James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:33 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everyone. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I wanted to start with a word about the horrific news out of Lewiston, Maine, last night, where we saw another tragic shooting that has taken at least 18 lives, injured many others, and left countless…
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, OMB Director Shalanda Young, and CEA Chair Cecilia Rouse
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:46 P.M. EST MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Okay, good afternoon, everybody. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Happy Friday. Q Happy Friday. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: We made it. Okay. So, joining us today are two critical members of the President’s economic team and Cabinet, CEA Chair Cecilia Rouse and OMB Director Shalanda Young. They need no…
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Elected Officials, Labor Leaders, Aging Advocates, Health and Advocacy Groups, And More Applaud Administration’s Prescription Drug Announcement
Yesterday, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the first 10 drugs selected for Medicare Price Negotiation – a critical provision under the Inflation Reduction Act that will finally allow Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug costs for seniors, people with disabilities, and other beneficiaries. For decades, Big Pharma has blocked this from happening, forcing millions…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, March 5, 2021
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…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, June 25, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:52 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi everyone. Q Hello, Jen. Good to see you. MS. PSAKI: Good to see you. Happy Pride. Celebrating here today. Okay. I’m just going to give you a quick overview of the week ahead: On Monday, the President will welcome Israeli President Rivlin to the White House. President…
What They Are Saying: “America the Beautiful” Initiative
The Biden-Harris Administration’s “America the Beautiful” Initiative Earns Praise from Business, Agriculture, Hunting and Fishing, Conservation Communities, and from Tribal Leaders Report Details Vision for 10-year, Locally Led and Voluntary Nationwide Effort to Restore and Conserve America’s Lands, Waters, and Wildlife Washington, D.C. – Leaders across the business, agriculture, hunting, fishing, and conservation communities have…
Press Briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:43 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: All right, good afternoon, everyone. I have a few things at the top. Today, the United States reached an important milestone. We have donated and delivered 200 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the world. This is another milestone as the United States leads the…
On-the-Record Press Call by OMB Acting Director Shalanda Young and CEA Chair Cecilia Rouse on the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2022
Via Teleconference 11:05 A.M. EDT MR. FRIEDLANDER: Hey, everyone. This is Rob from the OMB Communications team. Thanks so much for joining us. This will be an on-the-record call about the President’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget. We will be joined by Shalanda Young, Acting Director of OMB; as well as Cecilia Rouse, Chair of the…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:31 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: All right. Good afternoon, everybody. I hope everyone had a restful long weekend. I actually don’t have anything for you at the top. (Laughter.) I know you guys are always excited to hear what I got to say. But, Darlene, you want to kick…
Remarks by President Biden on the American Rescue Plan and Signing of Executive Orders
State Dining Room 3:04 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, folks. Vice President Harris and I just received a briefing from our economic team, and we remain in a once-in-a-century public health crisis that’s led to the most unequal job and economic crisis in modern history. And the crisis is only deepening. It’s not getting…