At The Brookings InstitutionAs Prepared for Delivery Today I want to focus on an area this institution has been emphasizing for many years: place-based growth. When communities across the country thrive economically, so too does our overall economy. Economic growth takes root at the local level. From that basic reality comes an important insight: we…
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Remarks by President Biden at the White House Tribal Nations Summit
Department of the InteriorWashington, D.C. 2:11 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Hello, hello, hello. Thank you, Assistant Secretary Newland, for that introduction. Please be seated. (Laughter.) And thanks for — thanks for all the Tribal leaders here. I want to say how much I appreciate your efforts for being here. You know, we’re grateful that you…
Remarks by President Biden and Vice President Harris at the National Governors Association Winter Meeting
East Room 11:34 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Please sit — sit down. (Applause.) I told Governor Murphy once, every time I hear “the President of the United States,” I look around and say, “Where the hell is he?” (Laughter.) Anyway, it’s great to see you all. Sorry to keep you waiting. Look, I think we…
A White House call for real-time, standardized, and transparent power outage data
By Denice Ross, U.S. Chief Data Scientist, OSTP Tom Wilson, Assistant Director for Electricity, OSTP Chris Irwin, Program Manager in the Office of Electricity, DOE Our society increasingly depends on electricity, but more frequent extreme weather events are disrupting Americans’ access to power, especially in underserved communities. We need robust, comprehensive, and transparent power outage…
Neera Tanden Remarks to American Association of Community Colleges’ Workforce Development Institute
As Prepared For Delivery: Thank you so much, Jen [Worth], for the kind introduction. I am so grateful to you and your team at the American Association of Community Colleges for everything you’re doing to ensure that we’re preparing young people for the future and workers for in-demand, good-paying, high-quality jobs. Community colleges play a…
FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Accelerates Progress Toward the Goal of Ending Cancer as We Know It
Cancer touches nearly every American family. Despite progress in preventing, screening for, and treating cancer, it remains the second leading cause of death in the United States, claiming more than 600,000 American lives each year. In February 2022, President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden reignited the Cancer Moonshot, setting ambitious, achievable goals: to…
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs to Drive Clean Manufacturing and Jobs
Investing in American Infrastructure and Manufacturing is a key part of Bidenomics and the President’s Investing in America agenda Today, President Biden and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm are announcing seven regional clean hydrogen hubs that were selected to receive $7 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to accelerate the domestic market for low-cost, clean hydrogen.…
Background Press Call Previewing President Biden’s Trip to North Africa and Asia
Via Teleconference 3:09 P.M. EST MODERATOR: Great. Thank you, everyone, for joining. As a reminder, this call is on background. It’s attributable to senior administration officials. And the contents of the call are embargoed until the call ends. We wanted to take an opportunity to give you guys some thoughts on the coming travel and then also…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:31 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: All right. Good afternoon, everybody. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: It’s about 1:30. Right on time for all of you. (Laughs.) Oh, boy. Happy Monday. Okay. Today, President Biden released a statement welcoming Finland as NATO’s 31st Ally. This is a historic day for…
Remarks by President Biden on Progress to Lower Prescription Drug Costs
National Institutes of HealthBethesda, Maryland 3:26 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you, David. And this has been a fight that I just started the other day when I was a 37-year-old senator. (Laughs.) This has been an ongoing fight not just on my part but on the part of an awful lot of people.…
