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 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, 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…

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council Sameera Fazili, and Senior Director for International Economics and Competitiveness Peter Harrell, June 8, 2021

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:15 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Happy Tuesday.  So, we have two very special guests with us again today.  As you know, the Biden-Harris administration — I’m just going to let you all settle in here.  Okay.  All right.  Great.  Okay.  So, as you all know, today, the Biden-Harris administration…

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, January 29, 2021

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 10:02 AM MS. PSAKI:  Early morning briefing.  We’ll see how this goes; you guys can give feedback on the time of day.  Okay, I have several announcements for your today.  To begin, I know many of you and the American people are interested in the news coming from Johnson…

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, March 29, 2021

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:40 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Q    Hello.  MS. PSAKI:  Hello.  Okay, a couple of items for all of you at the top.  First, welcome Andrew Bates, our new deputy press secretary.  Anyone who covered the Biden campaign knows Andrew quite well.  And he just joined our team after being —…

Background Press Call By Senior Admin Officials On National Security Advisor Sullivan’s Upcoming Travel To The State Of Israel And The West Bank

Via Teleconference (December 20, 2021) 5:15 P.M. EST      MODERATOR:  Thanks a lot.  And, everyone, thank you for joining us today.  Apologies for the delay.  Again, this call is with a senior administration official.  It is about senior administration official travel to Israel and the West Bank. Today’s briefing will be on background, attributable to a “senior administration…

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, April 27, 2021

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room  2:28 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Q    Hello. MS. PSAKI:  All right.  Happy Tuesday.  Okay, a couple of items for you at the top.  Today, President Biden is issuing an executive order requiring federal contractors to pay a $15 minimum wage to hundreds of thousands of their employees.  These workers are critical…

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Cecilia Rouse, and Member of the Council of Economic Advisers Heather Boushey, March 24, 2021

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:33 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Okay.  As you may know and now you will know, today is Equal Pay Day.  And we have two special guests from the Council of Economic Advisers: Chair Cecilia Rouse and member Heather Boushey. Chair Cecilia Rouse recently served as the dean of the Princeton School…

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, March 30, 2021

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:48 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Okay.  I have a couple of items of good news for the American people today to kick us off.  Today, the President will sign an extension of the Paycheck Protection Program, which passed both the House and Senate with wide bipartisan majorities.  Since the…

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