Economic Growth
“Real median household income—the amount earned by those in
the very middle—hit $65,084 (in 2019 dollars) for the 12 months ending in
July. That is the highest level ever and a gain of
$4,144, or 6.8%, since Mr. Trump took office. By comparison, during 7½ years under President
Obama—starting from the end of the recession in June 2009 through January
2017—the median household income rose by only about $1,000.”
- 4.2
     percent growth in the second quarter of 2018.
- For
     the first time in more than a decade, growth is projected to exceed 3
     percent over the calendar year.
Jobs
- 4
     million new jobs have been created since the election, and more than 3.5
     million since Trump took office.
- More
     Americans are employed now than ever before in our history.
- Jobless
     claims at the lowest level in nearly five decades.
- The
     economy has achieved the longest positive job-growth streak on record.
- Job
     openings are at an all-time high and outnumber job seekers for the first
     time on record.
- Unemployment
     claims at 50 year low
- African-American,
     Hispanic, and Asian-American unemployment rates have all recently reached
     record lows.
- African-American
      unemployment hit a record low of 5.9 percent in May 2018.
- Hispanic
      unemployment at 4.5 percent.
- Asian-American
      unemployment at a record low of 2 percent.
- Women’s
     unemployment recently at the lowest rate in nearly 65 years.
- Female
      unemployment dropped to 3.6 percent in May 2018, the lowest since October
      1953.
- Youth
     unemployment recently reached its lowest level in more than 50 years.
- July
      2018’s youth unemployment rate of 9.2 percent was the lowest since July
      1966.
- Veterans’ unemployment recently hit its lowest level in nearly two decades. July 2018’s veterans’ unemployment rate of 3.0 percent matched the lowest rate since May 2001.
- Unemployment rate for Americans without a high school diploma recently reached a record low.
- Rate
     for disabled Americans recently hit a record low.
- Blue-collar
     jobs recently grew at the fastest rate in more than three decades.
- Poll
     found that 85 percent of blue-collar workers believe their lives are
     headed “in the right direction.”
- 68
      percent reported receiving a pay increase in the past year.
- Last
     year, job satisfaction among American workers hit its highest level since
     2005.
- Nearly
     two-thirds of Americans rate now as a good time to find a quality job.
- Optimism
      about the availability of good jobs has grown by 25 percent.
- Added
     more than 400,000 manufacturing jobs since the election.
- Manufacturing
      employment is growing at its fastest pace in more than two decades.
- 100,000
     new jobs supporting the production & transport of oil & natural
     gas.
American Income
- Median
     household income rose to $61,372 in 2017, a post-recession high.
- Wages
     up in August by their fastest rate since June 2009.
- Paychecks
     rose by 3.3 percent between 2016 and 2017, the most in a decade.
- Council
     of Economic Advisers found that real wage compensation has grown by 1.4
     percent over the past year.
- Some
     3.9 million Americans off food stamps since the election.
- Median
     income for Hispanic-Americans rose by 3.7 percent and surpassed $50,000
     for the first time ever in history.
- Home-ownership
      among Hispanics is at the highest rate in nearly a decade.
- Poverty
     rates for African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans have reached their
     lowest levels ever recorded.
American Optimism
- Small
     business optimism has hit historic highs.
- NFIB’s
      small business optimism index broke a 35-year-old record in August.
- SurveyMonkey/CNBC’s
      small business confidence survey for Q3 of 2018 matched its all-time
      high.
- Manufacturers
     are more confident than ever.
- 95
      percent of U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about the future, the
      highest ever.
- Consumer
     confidence is at an 18-year high.
- 12
     percent of Americans rate the economy as the most significant problem
     facing our country, the lowest level on record.
- Confidence
     in the economy is near a two-decade high, with 51 percent rating the economy as good or excellent.
American Business
- Investment
     is flooding back into the United States due to the tax cuts.
- Over
      $450 billion dollars has already poured back into the U.S., including
      more than $300 billion in the first quarter of 2018.
- Retail
     sales have surged. Commerce Department figures from August show that
     retail sales increased by 0.5 percent in July 2018, an increase of 6.4
     percent from July 2017.
- ISM’s
     index of manufacturing scored its highest reading in 14 years.
- Worker
     productivity is the highest it has been in more than three years.
- Steel
     and aluminum producers are re-opening.
- Dow
     Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and NASDAQ have all notched record
     highs.
- Dow
      hit record highs 70 times in 2017 alone, the most ever recorded in one
      year.
Deregulation
- Achieved
     massive deregulation at a rapid pace, completing 22 deregulatory actions
     to every one regulatory action during his first year in office.
