america have gotten at least one shotat a mass vaccination center in glendale arizona i asked a nurse what its like she looked and said every shot feels like a dose of hope a dose of hope for the educator in florida who has a child who suffers from an autoimmune disease she wrote to me that she was worried about bringing the virus home when she got vaccinated she sat in her car and just cried cried out of joy cried out of reliefparents are seeing smiles on their kids faces as they go back to school because teachers and school bus drivers cafeteria workers have been vaccinated grandparents hugging their children and grandchildren instead of pressing their hands against a window to say goodbye it means everything to both of themtheres still more work to do to beat this virus we cant let our guard down nowbut tonight i can say because of you the american people our progress these past 100 days against one of the worst pandemics in history is one of the greatest logistical achievements our country has ever seenwhat else have we done these first 100 days we kept our commitment and we are sending 1400 rescue checks to 85 of all american households weve already sent more than 160 million checks out the door its making a differencefor many people its making all the difference in the world a single mom in texas wrote to me she said when she couldnt work this relief check put food on the table and saved her and her son from evictiona grandmother in virginia told me she immediately took her granddaughter to the eye doctor something she put off for months because she didnt have the moneyone of the defining images of this crisis has been cars lined up for miles waiting for a box of food to be put in the trunk did you ever think youd see that in americathats why the american rescue plan is delivering food and nutrition assistance to millions of americans facing hunger and hunger is down sharply alreadywere also providing rental assistance to keep people from being evicted from their homes providing loans to keep small businesses open and their employees on the job during these 100 days an additional 800000 americans enrolled in the affordable care act because i established a special sign up period to do thatwere making one of the largest onetime investments ever in improving health care for veterans critical investments to address the opioid crisis and maybe most importantly thanks to the american rescue plan we are on track to cut child poverty in america in half this yearin the process the economy created more than 13 million new jobs in 100 days more new jobs in the first 100 days than any president on recordthe international monetary fund is now estimating our economy will grow at a rate of more than 6 this year that will be the fastest