East Room 3:40 P.M. EST PRESIDENT BIDEN: Please, sit down. Thank you. Good afternoon. I’d like to start by thanking Chancellor Scholz for making this visit to Washington. We had an opportunity to have a very productive meeting. I think our staffs wondered whether we were going to let them in at all. …
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Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on the Biden-Harris Administration Immigration Policy
Via Teleconference (July 28, 2021) 4:01 P.M. EDT SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Thank you so much, Josh. Hello, everyone, and welcome. On behalf of the NSC, I’d like to welcome you to this call on migration strategy. I’m going to introduce our speakers in a second, but I just want to go over the ground rules. …
Remarks by Vice President Harris in a Moderated Conversation with Andrew Ross Sorkin at the New York Times 12th Annual Dealbook Summit | New York, NY
Lincoln Center for the Performing ArtsNew York, New York MR. SORKIN: The Vice President, everybody. (Applause.) The Vice President is with us this afternoon, and it could be — could not be a more timely time to speak with you. During her time in office, she has now visited 19 countries, met with more than…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, January 11, 2023
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:26 P.M. EST MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hey, hey! All right, good afternoon, everyone. Happy Monday. Okay. Q Monday? MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Monday? Wednesday? See! (Laughter.) That is how my week is going. Q Do you mean previous Monday or next Monday? (Laughter.) MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Ahh, whatever Monday you want is yours.…
Remarks by Vice President Harris in a Moderated Conversation with Maria Teresa Kumar and Jay Ellis During the National “Fight for Our Freedoms” College Tour
Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona 1:54 P.M. MST THE VICE PRESIDENT: NAU! (Laughs.) (Applause.) Oh, come, let’s sit down. (Laughs.) Good afternoon, everyone. It is so good to see everyone. Good afternoon. And to my friends, good afternoon. MS. KUMAR: Good afternoon. THE VICE PRESIDENT: But can we just get a shout out for President Maria,…
Remarks By President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at a Cinco De Mayo Reception
4:47 P.M. EDT THE FIRST LADY: Thank you. And welcome to the White House! (Applause.) AUDIENCE MEMBER: La Casa Blanca! (Laughter.) THE FIRST LADY: Yes! The Battle of Puebla, which Cinco de Mayo celebrates, lasted for only a single day. Defending the small town of central Mexico wasn’t a major strategic victory in the Franco-Mexican War. …
Remarks by President Biden at a Campaign Reception | New York, NY
The Pool LoungeNew York, New York 7:33 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Governor, you should go home. (Laughter.) GOVERNOR HOCHUL: I love listening to (inaudible). THE PRESIDENT: This is what we call a busman’s holiday for your governor. (Laughter.) And I want to thank you all very much. Blair, thank you. And — and, Roger, you guys, and Jon and…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia L. Fudge, March 18, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:36 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: We have another great guest today. Joining us today is Secretary — our new Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Marcia Fudge, who was confirmed just last week. We wasted no time. As you all know, Secretary Fudge served as U.S. Representative for the…
Remarks by President Biden at the Virtual Leaders Summit on Climate Session 2: Investing in Climate Solutions
East Room 10:50 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, hello again, everyone. Welcome back. As I mentioned this morning, meeting the moment on climate change must begin with a recognition that every nation has a responsibility and every nation is at risk. Hurricanes and wildfires don’t confine themselves to national borders. Instability and displacement in one country has…
A Proclamation on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
President Clinton’s designation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Proclamation 6920 of September 18, 1996, was a watershed moment for conservation in the United States. Proclamation 6920 represents the first time a President designated a national monument under the Antiquities Act to be managed by the Bureau of Land Management, signaling the dawn of the modern…
