East Room 3:03 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Mr. Secretary. (Applause.) Please, please be seated. Before I begin, any family of the people who just got sworn in here today? If you are, stand up. Congratulations to you all as well. Congratulations. Congratulations. It’s a good day, isn’t it? All right. You get to — and, by…
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CEQ Chair Brenda Mallory Marks One Year Since Creation of White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council
Today, White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chair Brenda Mallory marked the one-year anniversary of the creation of the first-ever White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council (WHEJAC) during a WHEJAC public meeting. The WHEJAC was established by President Biden’s Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad to fulfill his and…
FACT SHEET: The American Families Plan Advances Equity and Racial Justice
On his first day in office, President Biden signed an Executive Order directing the whole of the federal government to advance equity and racial justice. Today, the President announced a historic new set of investments to deliver on his vision of a more equitable America through the American Families Plan. The American Families Plan will…
Remarks by President Biden at South Carolina State University’s 2021 Fall Commencement Ceremony
South Carolina State UniversityOrangeburg, South Carolina 10:34 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Mr. President, distinguished faculty, I — I learned a long time ago that if you wanted to get anything done with Jim, you went to his wife. (Laughter.) All kidding aside, the story Jim tells is absolutely accurate. I had — I got what…
Remarks by President Biden at a Virtual Event on Securing Critical Minerals for a Future Made in America
South Court Auditorium 3:50 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Tom. Tom Conway, you going to say hi to me? MR. CONWAY: Mr. President, how are you? THE PRESIDENT: I haven’t seen you in such a long time. MR. CONWAY: Oh, it’s been a while. You doing all right? THE PRESIDENT: Yeah,…
Background Press Call on the U.S. and the European Commission’s Task Force to Reduce Europe’s Dependence on Russian Fossil Fuels
Via Teleconference 10:45 A.M. CET MODERATOR: Thanks so much for joining us, and I appreciate everyone’s flexibility. This call is going to be on background, attributable to “senior administration officials.” Not for your reporting but just for your knowledge, on this call we have [senior administration officials]. As we said in invite for this call,…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, February 16, 2021
12:17 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Happy Tuesday. All right. I have a couple of items for all of you at the top. A lot of you have asked — maybe not in this room, but in general: What’s next? What are we focused on next? And the answer is the President is going to continue…
Remarks by President Biden at Signing of H.R. 2471, “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022”
Indian Treaty RoomEisenhower Executive Office Building 2:30 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Please — please, sit down. Well, thank you, not only for being here but for what you did. I want to thank the — Vice President Harris and the congressional leaders who are here today. You know, in a moment,…
Background Press Call on President Biden’s New Executive Order to Bolster Efforts to Bring Home American Hostages and Wrongful Detainees
Via Teleconference(July 18, 2022) MODERATOR: Thank you. And thank you all for joining this evening’s NSC background call on President Biden’s new executive order to bolster efforts to bring home American hostages and wrongful detainees. As a reminder of the ground rules, this call is on background attributable to “senior administration officials” and embargoed until…
Remarks by President Biden at a Meeting with Latino Community Leaders to Discuss His Economic Agenda, Immigration Reform, and the Need to Protect the Sacred, Constitutional Right to Vote
State Dining Room 1:42 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Okay. Well, everybody, welcome. Today, I have the privilege of meeting with Latino leaders to discuss a bunch of key issues that affect the community; the progress we’re making against the pandemic; historic and economic recovery we’re under- — that’s undergoing — we’re undergoing; and immigration and…
