Environmental justice leaders, advocates, and Administration officials, and Congressional leaders applauded the Biden-Harris Administration’s Justice40 interim guidance that was issued this week by the Council on Environmental Quality, the Office of Management and Budget, and the White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy. Justice40 is a whole-of-government effort to ensure that Federal agencies work…
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President Biden Announces 10 Key Nominations
WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following ten individuals to serve in key roles: Rostin Behnam, Nominee for Chair and Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Kristin Johnson, Nominee for Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Christy Goldsmith Romero, Nominee for Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading…
President Biden Announces Six Key Nominations
WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following six individuals to serve in key roles: Lisa Carty, Nominee for Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations with the rank of Ambassador and Alternate Representative to the United Nations General Assembly…
President Biden Announces Key Regional Appointments for USDA, SBA, EPA, and HHS
WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to serve in key regional roles at the United States Department of Agriculture, Small Business Administration, Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Health and Human Services: Theresa Greenfield, USDA State Director, Rural Development, Iowa Armando Valdez, USDA State Director, Rural Development,…
President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Four Individuals to Serve as Ambassadors
WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following four individuals to serve as U.S. ambassadors: Denise Campbell Bauer, Nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the French Republic and to the Principality of Monaco Peter D. Haas, Nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to People’s Republic of Bangladesh Eric M.…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, May 18, 2022
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:11 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everybody. Sorry we’re starting a little late. We had to finish for the President to complete his remarks, and that was a request that we got from WHCA, so we wanted to make sure we adhered to it. As you all know,…
President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Key Administration Leaders on Climate and Transportation
WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate 10 members of his Administration to lead on climate and transportation matters across key agencies, including the Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, Environmental Protection Agency, and Department of Transportation. The President has tapped Tommy Beaudreau for Deputy Secretary of the Interior,…
President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Nine More Individuals to Serve as Ambassadors
WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals – including four career members of the Senior Foreign Service – as ambassadors to represent the United States on the world stage: Julie Chung, Nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Sharon L. Cromer,…
President Biden Announces Key Regional Appointments for USDA and SBA
WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to serve in key regional roles at the United States Department of Agriculture and the Small Business Administration: Thaddeus Fairley, State Executive Director, Farm Service Agency, Mississippi Eugene Schriefer, State Executive Director, Farm Service Agency, Wisconsin Charlene Fernandez, State Director, Rural…
A Proclamation on Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting Coronavirus Disease 2019
The national emergency caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in the United States continues to pose a grave threat to our health and security. As of November 26, 2021, the United States has experienced more than 47 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and more than 773,000 COVID-19 deaths. It is the policy of my…
