Via Teleconference(February 20, 2024) 5:38 P.M. EST MODERATOR: Good afternoon, everyone. And thank you for joining our background call to preview a series of actions that the Biden-Harris administration will announce tomorrow, Wednesday, February 21st. For awareness, today’s call will now be held fully on the record. That means both the opening statements and Q&A…
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FACT SHEET: Update on the United States Commitment to Expanding Access to Medicines Around the World
Since Day One, the Biden-Harris Administration has worked to ensure the United States is better prepared for the next pandemic. U.S. national security and prosperity depend on countries around the world being prepared to prevent outbreaks when possible, and to rapidly detect and respond to emerging infectious disease threats when they occur. Detecting infectious disease…
Readout of President Joe Biden’s Meeting with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. met today with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico, in San Francisco, California. The two leaders reaffirmed the U.S.-Mexico relationship as a consequential strategic partnership that spans the full spectrum of national and homeland security interests ranging from economic competitiveness and climate change to citizen security and migration management. …
Steering Committee Meeting of the Canada-United States Joint Action Plan on Opioids
The following joint statement was released by the Governments of Canada and the United States of America Canada and the United States are committed to combatting the devastating overdose crisis and the toxic illegal drug supply driving it. Through the Joint Action Plan on Opioids (OAP), our two countries continue to work jointly on public…
FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Advances the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America Agenda and Highlights Multi-Billion Dollar Semiconductor R&D Investments
Today, Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Applied Materials in Sunnyvale, California to highlight how the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda is making historic investments in semiconductor manufacturing and research and development to support American innovation, create jobs, and advance America’s competitiveness. Vice President Harris’ visit coincides with Applied Materials announcing an investment of…
FACT SHEET: Bidenomics is Boosting Clean Energy Manufacturing for Offshore Wind and Creating Good-Paying American Union Jobs
President Biden to visit Philly Shipyard, where union workers are building a new offshore wind vessel as part of continued manufacturing boom—while Republicans in Congress voted to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act and continue to try to block clean energy progress President Biden’s economic agenda—Bidenomics— is fueling America’s clean energy future, creating American-made products in…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Proposes New Standards to Protect Public Health that Will Save Consumers Money, and Increase Energy Security
President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Has Accelerated American Zero Emission Vehicles Production and Positioned the U.S. to Lead the Clean Vehicles Future Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing new proposed vehicle pollution standards to make all vehicles, including gas-powered cars and heavy-duty trucks, cleaner and more efficient. The proposed standards would protect public health…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Key Infrastructure Funding to Electrify Ports
President Biden’s Investing in America agenda is making America’s ports safer and more reliable, strengthening our supply chains, creating good-paying jobs, improving air quality and public health, and building a zero-emissions shipping future America’s ports play a central role in our supply chains and affordable goods movement, are important providers of good jobs, and are…
Message to the Senate on the President’s Veto of S.J.Res. 38
I am returning herewith without my approval S.J.Res. 38, a resolution that would disapprove under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, an action by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) relating to “Waiver of Buy America Requirements for Electric Vehicle Chargers.” This resolution would eliminate the domestic manufacturing standards for electric…
FACT SHEET: President Biden Welcomes Asia-Pacific Leaders To San Francisco, Drives Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth at Home and Throughout APEC
This week, President Biden welcomed government and business leaders from across the Asia-Pacific to San Francisco, California, for APEC Economic Leaders’ Week. President Biden highlighted how his efforts to grow the U.S. economy from the bottom up and the middle out have made the United States the preeminent driver of inclusive and sustainable economic growth…
