Biden-Harris Administration, Companies Announce Major Investments to Expand Domestic Critical Minerals Supply Chain, Breaking Dependence on China and Boosting Sustainable Practices Critical minerals provide the building blocks for many modern technologies and are essential to our national security and economic prosperity. These minerals—such as rare earth elements, lithium, and cobalt—can be found in products from…
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FACT SHEET: The Biden-Harris Action Plan for a Fairer, More Competitive, and More Resilient Meat and Poultry Supply Chain
In July, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy to create a fairer, more resilient, and more dynamic economy. Over the last few decades, we’ve seen too many industries become dominated by a handful of large companies that control most of the business and most of the opportunities—raising prices…
FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Lowers Energy Costs, Combats the Climate Crisis, and Advances Environmental Justice
In the two years since taking office, the President’s leadership to tackle the climate crisis has boosted U.S. manufacturing and deployment of cost-cutting clean energy technologies, put the United States on a durable path aligned with limiting warming to 1.5 °C, galvanized global action by partners and the private sector, and advanced environmental justice. On…
FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Lowers Energy Costs, Combats the Climate Crisis, and Advances Environmental Justice
In the two years since taking office, the President’s leadership to tackle the climate crisis has boosted U.S. manufacturing and deployment of cost-cutting clean energy technologies, put the United States on a durable path aligned with limiting warming to 1.5 °C, galvanized global action by partners and the private sector, and advanced environmental justice. On…
FACT SHEET: President Biden Takes Bold Executive Action to Spur Domestic Clean Energy Manufacturing
Historic Actions Include Authorizing Defense Production Act to Lower Energy Costs, Strengthen Power Grid, and Create Good-Paying Jobs Today’s clean energy technologies are a critical part of the arsenal we must harness to lower energy costs for families, reduce risks to our power grid, and tackle the urgent crisis of a changing climate. From day…
When the Chips Are Down: Preventing and Addressing Supply Chain Disruptions
By: Sameera Fazili and Peter Harrell Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the things consumers and producers wanted, from cars to toilet paper to yeast to lumber, simply appeared in showrooms, on store shelves, and in ports to be purchased and used when convenient. But over the last 18 months, we’ve seen shortages in goods large…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Hits the Ground Running to Build a Better America Six Months into Infrastructure Implementation
For decades, Washington policymakers have celebrated “infrastructure week” without delivering anything more than promises. In contrast, President Biden worked across the aisle, forged consensus, and secured the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law – a once-in-a-generation investment in our nation’s infrastructure and competitiveness. President Biden promised to deliver results, change people’s lives for the better, and build a…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:13 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi. Good afternoon, everybody. Q Good afternoon. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Before I turn it over to my NSC colleague here, I want to say one thing at the top. We have grave concerns with the passage of the Anti-Homosexuality Act — AHA…
Remarks by President Biden on his Vision for the Economy
International Union of Operating Engineers Local 77Accokeek, Maryland (April 19, 2023) 2:39 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, hello, hello. (Applause.) Thank you, Paula, for that introduction. I appreciate it. And hello, Operating Engineers Local 77. (Applause.) I might note: From the time I announced for the United States Senate when I was a kid, I…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and White House Nation Security Communications Advisor John Kirby
3:02 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi, hi, hi. Q Good afternoon. Q Happy Friday. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon. Happy Friday. We’ve made it today — or this week, I should say. Okay. I have a couple things at the top, so please, please bear with me here. So, this morning, the President was excited to…