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   Ernst & Young found 89 percent of companies planned to increase worker   
   compensation thanks to the Trump tax cuts.   
   Established opportunity zones to spur investment in left behind communities.   
   Worker Development   
      
   Established a National Council for the American Worker to develop a   
   national strategy for training and retraining America’s workers for   
   high-demand industries.   
   Employers have signed Trump’s “Pledge to America’s Workers,” committing   
   to train or retrain more than 4.2 million workers and students.   
   Signed the first Perkins CTE reauthorization since 2006, authorizing   
   more than $1 billion for states each year to fund vocational and career   
   education programs.   
   Executive order expanding apprenticeship opportunities for students and   
   workers.   
   Domestic Infrastructure   
      
   Proposed infrastructure plan would utilize $200 billion in Federal funds   
   to spur at least $1.5 trillion in infrastructure investment across the   
   country.   
   Executive order expediting environmental reviews and approvals for high   
   priority infrastructure projects.   
   Federal agencies have signed the One Federal Decision Memorandum of   
   Understanding (MOU) streamlining the federal permitting process for   
   infrastructure projects.   
   Rural prosperity task force and signed an executive order to help expand   
   broadband access in rural areas.   
   Health Care   
      
   Signed an executive order to help minimize the financial burden felt by   
   American households Signed legislation to improve the National Suicide   
   Hotline.   
   Signed the most comprehensive childhood cancer legislation ever into   
   law, which will advance childhood cancer research and improve treatments.   
   Signed Right-to-Try legislation, expanding health care options for   
   terminally ill patients.   
   Enacted changes to the Medicare 340B program, saving seniors an   
   estimated $320 million on drugs in 2018 alone.   
   FDA set a new record for generic drug approvals in 2017, saving   
   consumers nearly $9 billion.   
   Released a blueprint to drive down drug prices for American patients,   
   leading multiple major drug companies to announce they will freeze or   
   reverse price increases.   
   Expanded short-term, limited-duration health plans.   
   Let more employers to form Association Health Plans, enabling more small   
   businesses to join together and affordably provide health insurance to   
   their employees.   
   Cut Obamacare’s burdensome individual mandate penalty.   
   Signed legislation repealing Obamacare’s Independent Payment Advisory   
   Board, also known as the “death panels.”   
   USDA invested more than $1 billion in rural health care in 2017,   
   improving access to health care for 2.5 million people in rural   
   communities across 41 states   
   Proposed Title X rule to help ensure taxpayers do not fund the abortion   
   industry in violation of the law.   
   Reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy to keep foreign aid from   
   supporting the global abortion industry.   
   HHS formed a new division over protecting the rights of conscience and   
   religious freedom.   
   Overturned Obama administration’s midnight regulation prohibiting states   
   from defunding certain abortion facilities.   
   Signed executive order to help ensure that religious organizations are   
   not forced to choose between violating their religious beliefs by   
   complying with Obamacare’s contraceptive mandate or shutting their doors.   
   Combating Opioids   
      
   Chaired meeting the 73rd General Session of the United Nations   
   discussing the worldwide drug problem with international leaders.   
   Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse and Reduce Drug Supply and Demand,   
   introducing new measures to keep dangerous drugs out of our communities.   
   $6 billion in new funding to fight the opioid epidemic.   
   DEA conducted a surge in April 2018 that arrested 28 medical professions   
   and revoked 147 registrations for prescribing too many opioids.   
   Brought the “Prescribed to Death” memorial to President’s Park near the   
   White House, helping raise awareness about the human toll of the opioid   
   crisis.   
   Helped reduce high-dose opioid prescriptions by 16 percent in 2017.   
   Opioid Summit on the administration-wide efforts to combat the opioid   
   crisis.   
   Launched a national public awareness campaign about the dangers of   
   opioid addiction.   
   Created a Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis   
   which recommended a number of pathways to tackle the opioid crisis.   
   Led two National Prescription Drug Take Back Days in 2017 and 2018,   
   collecting a record number of expired and unneeded prescription drugs   
   each time.   
   $485 million targeted grants in FY 2017 to help areas hit hardest by the   
   opioid crisis.   
   Signed INTERDICT Act, strengthening efforts to detect and intercept   
   synthetic opioids before they reach our communities.   
   DOJ secured its first-ever indictments against Chinese fentanyl   
   manufacturers.   
   Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement (J-CODE) team, aimed at   
   disrupting online illicit opioid sales.   
   Declared the opioid crisis a Nationwide Public Health Emergency in   
   October 2017.   
   Law and Order   
      
   More U.S. Circuit Court judges confirmed in the first year in office   
   than ever.   
   Confirmed more than two dozen U. S. Circuit Court judges.   
   Followed through on the promise to nominate judges to the Supreme Court   
   who will adhere to the Constitution   
   Nominated and confirmed Justice Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh to the   
   Supreme Court.   
   Signed an executive order directing the Attorney General to develop a   
   strategy to more effectively prosecute people who commit crimes against   
   law enforcement officers.   
   Launched an evaluation of grant programs to make sure they prioritize   
   the protection and safety of law enforcement officers.   
   Established a task force to reduce crime and restore public safety in   
   communities across Signed an executive order to focus more federal   
   resources on dismantling transnational criminal organizations such as   
   drug cartels.   
   Signed an executive order to focus more federal resources on dismantling   
   transnational criminal organizations such as drug cartels.   
   Violent crime decreased in 2017 according to FBI statistics.   
   $137 million in grants through the COPS Hiring Program to preserve jobs,   
   increase community policing capacities, and support crime prevention   
   efforts.   
   Enhanced and updated the Project Safe Neighborhoods to help reduce   
   violent crime.   
   Signed legislation making it easier to target websites that enable sex   
   trafficking and strengthened penalties for people who promote or   
   facilitate prostitution.   
   Created an interagency task force working around the clock to prosecute   
   traffickers, protect victims, and prevent human trafficking.   
   Conducted Operation Cross Country XI to combat human trafficking,   
   rescuing 84 children and arresting 120 human traffickers.   
   Encouraged federal prosecutors to use the death penalty when possible in   
   the fight against the trafficking of deadly drugs.   
   New rule effectively banning bump stock sales in the United States.   
   Border Security and Immigration   
      
   Secured $1.6 billion for border wall construction in the March 2018   
   omnibus bill.   
   Construction of a 14-mile section of border wall began near San Diego.   
   Worked to protect American communities from the threat posed by the vile   
   MS-13 gang.   
   ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations division arrested 796 MS-13   
   members and associates in FY 2017, an 83 percent increase from the prior   
   year.   
   Justice worked with partners in Central America to secure criminal   
   charges against more than 4,000 MS-13 members.   
   Border Patrol agents arrested 228 illegal aliens affiliated with MS-13   
   in FY 2017.   
      
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