- Signed
     legislation to roll back costly and harmful provisions of Dodd-Frank,
     providing relief to credit unions, and community and regional banks.
- Federal
     agencies achieved more than $8 billion in lifetime net regulatory cost
     savings.
- Rolled
     back Obama’s burdensome Waters of the U.S. rule.
- Used
     the Congressional Review Act to repeal regulations more times than in
     history.
Tax Cuts
- Biggest
     tax cuts and reforms in American history by signing the Tax Cuts and Jobs
     act into law
- Provided
      more than $5.5 trillion in gross tax cuts, nearly 60 percent of which
      will go to families.
- Increased
      the exemption for the death tax to help save Family Farms & Small
      Business.
- Nearly
      doubled the standard deduction for individuals and families.
- Enabled the vast majority of American families will be able to file their taxes on a
      single page by claiming the standard deduction.
- Doubled
      the child tax credit to help lessen the financial burden of raising a
      family.
- Lowered
      America’s corporate tax rate from the highest in the developed world to
      allow American businesses to compete and win.
- Small
      businesses can now deduct 20 percent of their business income.
- Cut
      dozens of special interest tax breaks and closed loopholes for the wealthy.
- 9 in
     10 American workers are expected to see an increase in their paychecks thanks
     to the tax cuts, according to the Treasury Department.
- More
     than 6 million of American workers have received wage increases, bonuses,
     and increased benefits thanks to tax cuts.
- Over
     100 utility companies have lowered electric, gas, or water rates thanks to
     the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
- 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 the 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.
- Fighting
     to stop the scourge of illegal drugs at our border.
- ICE
      HSI seized more than 980,000 pounds of narcotics in FY 2017, including
      2,370 pounds of fentanyl and 6,967 pounds of heroin.
- ICE
      HSI dedicated nearly 630,000 investigative hours towards halting the
      illegal import of fentanyl.
- ICE
      HSI made 11,691 narcotics-related arrests in FY 2017.
- Stop
      Opioid Abuse and Reduce Drug Supply and Demand introduced new measures to
      keep dangerous drugs out of the United States.
- Signed
      the INTERDICT Act into law, enhancing efforts to detect and intercept
      synthetic opioids.
- DOJ
      secured its first-ever indictments against Chinese fentanyl
      manufacturers.
- DOJ
      launched their Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement (J-CODE) team,
      aimed at disrupting online illicit opioid sales.
- Released
     an immigration framework that includes the resources required to secure
     our borders and close legal loopholes, and repeatedly called on Congress
     to fix our broken immigration laws.
- Authorized
     the deployment of the National Guard to help secure the border.
- Enhanced
     vetting of individuals entering the U.S. from countries that don’t meet
     security standards, helping to ensure individuals who pose a threat to our
     country are identified before they enter.
- These
      procedures were upheld in a June 2018 Supreme Court hearing.
- ICE
     removed over 226,000 illegal aliens from the United States in 2017.
- ICE
      rescued or identified over 500 human trafficking victims and over 900
      child exploitation victims in 2017 alone.
- In
     2017, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested more than
     127,000 aliens with criminal convictions or charges, responsible for
- Over
      76,000 with dangerous drug offences.
- More
      than 48,000 with assault offences.
- More
      than 11,000 with weapons offences.
- More
      than 5,000 with sexual assault offences.
- More
      than 2,000 with kidnapping offences.
- Over
      1,800 with homicide offences.
- Created
     the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office in order to
     support the victims and families affected by illegal alien crime.
- More
     than doubled the number of counties participating in the 287(g) program,
     which allows jails to detain criminal aliens until they are transferred to
     ICE custody.
Trade
- Negotiating
     and renegotiating better trade deals, achieving free, fair, and reciprocal
     trade for the United States.
- Agreed
      to work with the European Union towards zero tariffs, zero non-tariff
      barriers, and zero subsides.
- Deal
      with the European Union to increase U.S. energy exports to Europe.
- Litigated
      multiple WTO disputes targeting unfair trade practices and upholding our
      right to enact fair trade laws.
- Finalized
      a revised trade agreement with South Korea, which includes provisions to
      increase American automobile exports.
- Negotiated
      an historic U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement to replace NAFTA.
- Agreement
      to begin trade negotiations for a U.S.-Japan trade agreement.
- Secured
      $250 billion in new trade and investment deals in China and $12 billion
      in Vietnam.
- Established
      a Trade and Investment Working Group with the United Kingdom, laying the
      groundwork for post-Brexit trade.
