James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:52 P.M. EST MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everyone. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Happy Friday. And I got the date right today — (laughter) — the day right today. Q It’s Friday the 13th. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Oh! (Laughter.) Well, it’s going to be a little crazy in here. Okay,…
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FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Announces Initiatives to Strengthen U.S. Partnership with Ghana and Promote Regional Security
The United States and Ghana enjoy a strong bilateral relationship based on deep historical, cultural, and economic ties, as well as shared democratic values. The United States and Ghana partner closely to solve common challenges, in West Africa and globally, and the United States is committed to strengthening that partnership. The Vice President’s travel to…
Dr. Rahul Gupta Statement on New Executive Orders to Counter Transnational Criminal Organizations and Illicit Drug Trafficking
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), released a statement on two Executive Orders signed by President Joe Biden to counter transnational criminal organizations and illicit drug trafficking. This will be done first, by formally establishing the U.S. Council on Transnational Organized Crime, bringing…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, September 20, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:10 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone — or good afternoon. Okay, two items for all of you at the top. Today, the Biden administration is launching House America, a new initiative for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness that…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, February 11, 2022
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:00 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Q Happy Friday. MS. PSAKI: Happy Friday. So, we are joined by our National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, today. He will give a brief update and then take some questions from all of you. And with that, I will turn it over to Jake. MR. SULLIVAN: Good…
United States-Japan Joint Leaders’ Statement
Global Partners for the Future Over the course of the last three years, the U.S.-Japan Alliance has reached unprecedented heights. We arrived at this historic moment because our nations, individually and together, took courageous steps to strengthen our collective capacity in ways that would have seemed impossible just a few years ago. Today, we, President…
Executive Order on Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I, JOSEPH…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Releases Strategy to Strengthen Health Security and Prepare for Biothreats
Today President Joe Biden will sign National Security Memorandum-15 (NSM-15) and launched the National Biodefense Strategy and Implementation Plan for Countering Biological Threats, Enhancing Pandemic Preparedness, and Achieving Global Health Security (the Strategy). As the President has said, there are no walls high enough or oceans wide enough to keep out biothreats and protect our…
G7 Clean Energy Economy Action Plan
We, the leaders of the G7, are acting and enhancing cooperation to address the climate crisis and accelerate the global clean energy transition to reach net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest. We reaffirm our unwavering commitment to the Paris Agreement. We recognize that public and private investment in the industries of…
REMARKS BY VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IN PRESS GAGGLE AFTER MEETING ON THE BUILD BACK BETTER AGENDA
Private ResidenceWashington, D.C. THE VICE PRESIDENT: Okay. Well, thanks, guys, for being here. I mean, you know, the reason I wanted to meet with Jamie and her family is it really is an American story. There are so many — we calculate about 8 million that are documented, but so many more families — mostly…
