James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 10:15 A.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Okay. Today, joining us — needs hardly an introduction — our National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, who will be previewing the President’s trip — second foreign trip — later this week. And he’ll take some questions afterwards, and then I will do…
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Remarks by President Biden at the National Association of Counties 2022 Legislative Conference
Washington HiltonWashington, D.C. 1:20 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, thank you, thank you. (Applause.) Thank you. Folks, my name is Joe Biden. (Laughter.) And I used to be a county councilman. (Applause.) And I ran for the Senate because it was too damn hard being in the council. (Laughter.) It’s great to be…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, May 25, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:48 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Happy Tuesday. So, I know the COVID briefing is at 1:30, so I’m going to try to get through as many people as possible between now and then. I just have one item at the top. After an update from our COVID-19 team…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:17 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everyone. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Over the past few days, we have seen the traumatizing impact of the gun violence epidemic in our country: At Morgan State University in Baltimore, where a joyful Homecoming Week was interrupted by violence. In Holyoke,…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, December 2, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 11:07 A.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Good morning. Okay, so we don’t have a long time this morning because of a gather. If people want to stay, I’m happy to answer additional questions, but we wanted to get it in before the President left for his trip to…
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
Via Teleconference 2:37 P.M. EDT MR. ZIENTS: Good afternoon, and thanks for joining us. Before I turn to Drs. Walensky and Fauci, I want to provide an important update on the progress we’re making across a number of fronts in our fight against the virus, starting with vaccinations. We know vaccines are the very best…
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
Via Teleconference 11:05 A.M. EST ACTING ADMINISTRATOR SLAVITT: Morning. Thank you for joining us. Yesterday, you heard the President announce a new historic partnership to get Americans vaccinated more quickly. I want to provide background into how this came together. Supported by the active involvement and leadership from the U.S. government, two of the largest…
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
Via Teleconference 11:03 A.M. EST MR. ZIENTS: Good morning. Thank you for joining us. We got very good news over the weekend: The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for a third safe and effective vaccine, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which will help us defeat the pandemic. While we have much…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby, August 2, 2022
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:42 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everybody. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So as the President spoke to yesterday, the United States undercoo- — undertook a counterterrorism operation in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday. At his direction, the U.S. intelligence targeted and killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda’s leader. We…
Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on Oil and Gas Prices
Via Teleconference 7:06 A.M. EST MODERATOR: Good morning, everyone. Thanks so much for joining us this early for this background briefing. Some ground rules before we dive right in: This call will be on background, attributable to “senior administration officials.” This call will not be embargoed. Not for attribution but just for everyone’s awareness, for those on…
