James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:13 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hello. Good afternoon. Okay. As I’m sure you all have seen, there has been a few important foreign policy announcements over the last couple of days. And so, we were unable to have a full briefing yesterday, and I wanted to make sure you…
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A Record Year for America’s Ports and a Look to the Year Ahead
This week’s edition of the White House’s Transportation Supply Chain Dashboard shows that the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach officially moved more goods in 2021 than ever before. The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach—which process 40 percent of the nation’s containerized imports—broke their 2018 record for annual containerized imports by 13…
Remarks by President Biden on the July Jobs Report
East Room 11:22 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. What a good morning. Yesterday, the United States Senate took the additional step toward passing the bipartisan infrastructure bill. It’s a bill that would end years of gridlock in Washington, and create millions of good-paying jobs, and put America on a new path to win the race for…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:48 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi. I think we have some candy. Happy Halloween, everybody. There’s some candy for you all. Q Thank you. Q Thank you. Thank you for having our families. Thank you for — MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Oh, that was lovely. It was very — it was…
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, the Cast of “Ted Lasso,” and NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:14 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Oh my gosh. Hello. Q Hello. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hello. MR. SUDEIKIS: Hello. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I wonder why so many people are here today. (Laughter.) Q I’m here for you. Q Karine — MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Yeah, right. Right, you’re here for me. Q Karine, before — before you begin — MS. JEAN-PIERRE: No, no, no,…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, July 14, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:43 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. All right. So I have a special guest with me today. Joining us in the briefing room is actress and multiplatinum recording singer/songwriter, Olivia Rodrigo, who traversed red lights and stop signs to see us. If you know her music, you’ll get…
Remarks by President Biden on Fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic
5:02 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good evening, my fellow Americans. I want to talk to you about where we are in the battle against COVID-19, the progress we’ve made, and the work we have left to do. And it starts with understanding this: Even as the Delta variant 19 [sic] has — COVID-19 — has…
Remarks by Vice President Harris at the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies 28th Annual Awards
Renaissance HotelWashington, D.C. 7:06 P.M. EDTTHE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Please sit, everyone. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. What an incredible room. And, Judy Chu, thank you for that introduction and for your leadership on so many levels. Tonight is a rough night. We planned for a great celebration, but I’m sure most…
Statement by President Joe Biden on Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims
This morning, we learned that the number of Americans filing initial unemployment insurance claims fell to the lowest level since the pandemic began. This reflects the important progress we are making in our economic recovery. When I took office in January, an average of more than 830,000 Americans were filing initial unemployment insurance claims. That…