James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:09 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Good afternoon. A couple of items for all of you at the top. Today marks one year since eight people — six of them women of Asian descent — were tragically killed by a gunman who attacked three Asian-run businesses. In the…
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Biden-Harris Administration Outlines Historic Progress on Environmental Justice in Report Submitted to Congress
Report Includes Formal Responses to Recommendations from First-Ever White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council, Details Actions Taken Across Federal Government to Implement Recommendations Today, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released a report submitted to Congress, outlining the historic steps the Biden-Harris Administration has taken to implement recommendations from the first-ever White House…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, April 12, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:23 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hello, everyone. Okay, happy Monday. I know we have a busy afternoon for all of you, so we will try to get through as many questions as we can possibly get through. I just have two items for you at the top. This morning, the White…
Fact Sheet: President Biden Reignites Cancer Moonshot to End Cancer as We Know It
Biden-Harris Administration Sets Goal of Reducing Cancer Death Rate by at least 50 Percent Over the Next 25 Years, and Improving the Experience of Living with and Surviving Cancer As Vice President, in 2016, Joe Biden launched the Cancer Moonshot with the mission to accelerate the rate of progress against cancer. The cancer and patient…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough, March 4, 2021
12:49 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Well, we have another very special guest today. Today we are joined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, my former boss, Denis McDonough, who is working tirelessly to build and restore trust in the VA. As you all know, Secretary McDonough served as White House Chief of Staff in the Obama-Biden administration…
Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan En Route Ramstein Air Base, Germany
Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Ramstein Air Base, Germany (September 7, 2023) 7:06 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi, everybody. Q Hi. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Okay. Well, thank you for joining us on our trip to New Delhi, India, where we’re going to be headed to the G20, as you all know. As you see to my…
Background Press Call by a Senior Administration Official on the U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit
Via Teleconference 3:04 P.M. EDT MODERATOR: Thank you. And thanks, everyone, for joining. So this call is on background. It is attributable to a “senior administration official.” And the contents of the call are embargoed until the end of the call. For your awareness and not for reporting, our speaker on the call today is…
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 and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, May 18, 2022
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:11 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everybody. Sorry we’re starting a little late. We had to finish for the President to complete his remarks, and that was a request that we got from WHCA, so we wanted to make sure we adhered to it. As you all know,…
Remarks by President Biden in a CNN Town Hall with Don Lemon
Mount St. Joseph UniversityCincinnati, Ohio (July 21, 2021) 8:01 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: How you doing, pal? Good to see you. MR. LEMON: Good to see you. THE PRESIDENT: Good to see you. MR. LEMON: How you been? THE PRESIDENT: Well. (Applause.) Thank you. (Laughter.) MR. LEMON: It’s good to see you. THE PRESIDENT: It’s good to be back. MR. LEMON: Yeah, you…
