Search Results

12:52 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Okay.  Happy Wednesday.  I have a couple of notes for you at the top. Today, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge released a statement committing to do everything in HUD’s power to stop evictions for families with HUD assistance or families who rent in housing that is insured…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:14 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi everyone.  Happy Friday.  Okay, a couple of notes for you at the top. Today, the Biden-Harris administration took additional steps to provide stability and relief to homeowners who are still feeling the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. HUD, USDA, and the VA announced details to…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:27 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Happy Wednesday.  Don’t be distracted by Andrew’s fabulous seersucker suit over here.  (Laughter.) Okay, a couple of items for all of you at the top.  The President is running a little bit late too, so we’ll have a hard out at about…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:34 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Okay. We’re thrilled to have Secretary Mayorkas join us here today. He’s going to be making some brief comments providing you an update, and we’ll take as many questions as we can. I would just be mindful of your colleagues so we…

12:36 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI:  All right.  I will tell you masks are a little tricky with earrings on, so just bear with me here.  Okay. So, just have a couple of items at the top.  Okay.  Learned my lesson on earrings.  All right. Today, the President will deliver remarks to mark the 50 — mark 50 million…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:48 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Okay.  I have a couple of items of good news for the American people today to kick us off.  Today, the President will sign an extension of the Paycheck Protection Program, which passed both the House and Senate with wide bipartisan majorities.  Since the…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:38 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi everyone.  Happy Monday.  Today, we are joined by Homeland Security Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor Dr. Liz Sherwood-Randall and Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technologies Anne Neuberger.  I know you all know who they are, so I’m going to skip the…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:10 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Happy Monday.  I just have a couple of items for you at the top.  The “Help Is Here” tour continues today with the Vice President and Second Gentleman traveling to show how the American Rescue Plan provides help to put food on…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room  2:28 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Q    Hello. MS. PSAKI:  All right.  Happy Tuesday.  Okay, a couple of items for you at the top.  Today, President Biden is issuing an executive order requiring federal contractors to pay a $15 minimum wage to hundreds of thousands of their employees.  These workers are critical…

12:32 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI:  Happy Monday.  I just have a couple of things for all of you at the top.  First, over the weekend, the President’s Homeland Security Advisor, Dr. Liz Sherwood-Randall, convened a coordination call with the Acting FEMA Administrator and the Director of the National Weather Service on the storm system moving…