James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:05 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everybody. Q Hi, Karine. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi, Peter. (Laughter.) You’re like that kid in the class. Q What kid? MS. JEAN-PIERRE: You’re like — I’m expecting an apple — like a nice, shiny red apple. Q Next briefing. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Okay. All…
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, October 18, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:15 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Good afternoon. Okay, I have a update for all of you on some of the President’s outreach and engagement as it relates to Build Back Better and his legislative agenda. He spent the weekend continuing his deep engagement on behalf of his economic growth…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, February 9, 2022
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:24 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Okay. A couple of items for you at the top. Today, the President is hosting a roundtable of CEOs of electric utilities from all over the country to discuss his economic growth plan for the middle class — the Build Back Better Agenda —…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, March 10, 2022
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:54 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Okay, I don’t want to disappoint you, but I have no toppers today. (Laughter.) Sorry to disappoint all of you. Darlene, would you like to kick us off? Q Yes, ma’am. Thank you. I wanted to follow up on your tweet…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Cecilia Rouse, March 4, 2022
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:58 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Okay, so we are thrilled to have a very special guest with us today on Jobs Day — a remarkable Jobs Day it is — Dr. Cecilia Rouse, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. Because we’re running a bit late, she…
Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council Meeting in Paris
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Thanks everyone for joining us. We’re going to just do a quick call to preview the Monday meeting of the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council. We’re just going to walk through what we’re expecting in the meeting and just some of the outcomes that will come out of it. We’re going to…
Remarks by President Biden on Fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic
4:29 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. Last week, I laid out what we need to do to beat the COVID-19 vi- — pandemic and the challenges posed by the Delta variant. This is a very different variant than what we’ve dealt with previously. It’s highly transmissible, and it’s causing a new wave of cases. …
Remarks by President Biden on Afghanistan
East Room 4:02 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. I want to speak today to the unfolding situation in Afghanistan: the developments that have taken place in the last week and the steps we’re taking to address the rapidly evolving events. My national security team and I have been closely monitoring the situation on the…
Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on the Biden-Harris Administration Immigration Policy
Via Teleconference (July 28, 2021) 4:01 P.M. EDT SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Thank you so much, Josh. Hello, everyone, and welcome. On behalf of the NSC, I’d like to welcome you to this call on migration strategy. I’m going to introduce our speakers in a second, but I just want to go over the ground rules. …
Memorandum on Redressing Our Nation’s and the Federal Government’s History of Discriminatory Housing Practices and Policies
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 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. Background and Policy. Diverse and inclusive communities strengthen our democracy. But our Nation’s history has been one of…