Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia 5:54 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Good afternoon. Sorry we’re a little late, but we had an opportunity to meet with leaders of the AAPI community downstairs, and it was heart wrenching to listen to them. As many of you know, we originally planned to hold a car rally to thank…
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Council of Economic Advisers Member Jared Bernstein, February 5, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room **Please see below for a correction, marked with an asterisk. 12:50 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Good afternoon. We have another special visitor and guest with us here today. The January jobs report, which we all saw came out this morning, is disappointing and underscores the need to act…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, July 6, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:04 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Happy Tuesday. Happy July Fourth week. Okay, a couple of updates for you all at the top here. After the President is briefed by his COVID-19 Response Team this afternoon, he will speak to the American people about the strong progress that…
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
Via Teleconference 11:04 A.M. EST ACTING ADMINISTRATOR SLAVITT: Thank you all for joining us. It was an eventful week at the White House and around the country. I want to take a moment to step back and remind people where we’ve come from and where we’re going. Over the past six weeks, we’ve seen the…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, July 22, 2021
12:41 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Happy Thursday. Okay, we have a special guest. Happy to welcome back Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. Today, she will be telling us about a new economic development initiative that the Department is launching, thanks to the American Rescue Plan. She’ll take a couple of questions. After that, as always,…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, February 11, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:43 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Good afternoon. I have quite a few things at the top, but then we will take plenty of questions. I wanted to take a moment, at the top of our briefing today, to note that on this day, 21 years ago,…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, July 14, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:43 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. All right. So I have a special guest with me today. Joining us in the briefing room is actress and multiplatinum recording singer/songwriter, Olivia Rodrigo, who traversed red lights and stop signs to see us. If you know her music, you’ll get…
Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Comprehensive Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gun Crime and Ensure Public Safety
President Biden believes that the surge in gun violence that has affected communities across the country over the last year and a half is unacceptable, and his Administration is moving decisively to act with a whole-of-government approach as we enter the summer months when cities typically experience a spike in violence. Today, the Biden-Harris Administration…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, January 20, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 7:06 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Good evening, everyone. Thank you for joining us on this historic day. It’s an honor to be here with all of you. When the President asked me to serve in this role, we talked about the importance of bringing truth and transparency back to the…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, February 9, 2021
12:47 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Happy Tuesday. A couple of things to just update you on, on the top. As we’ve discussed previously in this room, the President and the administration are making the case directly to the country about the need to pass the Rescue Plan so we can finish the job…
