Today, the Biden Administration is launching a whole-of-government initiative to deliver accessible and actionable information to individuals and communities that are being hit by flooding, drought, wildfires, extreme heat, coastal erosion, and other intensifying climate impacts. This effort will put authoritative and useful information into the hands of more Americans—from broadcast meteorologists sharing climate information…
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A Proclamation on National Child Abuse Prevention Month, 2022
Every child deserves to live in a safe and loving household; yet, for hundreds of thousands of children across our Nation, abuse and neglect are a tragic reality. During National Child Abuse Prevention Month, our country stands as one to condemn and combat child abuse in all of its forms — including physical, emotional, and…
Memorandum on Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended
Presidential DeterminationNo. 2022-11 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SUBJECT: Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (the…
Executive Order on Protecting Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services
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. Nearly 50 years ago, Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), articulated the United States Constitution’s protection of women’s fundamental right to make reproductive healthcare decisions. These deeply…
ICYMI: Dr. Gupta Op-Ed on Transforming Management of Opioid Use Disorder with Universal Treatment
Dr. Gupta: “MOUD is one of the most effective interventions available to address the overdose crisis. Increasing access to MOUD could help establish the foundation of an addiction-treatment infrastructure.” NEJM: Transforming Management of Opioid Use Disorder with Universal Treatment [Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, MBA, Rachel L. Levine, MD, Javier A. Cepeda, PhD, MPH, and David…
FACT SHEET: President Biden Establishes the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
Today, President Biden will sign an Executive Order establishing the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, and delivering on the President’s commitment to reinstate and reinvigorate this historic Initiative. Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) communities together constitute the fastest growing ethnic group in the United…
FACT SHEET: Biden Administration Announces Operational Plan for COVID-19 Vaccinations for Children Under 5
Driven by President Biden’s comprehensive COVID-19 strategy, including a historic vaccination program that has gotten 220 million Americans fully vaccinated, over 100 million people a booster shot, and made vaccines free, widely available and convenient—daily COVID-19 deaths are down 90 percent since he took office. COVID-19 vaccines remain the single-most important tool that we have…
Remarks by Vice President Harris at the Democratic Party of Georgia’s Spring Soiree
Flourish Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Hi! (Applause.) AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! Four more years! THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you, all. Thank you, all. Thank you. Thank you. You know. Thank you. Thank you, all. Thank you, all. Congresswoman, I want to thank you in front of all these…
Readout of the First Ocean Policy Committee Meeting
Today, the Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Brenda Mallory, and the President’s Science Advisor and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Dr. Eric Lander, convened the first Biden-Harris Administration meeting of the Ocean Policy Committee (OPC). The OPC is a Congressionally mandated, Secretary-level interagency…
President Biden Announces OSTP Leadership
WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced that Dr. Alondra Nelson will perform the duties of director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and Dr. Francis Collins will perform the duties of Science Advisor to the President and Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology until…