- Enacted
     steel and aluminum tariffs to protect our vital steel and aluminum producers
     and strengthen our national security.
- Conducted
     82 anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations in 2017 alone.
- Confronting
     China’s unfair trade practices after years of Washington looking the other
     way.
- 25
      percent tariff on $50 billion of goods imported from China and later
      imposed an additional 10% tariff on $200 billion of Chinese goods.
- Conducted
      an investigation into Chinese forced technology transfers, unfair
      licensing practices, and intellectual property theft.
- Imposed
      safeguard tariffs to protect domestic washing machines and solar products
      manufacturers hurt by China’s trade policies
- Withdrew
     from the job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
- Secured
     access to new markets for America’s farmers.
- Recent
      deal with Mexico included new improvements enabling food and agriculture
      to trade more fairly.
- Recent
      agreement with the E.U. will reduce barriers and increase trade of
      American soybeans to Europe.
- Won
      a WTO dispute regarding Indonesia’s unfair restriction of U.S.
      agricultural exports.
- Defended
      American Tuna fisherman and packagers before the WTO
- Opened
      up Argentina to American pork experts for the first time in a
      quarter-century
- American
      beef exports have returned to china for the first time in more than a
      decade
- OK’d
     up to $12 billion in aid for farmers affected by unfair trade retaliation.
Energy
- Presidential
     Memorandum to clear roadblocks to construction of the Keystone XL
     Pipeline.
- Presidential
     Memorandum declaring that the Dakota Access Pipeline serves the national
     interest and initiating the process to complete construction.
- Opened
     up the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge to energy exploration.
- Coal
     exports up over 60 percent in 2017.
- Rolled
     back the “stream protection rule” to prevent it from harming America’s
     coal industry.
- Cancelled
     Obama’s anti-coal Clean Power Plan and proposed the Affordable Clean
     Energy Rule as a replacement.
- Withdrew
     from the job-killing Paris climate agreement, which would have cost the
     U.S. nearly $3 trillion and led to 6.5 million fewer industrial sector
     jobs by 2040.
- U.S.
     oil production has achieved its highest level in American history
- United
     States is now the largest crude oil producer in the world.
- U.S.
     has become a net natural gas exporter for the first time in six decades.
- Action
     to expedite the identification and extraction of critical minerals that
     are vital to the nation’s security and economic prosperity.
- Took
     action to reform National Ambient Air Quality Standards, benefitting
     American manufacturers.
- Rescinded
     Obama’s hydraulic fracturing rule, which was expected to cost the industry
     $32 million per year.
- Proposed
     an expansion of offshore drilling as part of an all-of-the-above energy
     strategy
- Held
      a lease sale for offshore oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico in
      August 2018.
- Got
     EU to increase its imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United
     States.
- Issued
     permits for the New Burgos Pipeline that will cross the U.S.-Mexico
     border.
Foreign Policy
- Moved
     the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
- Withdrew
     from Iran deal and immediately began the process of re-imposing sanctions
     that had been lifted or waived.
- Treasury
      has issued sanctions targeting Iranian activities and entities, including
      the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force
- Since
      enacting sanctions, Iran’s crude exports have fallen off, the value of
      Iran’s currency has plummeted, and international companies have pulled
      out of the country.
- All
      nuclear-related sanctions will be back in full force by early November
      2018.
- Historic
     summit with North Korean President Kim Jong-Un, bringing beginnings of
     peace and denuclearization to the Korean Peninsula.
- The
      two leaders have exchanged letters and high-level officials from both
      sides have met resulting in tremendous progress.
- North
      Korea has halted nuclear and missile tests.
- Negotiated
      the return of the remains of missing-in-action soldiers from the Korean
      War.
- Imposed
     strong sanctions on Venezuelan dictator Nicholas Maduro and his inner
     circle.
- Executive
     order preventing those in the U.S. from carrying out certain transactions
     with the Venezuelan regime, including prohibiting the purchase of the
     regime’s debt.
- Responded
     to the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime.
- Rolled
      out sanctions targeting individuals and entities tied to Syria’s chemical
      weapons program.
- Directed
      strikes in April 2017 against a Syrian airfield used in a chemical
      weapons attack on innocent civilians.
- Joined
      allies in launching airstrikes in April 2018 against targets associated
      with Syria’s chemical weapons use.
- New
     Cuba policy that enhanced compliance with U.S. law and held the Cuban
     regime accountable for political oppression and human rights abuses.
- Treasury
      and State are working to channel economic activity away from the Cuban
      regime, particularly the military.
- Changed
     the rules of engagement, empowering commanders to take the fight to ISIS.
