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James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:17 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  I have a couple of items for all of you at the top.  I wanted to take a moment to recognize the passing of Metropolitan Police Officer Gunther Hashida and Officer Kyle DeFreytag — two officers who bravely defended the Capitol, both during…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:41 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  All right, good afternoon, everybody.  Welcome back.  Oh, wow.  No excitement in the room.  (Laughs.) Hello!  Hello.  Q    Hello. MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Okay.    Q    We’ve got visitors today. MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Yes, we do.  So today is a great day for middle-class Am- — middle-class…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:29 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Q    Hi, good afternoon. MS. PSAKI:  Good afternoon.  Okay.  Today, the President will announce that on Thursday he expects he will meet his goal of 200 million shots administered in 100 days — or under 100 days, I should say — a…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:48 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Okay.  I have a couple of items of good news for the American people today to kick us off.  Today, the President will sign an extension of the Paycheck Protection Program, which passed both the House and Senate with wide bipartisan majorities.  Since the…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:05 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Welcome to a more full briefing room.  “Double the fun” is what I’ve been — (laughter) — saying this morning.  Good, you laughed.  Thank you.  Okay, I have a couple of items for all of you at the top.  I will say…

12:07 P.M. EST      MS. PSAKI:  Okay.  Today, we have a very special guest, Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas.  Secretary Mayorkas is the first Latino and immigrant confirmed to serve as Secretary of Homeland Security.  He has led a distinguished 30-year career as a law enforcement official and a nationally recognized lawyer in the private sector. …

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:02 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  All right.  Well, we — today, we are fortunate to have joining us Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona, who was confirmed just two weeks ago.  A fellow Nutmegger — that means from Connecticut, for any of you who don’t know — he previously…

11:52 A.M. EST MS. PSAKI:  Good morning.  Is it morning?  Is it lunchtime? Thank you all for your flexibility.  I know we moved the briefing up a little bit today. At 1:00 p.m., the President will deliver remarks on the administration’s response to the coup in Burma, which I think that guidance just went out,…

  1:06 P.M. EST  MS. PSAKI:  Okay.  Lots going on around here.  I have a couple of items for all of you at the top. Obviously, today is “Jobs Day.”  And with today’s jobs report showing — show — while it shows some progress, it also shows the long road ahead.  Right now, there are 9.5 million fewer jobs…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:31 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI:  Today, we have two very special guests joining us who were just meeting with the President and Vice President, hence we delayed the briefing a few times today — I apologize for that — about the vital need to pass the American Rescue Plan. …