evidence: President Biden and his team issued 17 executive actions and directives, fielded 28 questions during a news briefing and swore in more than 1,100 people to serve in his administration. And that was just on Day 1. [...] More than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone," Rubio said, referring to the flurry of executive actions Biden has signed. Over about 48 hours, Biden signed more than two dozen executive actions and one piece of legislation — granting his defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, a waiver exempting him from a law requiring the head of the Pentagon to have been out of uniform for at least seven years.