- ISIS
      has lost virtually all of its territory, more than half of which has been
      lost under Trump.
- ISIS’
      self-proclaimed capital city, Raqqah, was liberated in October 2017.
- All
      Iraqi territory had been liberated from ISIS.
- More
     than a dozen American hostages have been freed from captivity all of the
     world.
- Action
     to combat Russia’s malign activities, including their efforts to undermine
     the sanctity of United States elections.
- Expelled
      dozens of Russian intelligence officers from the United States and
      ordered the closure of the Russian consulate in Seattle, WA.
- Banned
      the use of Kaspersky Labs software on government computers, due to the
      company’s ties to Russian intelligence.
- Imposed
      sanctions against five Russian entities and three individuals for
      enabling Russia’s military and intelligence units to increase Russia’s
      offensive cyber capabilities.
- Sanctions
      against seven Russian oligarchs, and 12 companies they own or control,
      who profit from Russia’s destabilizing activities.
- Sanctioned
      100 targets in response to Russia’s occupation of Crimea and aggression
      in Eastern Ukraine.
- Enhanced
      support for Ukraine’s Armed Forces to help Ukraine better defend itself.
- Helped
     win U.S. bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
- Helped
     win U.S.-Mexico-Canada’s united bid for 2026 World Cup.
Defence
- Executive
     order keeping the detention facilities at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo
     Bay open.
- $700
     billion in military funding for FY 2018 and $716 billion for FY 2019.
- Largest
     military pay raise in nearly a decade.
- Ordered
     a Nuclear Posture Review to ensure America’s nuclear forces are up to date
     and serve as a credible deterrent.
- Released
     America’s first fully articulated cyber strategy in 15 years.
- New
     strategy on national biodefense, which better prepares the nation to
     defend against biological threats.
- Administration
     has announced that it will use whatever means necessary to protect
     American citizens and servicemen from unjust prosecution by the
     International Criminal Court.
- Released
     an America first National Security Strategy.
- Put
     in motion the launch of a Space Force as a new branch of the military and
     relaunched the National Space Council.
- Encouraged
     North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies to increase defence
     spending on their agreed-upon levels.
- In
      2017 alone, there was an increase of more than 4.8 percent in defence
      spending amongst NATO allies.
- Every
      member state has increased defence spending.
- Eight
      NATO allies will reach the 2 percent benchmark by the end of 2018 and 15
      allies are on trade to do so by 2024.
- NATO
      allies spent over $42 billion dollars more on defense since 2016.
- Executive
     order to help military spouses find employment as their families deploy
     domestically and abroad.
Veterans affairs
- Signed
     the VA Accountability Act and expanded VA telehealth services,
     walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care.
- Delivered
     more appeals decisions – 81,000 – to veterans in a single year than ever
     before.
- Strengthened
     protections for individuals who come forward and identify programs
     occurring within the VA.
- Signed
     legislation that provided $86.5 billion in funding for the Department of
     Veterans Affairs (VA), the largest dollar amount in history for the VA.
- VA
     MISSION Act, enacting sweeping reform to the VA system that:
- Consolidated
      and strengthened VA community care programs.
- Funding
      for the Veterans Choice program.
- Expanded
      eligibility for the Family Caregivers Program.
- Gave
      veterans more access to walk-in care.
- Strengthened
      the VA’s ability to recruit and retain quality healthcare professionals.
- Enabled
      the VA to modernize its assets and infrastructure.
- Signed
     the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act in 2017, which authorized $2.1
     billion in addition funds for the Veterans Choice Program.
- Worked
     to shift veterans’ electronic medical records to the same system used by
     the Department of Defense, a decades-old priority.
- Issued
     an executive order requiring the Secretaries of Defense, Homeland
     Security and Veterans Affairs to submit a joint plan to provide veterans access to access to mental health treatment as they transition to civilian life.
- Increased
     transparency and accountability at the VA by launching an online “Access
     and Quality Tool,” providing veterans with access to wait time and quality of care data.
- Signed
     legislation to modernize the claims and appeal process at the VA.
- Harry
     W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act, providing enhanced educational benefits to veterans, service members, and their family members.
- Lifted
      a 15-year limit on veterans’ access to their educational benefits.
- Created
     a White House VA Hotline to help veterans and principally staffed it with veterans and direct family members of veterans.
- VA
     employees are being held accountable for poor performance, with more than
     4,000 VA employees removed, demoted, and suspended so far.
- Signed
     the Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act, increasing the number of VA
     employees that can assist justice-involved veterans.
 
 





