Thank you, Jessica Fulton and Paul Thornell for your leadership. I’d like to congratulate my friend and former colleague Dr. Lisa Cook on receiving the Louis E. Martin award last night. We know from both evidence and theory that opportunity, inclusion, and growth go hand in hand. As I have noted previously, “when there are…
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Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by First Lady Jill Biden at a Roundtable with National Guard Families and State Adjutants General
Roosevelt Room, The White House Good morning and welcome to the White House! As some of you may know, the Bidens are a military family. When he was seventeen, my father served as a signalman in World War II. And our son, Beau, served for a year in Iraq as a member of the Delaware…
Readout of White House Roundtable on Clean Bus Manufacturing
On Wednesday, February 7th, the White House and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), in coordination with the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), convened a roundtable discussion focused on ensuring adequate U.S. manufacturing capacity to build clean transit buses at the scale and pace needed to meet market demand and achieve national climate and equity goals.…
In 2023, President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Delivered Results for American Families
By Natalie Quillian, Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff During his first two years in office President Biden worked with Congressional Democrats to pass historic laws that form the basis of his Investing in America agenda — a key pillar of Bidenomics. The American Rescue Plan, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS…
Readout of White House State Legislative Convening on Maternal Health
Today, as part of Black Maternal Health Week, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Senior Advisor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, Ambassador Susan Rice, Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor, and Jennifer Klein, Assistant to the President and Director of the Gender Policy Council, convened state legislators from…
Readout of Investing in America Cabinet Meeting
Today, Chief of Staff Jeff Zients hosted an Investing in America Cabinet meeting. During the meeting, President Biden stopped by to thank members of his Cabinet and his Administration for implementing his historic economic agenda and delivering for hardworking families – including the Inflation Reduction Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,…
Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Reforms to Modernize Environmental Reviews, Accelerate America’s Clean Energy Future, Simplify the Process to Rebuild our Nation’s Infrastructure, and Strengthen Public Engagement
Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation Rule implements new permitting efficiencies included in the Fiscal Responsibility Act; includes additional reforms to improve federal permitting processes WASHINGTON — As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s all-of-government effort to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of federal permitting processes, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) today finalized a rule…
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden
First Lady Jill Biden: community college educator, military mother & grandmother, and wife of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
White House Releases State Dinner Guest List
This evening, the President and the First Lady of the United States will host His Excellency Kishida Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan & Mrs. Kishida Yuko for a State Dinner. The following is a complete list of expected guests: THE PRESIDENT AND DR. BIDEN HIS EXCELLENCY KISHIDA FUMIO, PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN & MRS. KISHIDA…
Every Day as Women’s History Day: Advancing Women’s Equality in the Biden-Harris Administration
By Emma Turner (she/her) In honor of Women’s History Month, Emma Turner, Staff Assistant for Economic Agency Personnel in the Presidential Personnel Office, spoke with Natalie Madeira Cofield, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Women’s Business Ownership at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and Wendy Chun-Hoon, Director of the Women’s Bureau at the U.S.…