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…
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, March 22, 2021
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…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, April 27, 2021
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…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, February 1, 2021
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…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, April 20, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:08 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Q Good afternoon. MS. PSAKI: Good afternoon. All right, Secretary Fudge would have been impressed with that response this morning. (Laughter.) We’re all awake. A couple of items for all of you before we get started. This afternoon, the President will take…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, May 21, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:02 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Happy Friday. Okay, I only have one item for you all at the top: a brief preview of the President’s schedule for next week. On Monday, he will visit FEMA headquarters in D.C. to receive a briefing on the Atlantic hurricane outlook and preparedness…
Statements of Administration Policy
S.J. Res. 57 – Congressional Disapproval of the Rule Submitted by the Department of theTreasury Relating to “Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds” (May 15, 2024) (1 Page(s), 138 KB) H.R. 7530 – D.C. CRIMES Act of 2024 (May 14, 2024) (1 Page(s), 124 KB) H.R. 8369 -Israel Security Assistance Support Act (May 14,…
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…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, and National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, January 27, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:31 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Good afternoon. President Biden is continuing to follow through on his key promise to take swift and bold action that addresses the climate crisis, building on his day-one actions of rejoining the Paris Agreement and strengthening our clean air and water protections and holding…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, February 23, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:05 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Okay. I have a few updates for all of you at the top. Today, President Biden will meet with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. President Biden’s first phone call, as you all know, was to — to a foreign leader was to the Prime…
