James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:06 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Q Hello. MS. PSAKI: Hello. So joining us today is Ambassador Roberta Jacobson, Coordinator for the Southern Border. Ambassador Jacobson was the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico from 2016 to 2018. She previously served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Western…
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, February 9, 2022
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:24 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Okay. A couple of items for you at the top. Today, the President is hosting a roundtable of CEOs of electric utilities from all over the country to discuss his economic growth plan for the middle class — the Build Back Better Agenda —…
Remarks by President Biden at a Campaign Reception | Boston, MA
The Westin Boston Seaport District HotelBoston, Massachusetts 2:02 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Hello. (Applause.) Hello, everybody. (Applause.) (Laughs.) Well, thank you, thank you. Please have a seat. Please have a seat. (Laughs.) God, it’s good to see you all. And, Jack, thank you, but I know the real movement in here is Eileen. (Laughter.) But…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, OMB Director Shalanda Young, and CEA Chair Cecilia Rouse
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:46 P.M. EST MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Okay, good afternoon, everybody. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Happy Friday. Q Happy Friday. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: We made it. Okay. So, joining us today are two critical members of the President’s economic team and Cabinet, CEA Chair Cecilia Rouse and OMB Director Shalanda Young. They need no…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Takes New Action to Conserve and Restore America’s Lands and Waters
President Establishes New National Monuments in Nevada and Texas; Directs Secretary of Commerce to Consider Expanding Protections for Pacific Remote Islands Which Would Reach Goal of Conserving 30% of U.S. Ocean by 2030 At the White House Conservation in Action Summit today, President Biden will announce major new actions to conserve and restore lands and…
Readout of President Biden’s Meeting with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. met yesterday with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico to reaffirm our strong ties with Mexico across a wide range of priorities, including economic cooperation, global challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic and climate crisis, migration and development, and security. The Presidents discussed progress since the September relaunch of…
Remarks by President Biden at the National League of Cities Congressional City Conference
Marriott MarquisWashington, D.C. 2:31 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, hello, hello. (Applause.) It’s great to be back with you all, in person this time. Please, sit down. Please, sit down — if you have a seat. (Laughs.) (Applause.) AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you, Mr. Biden! THE PRESIDENT: Mr. President, Mayor Vince Williams,…
White House Releases List of Actions Taken by the Biden-Harris Administration Since January 2021 to Address Addiction and the Overdose Epidemic
At a time when overdose deaths, driven primarily by illicitly manufactured synthetic drugs, have reached a record high, the Biden-Harris Administration took action through its first-year drug policy priorities to significantly expand access to evidence-based prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery support services, as well to reduce the supply of illicit drugs like fentanyl. To build…
President Biden Calls for Increased Funding to Address Addiction and the Overdose Epidemic
Budget calls for increased funding for evidence-based prevention, harm reduction, treatment, recovery, interdiction, and supply reduction approaches to save lives WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Biden released his FY 2023 budget request to Congress, which calls for a historic investment of $42.5 billion for National Drug Control Program agencies, a $3.2 billion increase over the…
FACT SHEET: Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment at the G7 Summit
At the 2023 G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, G7 leaders affirmed their commitment to identify new opportunities to scale the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII), President Biden and the G7’s flagship infrastructure initiative which has attracted major investors to better respond to the global demand for high quality infrastructure financing, in low- and…
