The continued spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global threat to our health and safety. COVID-19 has resulted in more than 733,000 deaths in the United States and more than 4,932,000 deaths worldwide. New variants of SARS-CoV-2 have also emerged globally, and variants that are more transmissible or cause…
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State of the Union 2024
President Biden’s State of the Union Address (The President presents his prepared remarks to Speaker Johnson.) Your bedtime reading. Tony! Thank you. Looking for Jill. Good evening. Good evening. If I were smart, I’d go home now. Mr. Speaker, Madam Vice President, members of Congress, my fellow Americans. In January 1941, Franklin Roosevelt came to…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby, February 8, 2024
1:36 P.M. EST MS. JEAN-PIERRE: It smells like a chimney — a fireplace. Good afternoon, everybody. Q Hello. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I just have really one quick thing at the top and then we’ll get going with all of your questions. So, as you all know, this afternoon, the President looks forward to seeing Leader Jeffries,…
On-the-Record Press Call by Senior Deputy Advisor Russ Travers and Ambassador Tracey Jacobson on Operation Allies Refuge
Via Teleconference (July 29, 2021) 10:01 A.M. EDT MS. HORNE: Good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us today. Today’s call will be on the record, and its contents will be embargoed until 5:00 a.m. Eastern Time tomorrow — that’s Friday, July 30th. Our speakers today are going to be Senior Deputy Homeland Security Advisor Russ Travers from…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:30 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Oh, I heard a “knock ‘em dead.” All right, everybody. Happy Thursday. Good afternoon. I have a few things at the top before I turn it over to the Admiral. As I was walking out here today, we saw news that Republican legislators in Tennessee were preparing…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Director of the Office of Public Engagement Stephen Benjamin
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:27 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hello. Welcome back, everybody. Okay. A couple of things. Good afternoon. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: This Saturday, our nation marked the six- — 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, a seminal moment in our history and in our work towards equal opportunity…
President Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards and Commissions
WASHINGTON – Today, President Biden announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to serve in key roles: J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board supervises the Fulbright Program and certain programs authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act and for the purpose of selecting students, scholars, teachers, trainees, and other…
Remarks by President Biden at a Meeting with Latino Community Leaders to Discuss His Economic Agenda, Immigration Reform, and the Need to Protect the Sacred, Constitutional Right to Vote
State Dining Room 1:42 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Okay. Well, everybody, welcome. Today, I have the privilege of meeting with Latino leaders to discuss a bunch of key issues that affect the community; the progress we’re making against the pandemic; historic and economic recovery we’re under- — that’s undergoing — we’re undergoing; and immigration and…
Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, April 19, 2022
Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Portsmouth, New Hampshire 1:16 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Welcome to our trip to New Hampshire. I highlighted a little bit of this yesterday, so I will keep this brief. But as a reminder, we are headed to Portsmouth. Portsmouth Harbor, which we are visiting, is the only deep-water harbor in…
Statement of President Joe Biden and Nominee for Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Saule Omarova
Statement by President Joe Biden I have accepted Saule Omarova’s request to withdraw her name from nomination for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. I nominated Saule because of her deep expertise in financial regulation and her long-standing, respected career in the private sector, the public sector, and as a leading academic in…
