James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:37 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everyone. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Happy Monday. I do have a couple things at the top. So, today we mark seven years since the tragic Pulse nightclub shooting. In the middle of Pride Month in 2016, our nation suffered what was…
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, October 14, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:42 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. All right. Hello. Hello. Okay, just a couple of items for you at the top. Today we learned that last week’s initial unemployment claims fell to another pre-pandemic low, down below 300,000 for the first time in almost 20 months. The four-week average similarly…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger, and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics and Deputy NEC Director Daleep Singh, February 18, 2022
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:43 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Happy Friday. Okay, so we have two special guests with us today. Joining us are Deputy National Security Advisors Anne Neuberger and Daleep Singh. By way of a quick introduction, Anne is Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology. Previously,…
Remarks by President Biden on the COVID-19 Response and the State of Vaccinations
South Court Auditorium 1:45 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everyone. Back in December, I set a goal of administering 100 million shots — vaccine shots in my first 100 days in office. At the time, some told us that it couldn’t be done, it was awfully ambitious. But we did it in 58 days…
On-the-Record Press Call by Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Dr. Eric Lander and NSC Director for Global Health Security and Biodefense Dr. Beth Cameron on American Pandemic Preparedness
Via Teleconference 11:31 A.M. EDT MS. RAYMOND: Good morning, everyone. And thank you so much, Brad. To all our participants, thank you for joining us for this embargoed briefing today. We will be providing an overview of the American Pandemic Preparedness Plan, also entitled “Transforming our Capabilities,” which will advance the…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, January 13, 2022
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:18 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Okay, we have another special guest today, our National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, who will give us some brief opening comments. We’ll take some questions, and then we’ll proceed with a briefing from there. With that, I will turn it over to…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 4:11 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hello. Hi, everybody. Good afternoon. It is just me today. Sorry to disappoint. Q Aww — MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Oh, no! (Laughs.) Q Nobody is disappointed. (Laughter.) MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Okay, a couple of — I do have a couple of toppers, so bear with me…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, May 5, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:32 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Q Hi, good afternoon. MS. PSAKI: Good afternoon. Okay. We have another special guest joining us today: Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. As you all know, this is Secretary Vilsack’s second turn at the Department of Agriculture, which he led in the Obama-Biden administration from 2009…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, October 4, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:38 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Okay. Happy Monday. Two items for all of you at the top. We’re seeing strong movement and early action toward vaccine requirements across industries and, importantly, in the airlines industry. United Airlines was notably first to institute a requirement and, within 53…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, April 6, 2022
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:15 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Okay. Okay, a couple of items for you at the top. On his first day in office, President Biden directed the Department of Education to pause federal student loan repayments through September of that year. He has since extended it twice, today being the…
