On 1/13/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “I want to ask you about the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. So, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce embraced President Biden in 2020. And now the president of the U.S. Chamber says that the businesses it represents are fed up with the government making it harder to do business and adding new rules and regulations. Do you have any response?”
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Yes, I do. First thing, the President’s first two years in office have been the best for job creation in history … The second — look, I don’t think that it’s all — all of the Chamber’s presidents who said that …
Reporter: But she said also that there’s government regulatory overreach, adding, and I’ll quote her, “When regulations are driven by ideological agendas and imposing — imposed on businesses without transparency, accountability, or clarity — government isn’t working.” So, will there be changes in its government work?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I’ll say this, our administration is leveraging every available tool to advance the President’s ambitious agenda for the country … We are seeing — while there’s still more work to do, we are seeing the economic — the President’s economic policy is actually working.
She said, “gas prices are down by more than $1.70 from their peak thanks in part to the President’s actions to increase oil supply, which were also historic actions that this President took. This is further proof the President’s economic plan is working. Even though inflation is high in most major economies, it’s coming down in America and giving families more breathing room. You hear the President say that all the time, how he wants to make sure that he’s giving American families a little bit more of a breathing room.”
Reporter: Yeah. Karine, earlier this week, we discussed the situation in Florida with, I think, about 350 Cuban migrants landing at Dry Tortuga and Key West. I believe you said it was a political ploy on the part of Governor DeSantis to deploy the National Guard. His office has said that the Coast Guard requested help patrolling the waters off Florida. So, can you just kind of discuss your understanding of the situation in Florida and how that — how that understanding has developed in the last several days?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Yep. And I’m going to be — and I’m happy to repeat what I said, which is: Governor DeSantis has made a mockery of — of the system. And he has consistently and constantly — as many of you have reported — has done political stunts, has not helped to address the issue …
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KJP said, “Look, we believe that we continue to be in this transition of stable and steady growth. And I think that’s what — we believe that’s what the numbers continue to show as you talk about the jobs report that we saw recently and as you talk — as we talk about the CPI data.”
Reporter: So you’re not calling it a “soft landing” then?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I’m just — I’m just saying that we are in this transition of a stable —
Reporter: Loaded phrase.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: — (laughter) — a transition to stable and steady growth. And we believe that the econo- — the President’s economic policies that he’s put forward in the past two years, we’re seeing that working.
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Q: businesses are fed up, soft landing? A: policy is actually working, transition of a stable