Roosevelt Room 12:27 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, folks. I want to update everyone on the ransomware cyberattack that impacted on the Colonial Pipeline over this past week. As of yesterday evening, Colonial has begun restarting the flow of refined products in their pipeline. This morning, Colonial reported that fuel is beginning to flow to a majority…
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President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Nine Career Members of the Senior Foreign Service as Ambassadors
WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate nine career members of the Senior Foreign Service as ambassadors to represent the United States on the world stage: Larry Edward André, Jr. – Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia Elizabeth Moore Aubin – Ambassador to the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria Steven…
Remarks by President Biden on the Surfside Condo Collapse
St. Regis HotelSurfside, Florida 4:29 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, folks. Let me begin by saying that the degree of cooperation between local, state, and federal officials down here has been remarkable. I want to thank our FEMA Director for leading this national effort. But Governor DeSantis, Senators Rubio and Scott, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and…
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
Via Teleconference 2:08 P.M. EDT ACTING ADMINISTRATOR SLAVITT: Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us. Today, Dr. Fauci will discuss the latest developments in science and Dr. Walensky will provide an important update on public health guidelines. Before we get to that, I want to talk about how we got to today. The reason we…
Background Press Call on the Virtual Counter-Ransomware Initiative Meeting
Via Teleconference (October 12, 2021) 12:31 P.M. EDT MODERATOR: Thank you. And thanks, everyone, for joining. We’re going to be discussing today the virtual Counter-Ransomware Initiative meetings that are being facilitated by the White House National Security Council this Wednesday and Thursday. The call will be on background, attributable to “senior administration officials,” and the contents will…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, April 12, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:23 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hello, everyone. Okay, happy Monday. I know we have a busy afternoon for all of you, so we will try to get through as many questions as we can possibly get through. I just have two items for you at the top. This morning, the White…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Director of the National Economic Council Brian Deese, June 4, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:39 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Happy Friday. We have a special guest with us today, on Jobs Day — Brian Deese, our Director of the National Economic Council — who will give some brief remarks on the jobs numbers and take a few questions, and then we’ll…
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
Via Teleconference 2:40 P.M. EDT DR. JHA: Good afternoon, everybody. My name is Ashish Jha, and I am the COVID-19 Response Coordinator for the White House. First of all, apologies for the technical delays getting us started, but I am excited and delighted to get going this afternoon with two familiar faces, two colleagues who…
Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jen Psaki En Route Washington, D.C.
Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Washington, D.C. 2:36 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Okay. Welcome to our flight back home from New York to Washington after our trip to the U.N. General Assembly. I wanted to just note the President called Prime Minister Trudeau right when he got on the plane to congratulate him on his reelection, and…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, June 3, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:56 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: All right. I have a couple of items for all of you at the top, and some charts. We love charts in here. In today’s encouraging report, initial claims for unemployment insurance fell to their lowest level and below 400,000 for the first time since the…
