Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Cleveland, OH 12:39 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Sorry. Thanks for your patience — a little business happening on the early part of the flight. Okay, welcome to our trip to Cleveland. Today, the President will deliver a speech on the economy where he will make a clear case that his…
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Remarks by Vice President Harris at the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies 28th Annual Awards
Renaissance HotelWashington, D.C. 7:06 P.M. EDTTHE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Please sit, everyone. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. What an incredible room. And, Judy Chu, thank you for that introduction and for your leadership on so many levels. Tonight is a rough night. We planned for a great celebration, but I’m sure most…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Director of the National Economic Council Brian Deese, April 26, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:25 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Happy Monday. Q Happy Monday. MS. PSAKI: Okay. Our special guest today is our Director of the National Economic Council, Brian Deese. And he will be — as you may know, Brian was Senior Advisor to President Obama and previously served as Acting Director of…
Remarks by President Biden on the Safer America Plan
Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (August 30, 2022) 3:37 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Mayor, thank you. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Before you walk down, I want the Caseys to come up with me, because where I come from, Scranton is Casey’s Country. (Applause.) We — we got raised in the same neighborhood, in…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, April 27, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:28 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Q Hello. MS. PSAKI: All right. Happy Tuesday. Okay, a couple of items for you at the top. Today, President Biden is issuing an executive order requiring federal contractors to pay a $15 minimum wage to hundreds of thousands of their employees. These workers are critical…
Remarks by Vice President Harris at a DNC Finance Reception
Private Residence San Francisco, California THE VICE PRESIDENT: Let me thank Carol and Shelby and Reid for just — for so long being such dear friends and for all that you have done to support me personally and the Democratic Party. It’s extraordinary. And there are people in this room — I look at you…
Background Press Call By Senior Administration Officials On the Summit of the Americas
11:05 A.M. EST MODERATOR: Thank you, Tom. And good morning, everyone. This is an on-background briefing to discuss the Summit for the Americas announcement that we made Tuesday evening and the Biden-Harris administration’s priorities in the Western Hemisphere. For your reference today, our speaker is [senior administration official], but from this point on, we ask…
Remarks by President Biden in Honor of Labor Unions
East Room 11:58 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Jocelyn, thank you. Please. Please, please, please. Thank you, Jocelyn. Please, sit down. Thank you. I — nothing to it, is there, Jocelyn? Just walking in and stand at the podium, and — (laughter) — speaking at the White House. Nothing to it. You did a great job. And thank you. And…
Remarks by President Biden to Commemorate World AIDS Day, Launch the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, and Kick Off the Global Fund Replenishment Process
East Room 3:16 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Please, sit down. Mom, come on up here a minute. Come on. (Laughter.) I want you to meet Gabe’s mom, who I still believe is more like his sister — (laughter) — than his mom. She is the inspiration. She is the reason why this young man…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration’s Monkeypox Outbreak Response
For years, the United States has invested in research on monkeypox and in tools to effectively respond to the disease. Monkeypox is a virus that is generally spread through close or intimate contact, with symptoms that include a rash and fever. It is much less transmissible than fast-spreading respiratory diseases like COVID-19, and this outbreak…
