WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following nine individuals to serve in key roles: William Valdez, Nominee for Under Secretary for Management, Department of Homeland Security Erik Hooks, Nominee for Deputy Administrator for Federal Emergency Management Agency Lisa Gomez, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Employee Benefits Security, Department of…
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Remarks by President Biden on the Surfside Condo Collapse
St. Regis HotelSurfside, Florida 4:29 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, folks. Let me begin by saying that the degree of cooperation between local, state, and federal officials down here has been remarkable. I want to thank our FEMA Director for leading this national effort. But Governor DeSantis, Senators Rubio and Scott, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and…
Remarks by President Biden at Presentation of the Medal of Honor
2:09 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Please, be seated. Thank you. Good afternoon, and welcome to the East Room of the White House, decorated for the holiday season and to celebrate the gift of gratitude. It’s an appropriate backdrop for this ceremony, we believe, because our hearts are overflowing with gratitude today as we honor…
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…
Remarks by President Biden on Build Back Better and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal
NJ Transit Meadowlands Maintenance ComplexKearny, New Jersey 1:56 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Hello, New Jersey! (Applause.) Thank you, Lieutenant Commander Mikie Sherrill. Well, Governor Murphy, so many of the national challenges we’re confronting are areas where you’re already leading — and that’s not hyperbole — whether it’s making healthcare or preschool or college…
Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on New Actions to Increase Access to COVID-19 Treatments and Boost Patient and Provider Awareness
Via Teleconference 6:06 P.M. EDT MR. MUNOZ: Hi, everybody. Thank you for joining tonight our press call on the Biden administration’s efforts to increase access to COVID-19 treatments and boost patient and provider awareness. You all should have received a embargoed factsheet for 5:00 a.m. tomorrow in your inbox. If not, please email me. This…
REMARKS BY VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AT WOMEN-LED SMALL BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE
Providence Innovation CenterProvidence, Rhode Island THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Madam Secretary. And I just want to say to Rhode Island: Thank you for so many things, including the Secretary — Ms. Gina Raimondo — and your former governor. I worked with her before when she was governor. I am so excited to — doing…
Remarks by President Biden at a FEMA COVID-19 Vaccination Facility
NRG Stadium Houston, Texas 4:47 P.M. CST THE PRESIDENT: You’re all being very polite. You’ve been with me all day, and it’s dinner time. (Laughs.) Good afternoon — or almost. Actually, it’s evening. And I want to thank you, Governor and Mrs. Abbott, for your hospitality and your friendship. And Representative — Senator Cornyn, I…
Remarks by President Biden at Event with the CEOs of Johnson & Johnson and Merck
South Court Auditorium 3:43 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: I want to thank you both for those words. You know, you and I knew one another when I wasn’t a President and you weren’t a chairman. MR. FRAZIER: Right. (Laughs.) THE PRESIDENT: We’d ride back and forth on Amtrak. You lived in Philadelphia; I was commuting…
Background Press Call on President Biden’s New Executive Order to Bolster Efforts to Bring Home American Hostages and Wrongful Detainees
Via Teleconference(July 18, 2022) MODERATOR: Thank you. And thank you all for joining this evening’s NSC background call on President Biden’s new executive order to bolster efforts to bring home American hostages and wrongful detainees. As a reminder of the ground rules, this call is on background attributable to “senior administration officials” and embargoed until…
