Biden on His $450 Billion Special Interest Slush Fund: ‘The Special Interests Lost’

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BIDEN: “And I’m about to sign the Inflation Reduction Act into law, one of the most significant laws in our history. Let me say from the start: With this law, the American people won and the special interests lost. The American people won and the special interests lost. We’re in a session of — for a while, people doubted whether any of that was going to happen. But we are in a season of substance. This administration began amid a dark time in America. As Jim said, a once-in-a-century pandemic, devastating joblessness, clear and present threats to democracy and the rule of law, doubts about America’s future itself. And yet, we’ve not wavered, we’ve not flinched and we have not given in. Instead, we’re delivering results for the American people. We didn’t tear down, we built up. We didn’t look back — “