The United States and European Union announced today the Global Methane Pledge, an initiative to reduce global methane emissions to be launched at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26) in November in Glasgow. President Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged countries at the U.S.-led Major Economies Forum on Energy and…
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Co-Chair of the Gender Policy Council and Chief of Staff to the First Lady Julissa Reynoso, and Co-Chair and Executive Director of the Gender Policy Council Jennifer Klein, March 8, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 11:31 A.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi everyone. Happy Monday and International Women’s Day. We have some special guests. Today, on International Women’s Day, the President signed two executive orders. The first establishes the White House Gender Policy Council to ensure that the Biden administration advances gender equity and equal…
National Security Memorandum on Improving Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Control Systems
Protection of our Nation’s critical infrastructure is a responsibility of the government at the Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial levels and of the owners and operators of that infrastructure. The cybersecurity threats posed to the systems that control and operate the critical infrastructure on which we all depend are among the most significant and…
A Record-Setting Holiday Season
Happy New Year! We are kicking off 2022 with a focus on three important supply chain topics. First, the U.S. goods movements supply chain ended a record-breaking year with a record-breaking holiday shopping season. Data from Mastercard indicate holiday sales rose 8.5 percent compared to 2020 and 10.7 percent compared to pre-pandemic 2019. Consumers also…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, February 1, 2022
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:27 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: All right. Kristen, welcome back. Q Thank you, Jen. I appreciate it. MS. PSAKI: Okay. We missed you. A couple of items for you all at the top. I know there was some good questions yesterday about the status of the infrastructure law implementation,…
FACT SHEET: Securing America’s Critical Supply Chains
Today President Biden will sign an Executive Order to help create more resilient and secure supply chains for critical and essential goods. In recent years, American households, workers, and companies have increasingly felt the strain of shortages of essential products—from medicine to food to computer chips. Last year’s shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) for…
Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
Jill and I are proud to recognize the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia — the anniversary of the day in 1990 when the World Health Organization took the long overdue step of declassifying ‘homosexuality’ as a mental disorder. So much has changed for the LGBTQI+ community since that day — not only in…
Remarks by Vice President Harris at the South Carolina Democratic Party Blue Palmetto Dinner
Columbia Metropolitan Convention CenterColumbia, South Carolina 7:55 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hello. (Applause.) Good afternoon. Good — or good evening. Good evening. Good evening, South Carolina. Good evening. Can we please here it for Jaleel Johnson? (Applause.) I am so, so proud of him. I know we all are. When I see Jaleel and I see…
Remarks of Dr. Alondra Nelson at the AI Risk Management Framework Workshop Hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
As Prepared for Delivery in Washington, D.C. Thank you, Elham [Tabassi], for that warm introduction. And thank you to NIST, and its home agency, the Commerce Department — where we at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, OSTP, have great partners in Secretary Raimondo and Deputy Secretary Graves. So thank you very…
Readout of the White House Convening on Expanding Federal EV Infrastructure
Today, White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chair Brenda Mallory and General Services Administration (GSA) Acting Administrator Katy Kale, along with Federal Chief Sustainability Officer Andrew Mayock, senior staff of the White House Climate Policy Office, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) held a virtual convening with senior representatives of electric vehicle…
