Via TeleconferenceOval Office 1:20 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT BIDEN: I’m going to make a brief opening statement about a current thing going on in the United States here, and that is the shooting down in Atlanta where eight people were killed and — seven women, six of Asian American background. And I was just, on the…
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FACT SHEET: The American Jobs Plan Will Produce, Preserve, and Retrofit More Than 2 Million Affordable Housing Units and Create Good-Paying Jobs
Even after the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of millions of Americans will struggle to access affordable, safe, energy efficient, and resilient housing. Across the country, 11 million families pay more than half their income on rent, 3 million families with children under six reside in homes with lead paint, thousands of working families are displaced every…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, July 9, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:50 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Happy Friday. I have a couple of items for all of you at the top. First, we welcome the unanimous adoption today in the U.N. Security Council to extend the mandate for a critical humanitarian aid lifeline to Syria. This…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice, January 26, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:39 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Good afternoon. As part of our administration’s efforts to increase transparency and introduce all of you to the policy experts who are leading the President’s initiatives, we’re joined today by Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice, who will be talking about the racial equity…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:44 P.M. EST MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Goodness. Q Thank you. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: A lot going on. Q I hope you answer my question because — MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Oh. Q — Afghan woman has expectation. Thank you so much. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Okay. Well, the — the outfit certainly stands out, my…
Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of my Administration to coordinate a whole-of-government approach to advance biotechnology and biomanufacturing towards innovative solutions in health, climate change, energy, food…
FACT SHEET: The Biden-Harris Administration Acts to Address the Growing Wildfire Threat
The National Interagency Fire Center forecast predicts above normal fire potential for much of the West, in large part driven by severe drought conditions that are impacting nearly ninety percent of the region. Since 2015, the United States has experienced, on average, roughly 100 more large wildfires every year than the year before – and…
Remarks by President Biden at the 40th Annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service
U.S. CapitolWashington, D.C. 12:39 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Sergeant. My name is Joe Biden. I am Jill Biden’s husband. (Laughter.) That’s how I’m better known. President Yoes, Auxiliary President Hennie, Auxiliary President Leamann [sic] and — excuse me, Lehmann — and a guy I’ve known for a long, long time, Jimmy Pasco, Executive Director: Thank…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm
3:06 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everybody. Okay. Today I would like to welcome Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm back to the Briefing Room. Secretary Granholm is here to talk about gas prices and Putin’s price hike, which you just heard the President talk about just about an hour ago. So we’re really glad…
Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jen Psaki
Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Cleveland, OH 12:39 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Sorry. Thanks for your patience — a little business happening on the early part of the flight. Okay, welcome to our trip to Cleveland. Today, the President will deliver a speech on the economy where he will make a clear case that his…
