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The President: America does not stand still,
and neither will I.
So, wherever and whenever I can take steps without
legislation to expand opportunity for more
American families, that's what I'm going to do.
Let's make this a year of action.
I'm going to sign a Presidential Memorandum
to create a new way for working Americans
to start their own retirement savings.
And we're calling it "myRA".
It's done.
There are a lot of folks who do not have time
to wait for Congress.
They need to learn new skills right now to get
a new job right now.
So, I'm making it official.
Vice President Biden is going
to lead an across-the-board review
of America's training programs.
Let's find what programs are working best,
and let's duplicate them and expand them.
Folks who've been unemployed the longest
often have the toughest time getting back to work.
It's a cruel Catch-22.
The longer you're unemployed, the more
unemployable you may be seem.
So, today, I am directing every federal agency
to make sure we are evaluating candidates on
the level without regard to their employment
history, because every job applicant deserves
a fair shot.
Last year, I launched something called
"connectED", a new initiative
to close the technology gap in our schools and connect
99 percent of America's students to highest-speed
broadband internet within five years.
So, the FCC is announcing a down payment
of $2 billion to connect more than 15,000 schools
and 20 million students to high-speed broadband over
the next two years.