James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:07 P.M. EST MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everybody. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Okay. Tomorrow, President Biden will travel to areas impacted by the recent extreme weather in California. Stops include the Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties, where storms have caused severe floods and landslides. During these stops,…
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard, and NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:33 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everyone. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I wanted to start with a word about the horrific news out of Lewiston, Maine, last night, where we saw another tragic shooting that has taken at least 18 lives, injured many others, and left countless…
Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials Previewing the Visit of President Duque of Colombia
Via Teleconference (March 9, 2022) 6:03 P.M. EST MODERATOR: Thank you, Grace. And, everyone, thank you for joining us this evening for today’s background call previewing President Duque’s visit to the White House. Today’s briefing is on background and attributable to “senior administration officials.” The briefing is embargoed until tomorrow morning, Thursday, March…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, August 31, 2022
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:02 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everybody. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I have a few things at the top for everybody. Okay, so I wanted to provide you an update on our efforts to support the people of Jackson and the state of Mississippi. The President spoke…
Remarks by President Biden in Press Conference
East Room 4:02 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Hello, folks. Thanks for being here. Well, good afternoon, everyone. Tomorrow will mark one year since I took office. It’s been a year of challenges, but it’s also been a year of enormous progress. We went from 2 million people being vaccinated at the moment I was sworn…
Remarks by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence Global Emerging Technology Summit
Remarks as delivered: In his address to the Joint Session of Congress in April, President Biden argued that the question of our time is whether democracy rather than autocracy is best poised to deliver for its citizens and to meet the major challenges of our time. And President Biden believes deeply, fundamentally, that making technology…
Remarks by President Biden in Roundtable with CEOS on the Economy
South Court AuditoriumEisenhower Executive Office Building 2:38 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, folks. Can they hear me up on the stage there? Well, let me begin by saying I apologize for being a little late. There’s a vote going on right now that I’ve a mild interest in. (Laughs.) And I apologize for keeping you…
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
Via Teleconference 3:03 P.M. EDT MR. ZIENTS: Good afternoon. And thanks for joining us. Today, Dr. Walensky will share the latest on the state of the pandemic and the BA.2 variant, Dr. Fauci will then discuss NIH’s critical role in the research development of COVID therapeutics, and Secretary Becerra and I will discuss the…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:37 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I’m going to get the day right. Happy Tuesday. And for those of you who are jetlagged, I feel your pain. Okay, let’s get going. The President and Speaker McCarthy had a productive meeting yesterday about the need to prevent a default and avoid a catastrophi- —…
Remarks by President Biden in Virtual Call for the Jewish High Holidays
Via Teleconference 2:03 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much. I should start off with a bit of an apology. When I was Vice President, for eight years I had a celebration at my home — my temporary home of the Vice President’s Residence — and I had planned on doing that here at…
