1:35 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Okay. All right. Just a few items at the top, and I have a bit of a hard out shortly after 2:00. I’m — I’ll be upstairs for people who have follow-up questions, but we’ll try to get to as many as possible. So, I just wanted to recap just…
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, August 5, 2022
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:18 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everybody. Q Hi. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Oh. Uh-oh, that doesn’t sound very good. Let’s see what we got today. Okay, let me first say: This is the People’s House. It should be a place all can see. We are saddened by the tragic…
Remarks by President Biden in State of the Union Address
U.S. CapitolWashington, D.C. (March 1, 2022) 9:08 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Madam Speaker, Madam Vice President, and our First Lady and Second Gentleman, members of Congress and the Cabinet, Justices of the Supreme Court, my fellow Americans: Last year, COVID-19 kept us apart. This year, we’re finally together again. Tonight — (applause) — tonight we…
FACT SHEET: The American Families Plan Advances Equity and Racial Justice
On his first day in office, President Biden signed an Executive Order directing the whole of the federal government to advance equity and racial justice. Today, the President announced a historic new set of investments to deliver on his vision of a more equitable America through the American Families Plan. The American Families Plan will…
Global COVID-19 Summit: Ending the Pandemic and Building Back Better
On September 22, 2021, President Biden convened a virtual Global COVID-19 Summit focused on ending the pandemic and building better health security to prevent and prepare for future biological threats. The President called on the world to collectively end the COVID-19 pandemic as soon as possible, with every country, partner, and organization doing its part,…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, November 15, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:51 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Okay. I just have one item for all of you at the top. Obviously, an exciting day here at the White House, but I also wanted to note that the President — which we announced, of course — but signed an executive…
Remarks by President Biden in Press Conference
East Room 4:02 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Hello, folks. Thanks for being here. Well, good afternoon, everyone. Tomorrow will mark one year since I took office. It’s been a year of challenges, but it’s also been a year of enormous progress. We went from 2 million people being vaccinated at the moment I was sworn…
Press Briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:23 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi. I know — I know it’s been a slow news day these last couple days, so I know you guys, you know, have not missed the briefing at all. But good afternoon, everybody. It’s good to see everyone. And welcome back to everyone who traveled…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby, August 2, 2022
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:42 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everybody. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So as the President spoke to yesterday, the United States undercoo- — undertook a counterterrorism operation in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday. At his direction, the U.S. intelligence targeted and killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda’s leader. We…
Press Briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:15 P.M. EST MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everybody. Q Good afternoon! (Laughter.) MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I’m like, “Geez, I’m all by myself up here.” (Laughter.) Okay. So, we have another special guest joining us today, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, who is here to highlight how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal will…