export…

Donald Trump ·45th and 47th U.S. President ·Jun 2026

So, today we're taking historic action to bring down the price of energy and the cost of living for all Americans with the power of clean, beautiful coal. If you look at China, if you look at so many…

Donald Trump ·45th and 47th U.S. President ·Jun 2026

The economy is very strong. We are experiencing a short-term elevation in prices due to the Iran conflict. That will come down. What the other side doesn't want to talk about is job growth is strong…

Scott Bessent ·Treasury Secretary ·Jun 2026

I came out from behind my very comfortable desk and am here today because I was concerned about that trajectory and I do believe it is possible to get back to the historical level of 3% deficit to…

Scott Bessent ·Treasury Secretary ·Jun 2026

We have asked Congress to move to eliminate the gas tax. That is done through statute.

Scott Bessent ·Treasury Secretary ·Jun 2026

I believe that we have the tools necessary that if our sovereignty is not respected to counteract any failures to enact this. And I believe this is important because with this the money comes into…

Scott Bessent ·Treasury Secretary ·Jun 2026

I believe that the bonus depreciation, the full deductibility of the equipment is one of the greatest driving forces we are seeing in our manufacturing and in fact our main street revival. And I…

Scott Bessent ·Treasury Secretary ·Jun 2026

I think we are going to see a breakout in corporate income tax receipts. We are creating productive capacity here and productive capacity is what generates future tax revenues. So you get the…

Scott Bessent ·Treasury Secretary ·Jun 2026

I think the biggest threat to financial stability is a lack of growth and I believe that we can grow well in excess of 3% given the deregulation and great tax policy.

Scott Bessent ·Treasury Secretary ·Jun 2026

I came out from behind my very comfortable desk and am here today because I was concerned about that trajectory and I do believe it is possible to get back to the historical level 3% deficit to GDP…

Scott Bessent ·Treasury Secretary ·Jun 2026

I think we should extend or make it permanent. I was able to go and visit Winnebago in Minnesota and they told me that because of the expensing they were on the fence on whether to do a battery…

Scott Bessent ·Treasury Secretary ·Jun 2026

I believe that the bonus depreciation, the full deductibility of the equipment is one of the greatest driving forces we are seeing in our manufacturing and in fact our main street revival. And I…

Scott Bessent ·Treasury Secretary ·Jun 2026

We're doing very well with the black jobs, African-American jobs. We're doing I saw some numbers that we're doing really well. But where we're really going to do well is when all these plants are…

Donald Trump ·45th and 47th U.S. President ·Jun 2026

Finally, we're taking nearly $200 million in that to set aside for the Green New Scam. And it was set aside for the Green New Scam. But the Green New Scam is history and repurposing that money so…

Donald Trump ·45th and 47th U.S. President ·Jun 2026

Today we're officially invoking the Defense Production Act to save 13 coal plants in West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Indiana, Tennessee, Arizona, Arkansas, Oklahoma, North Dakota, and…

Donald Trump ·45th and 47th U.S. President ·Jun 2026

As a result of the $700 million investment that I'm announcing today, we will protect 14 coal plants and 42 coal mines. It's a tremendous number. And build two new coal plants and one massive new…

Donald Trump ·45th and 47th U.S. President ·Jun 2026

So today, we're taking historic action to bring down the price of energy and the cost of living for all Americans with the power of clean, beautiful coal. If you look at China, if you look at so many…

Donald Trump ·45th and 47th U.S. President ·Jun 2026

We've been destroying our grid because we're relying on wind and other things that don't have the power. They don't have the strength. They're very expensive. Wind is the most expensive form of…

Donald Trump ·45th and 47th U.S. President ·Jun 2026

Finally, we're taking nearly $200 million in that to set aside for the Green New Scam. and it was set aside for the Green New Scam, but the Green News scam is history and repurposing that money so…

Donald Trump ·45th and 47th U.S. President ·Jun 2026

Today, we're officially invoking the Defense Production Act to save 13 coal plants in West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Indiana, Tennessee, Arizona, Arkansas, Oklahoma, North Dakota, and…

Donald Trump ·45th and 47th U.S. President ·Jun 2026

As a result of the $700 million investment that I'm announcing today, we will protect 14 coal plants and 42 coal mines. It's a tremendous number. And build two new coal plants and one massive new…

Donald Trump ·45th and 47th U.S. President ·Jun 2026

So today, we're taking historic action to bring down the price of energy and the cost of living for all Americans with the power of clean, beautiful coal. If you look at China, if you look at so many…

Donald Trump ·45th and 47th U.S. President ·Jun 2026

I continue to believe that the independence of the Federal Reserve from direct political control has served the public well over time and I assure you that my colleagues and I will continue to…

Jerome Powell ·Chair ·Sep 2019

Negative interest rates is something that we looked at during the financial crisis and chose not to do... I do not think we'd be looking at using negative rates. I just don't think those will be at…

Jerome Powell ·Chair ·Sep 2019

I think that the idea that if you see trouble approaching on the horizon you steer away from it if you can I think that's that's a good idea in principle. I think history teaches us that it's better…

Jerome Powell ·Chair ·Sep 2019

Today's decision to lower the federal funds rate target by a quarter percent to 1.75 percent to two percent is appropriate in light of the global developments I mentioned as well as muted inflation…

Jerome Powell ·Chair ·Sep 2019

Today we decided to lower interest rates as I will explain shortly. We took this step to help keep the US economy strong in the face of some notable developments and to provide insurance against…

Jerome Powell ·Chair ·Sep 2019

We have $18 trillion coming into the United States. As an example, the previous administration in four years, think of this, had less much less than one trillion come in. We have 18 trillion dollars…

Donald Trump ·45th and 47th U.S. President ·Jun 2026

We're going to come out of Iran very quickly and it's going to be very strong one way or the other whether it's a piece of paper or the very tough way. Okay, the very tough way is maybe the easier…

Donald Trump ·45th and 47th U.S. President ·Jun 2026

We have a great gentleman coming in, Kevin Walsh. He's going to do a fantastic job at the Fed. We're getting rid of too late.

Donald Trump ·45th and 47th U.S. President ·Jun 2026