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Via Teleconference 3:05 P.M. EST ACTING ADMINISTRATOR SLAVITT:  I’m starting today on a solemn note as we’re nearing 500,000 Americans who’ve lost their lives from COVID-19.  To mark this grim milestone, this evening, the President and First Lady, along with the Vice President and Second Gentleman, will hold a moment of silence in a ceremony…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:48 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Happy Tuesday.  So, I know the COVID briefing is at 1:30, so I’m going to try to get through as many people as possible between now and then.  I just have one item at the top.  After an update from our COVID-19 team…

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…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 11:31 A.M. EST MS. PSAKI:  Hi everyone.  Happy Monday and International Women’s Day.  We have some special guests. Today, on International Women’s Day, the President signed two executive orders.  The first establishes the White House Gender Policy Council to ensure that the Biden administration advances gender equity and equal…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:44 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Okay.  We have another member of the President’s Jobs Cabinet joining us today: Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm. Secretary Granholm is just the second woman to lead the Department of Energy, where she will help America achieve President Biden’s goal of net-zero carbon emissions…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:31 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI:  Today, we have two very special guests joining us who were just meeting with the President and Vice President, hence we delayed the briefing a few times today — I apologize for that — about the vital need to pass the American Rescue Plan. …

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:02 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  All right.  Well, we — today, we are fortunate to have joining us Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona, who was confirmed just two weeks ago.  A fellow Nutmegger — that means from Connecticut, for any of you who don’t know — he previously…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:14 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Good afternoon, everyone.  Okay.  I have two updates for you.  The first is one on Hurricane Ida, which is lengthy.  I’m just going to give you an advance, but hopefully we’ll share a number of helpful details with all of you. Today, as you just saw, the…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:47 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Okay, a couple of items for all of you at the top.   Yesterday, President Biden announced a historic trilateral security partnership with the United Kingdom and Australia, two of our closest allies, to ensure peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific. It demonstrates…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:12 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone. Q    Hi.  Good afternoon.  MS. PSAKI:  Good afternoon.  Okay, today we have joining us our NEC Director, Brian Deese, who is going to give some brief opening remarks.  He’ll take some questions, and then we’ll do a briefing from there. Take it away. MR. DEESE:  All right. …