In remarks on the economy Friday, Biden called his American Rescue Plan “big,” “bold” and “a real answer to the crisis we’re in.”

The president said he will not lower stimulus payments to under $1,400. Biden’s plan also includes extending unemployment checks until September (it’s set to run out in March) and raising the minimum wage.

When it comes to compromising with Republicans, Biden said, “they're just not willing to go as far as I think we have to go.”

“What Republicans have proposed is either to do nothing or not enough,” he said.

"If I have to choose between getting help right now to Americans who are hurting so badly and getting bogged down in a lengthy negotiation or compromising on a bill that's up to the crisis, that's an easy choice. I'm going to help the American people who are hurting now,” he said.

Biden is set give remarks on the economy Friday after the first jobs report during his presidency was released Friday morning, pointing toward a slow economic recovery.

The Labor Department report showed the U.S. unemployment rate dipped slightly to 6.3% in January -- down just 0.4% from last month -- and employers added some 49,000 jobs.

Last February, before COVID-19 upended the labor market, the unemployment rate in the U.S. was 3.5%.

-ABC News’ Catherine Thorbecke

Tim Manning, the COVID-19 response team’s supply chain coordinator, announced Friday that the administration is using the Defense Production Act in three ways: getting Pfizer more equipment to ramp up vaccine production; increasing supply of at-home tests to 60 million by the summer; and building plants to produce surgical gloves in the U.S.

Meanwhile, 1,110 active-duty military personnel will be assigned to assist at vaccination sites, the White House COVID-19 response team said.

The personnel -- including Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps -- will be divided into five teams of 222 personnel each.

FEMA and the Department of Defense will jointly determine when military vaccination capabilities are no longer required.

-ABC News' Matthew Seyler

House Democrats met with Biden at the White House Friday morning to discuss his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package -- the president’s first in-person meeting with House Democrats since he was sworn in.

Ahead of the meeting, Biden compared his push for the relief package to the effort in 2009 to get the Recovery Act passed.

“It was hard as hell to get the votes for it to begin with,” the president said of the massive stimulus plan during the first weeks of the Obama Administration. “Then it was hard as hell to get even the number we got.”

“But one thing we learned: We can't do too much here. We can do too little. We can do too little and sputter," Biden said.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer were among the members in attendance. Biden sat between Pelosi and Vice President Kamala Harris.

-ABC News’ Karen Travers and Sarah Kolinovsky