The Historic Action Plan Elevates Water Security as Foreign Policy Priority More than two billion people today lack access to safely managed drinking water, and nearly half the world’s population lacks access to safely managed sanitation services. An accelerating climate crisis will increase pressure on water resources during this decade, and half the world’s population…
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Press Briefing by Communications Director Kate Bedingfield
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:40 P.M. EDT MS. BEDINGFIELD: Hi, everyone. Good afternoon. Q Good afternoon. MS. BEDINGFIELD: Thanks for having me back. So I have a little bit I’d like to do at the top here and then — Q Do we get to vote on who we’d prefer? (Laughter.) MS. BEDINGFIELD: I’m not going to…
Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials Previewing Day Two of COP26
6:28 P.M. GMT MR. PATEL: Hi, everyone. Thanks so much for joining us on this background briefing. This briefing, as I said, will be on background, attributable to “senior administration officials,” and this call will be embargoed until 5:00 a.m. GMT and 1:00 a.m. Eastern time. Not for attribution — as I said, this call…
Remarks By President Biden and Prime Minister Draghi Of Italy Before Bilateral Meeting
Oval Office 2:02 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT BIDEN: Well, Mr. Prime Minister, it’s great to have you here. You’ve been a good friend and a great ally. And it’s my pleasure to welcome you to the White House and have a chance to repay some of the hospitality that you — you extended to me at…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby, January 4, 2024
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:12 P.M. EST MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hey, everybody. Good afternoon. Q Good afternoon. Q Good afternoon, Karine. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi. Hi, Weijia. (Laughter.) The President is tracking the tragic school shooting at Perry Middle and High School in — in Iowa. Our hearts break for the families of the victims…
Press Gaggle by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan
Via Teleconference MODERATOR: Hi, everyone. Thanks for joining us this afternoon for our gaggle. Again, this will still be on the record. But this time, we have our National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan joining us. So I’ll turn over — turn it over to him for opening remarks. MR. SULLIVAN: Hi, everyone. Thanks for joining. John Kirby…
FACT SHEET: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Creates Good-Paying Jobs and Supports Workers
The deal reached by President Biden and the bipartisan group of Senators makes a once-in-a-generation investment in our infrastructure and will create good-paying union jobs repairing our roads and bridges, replacing lead pipes, and building energy transmission lines. It invests in clean energy manufacturing and zero-emission vehicles ensuring that the jobs in the clean energy…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Director of the Office of Public Engagement Stephen Benjamin
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:27 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hello. Welcome back, everybody. Okay. A couple of things. Good afternoon. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: This Saturday, our nation marked the six- — 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, a seminal moment in our history and in our work towards equal opportunity…
2021 Meetings
November 29, 2021 Biomanufacturing, the Federal Science and Technology Workforce, and the National Nanotechnology Initiative View the Federal Register Notice, Meeting Agenda, Speaker Biographies, Speaker Presentations, Meeting Minutes, and Written Public Comments. October 18-19, 2021 Climate Change, Energy, and the Environment View the Federal Register Notice, Meeting Agenda, Speaker Biographies, Speaker Presentations, Meeting Minutes, and…
Remarks by President Biden on the Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Boom in America
Huntington Place Convention CenterDetroit, Michigan 2:15 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Detroit! (Applause.) You have chairs? They’re going to say you’ve been standing a hell of a long time if you don’t have any chairs there. (Laughter.) Well, please sit down. You’ve — you’ve probably heard twice already everything I’m going to say. (Laughter.) But…