Dear Madam Speaker: (Dear Madam President:) Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency…
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FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Safer America Plan
President Biden knows what works to make our communities safer: investing in community policing and crime prevention. We need to fund police who walk the beat, know the neighborhood, are accountable to those they are sworn to serve, and build community trust and safety. We need to invest in mental health and substance use treatment…
Remarks By Vice President Harris In A Roundtable Discussion With Massachusetts State Legislators On Reproductive Rights
IBEW Local 103Boston, Massachusetts 1:07 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much, Rebecca. Thank you. Well, good afternoon, everyone. Governor, I appreciate the role — the national leadership that you have provided on this issue. Congresswoman Pressley, I’ve watched your work in the halls of Congress and throughout this beautiful state, and I…
United States and European Commission Joint Statement on Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework
The United States and the European Commission announce that they have agreed in principle on a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework, which will foster trans-Atlantic data flows and address the concerns raised by the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Schrems II decision of July 2020. The new Framework marks an unprecedented…
Readout of the December National Climate Task Force Meeting
Following COP26 and the President’s signing of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the National Task Force launches new Federal Sustainability Plan to lead by example across procurement and operations Today, National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy convened the National Climate Task Force with Cabinet members and senior leadership from across the Biden-Harris Administration. This meeting followed on…
The Release of the Equitable Data Working Group Report
“Our Nation deserves an ambitious whole-of-government equity agenda that matches the scale of the opportunities and challenges that we face.” On day one, President Biden laid out an equity agenda for the nation that declared equal opportunity to be the bedrock of American democracy. The federal government can be a significant driver of more equitable…
A Statement from Dr. Alondra Nelson in Recognition of Juneteenth
June 19th is not the day the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. It is the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas finally learned that the United States had abolished slavery. A more than two-year delay that compounded centuries of bondage with tragedy. Although Juneteenth has been celebrated in African American communities for generations,…
FACT SHEET: President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
“As a nation, we must require serious consequence and accountability for those who commit these crimes. And we must work to stop these crimes before they happen.” “Our plan centers on the key pillars of U.S. and global anti-trafficking efforts: prevention, protection, prosecution, and partnerships…There is a clear line that runs throughout our Administration’s work:…
Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia
Dear Madam Speaker: (Dear Madam President:) Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency…
Executive Order on Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans
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. Over 40 million foreign-born individuals live in the United States today. Millions more Americans have immigrants in their families or ancestry. New Americans and their children fuel our economy, working…
