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12:49 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI:  Well, we have another very special guest today.  Today we are joined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, my former boss, Denis McDonough, who is working tirelessly to build and restore trust in the VA. As you all know, Secretary McDonough served as White House Chief of Staff in the Obama-Biden administration…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:27 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI:  Well, we are ending the week with a very special guest, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.  He’s our first repeat guest here — must be a lot going on in this world.  He’s going to give us a readout of the Quad meeting that…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:34 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Okay. We’re thrilled to have Secretary Mayorkas join us here today. He’s going to be making some brief comments providing you an update, and we’ll take as many questions as we can. I would just be mindful of your colleagues so we…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:36 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  We have another great guest today.  Joining us today is Secretary — our new Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Marcia Fudge, who was confirmed just last week.  We wasted no time.  As you all know, Secretary Fudge served as U.S. Representative for the…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:19 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Q    Hi, Jen. MS. PSAKI:  Hi.  Okay, sorry again for the brief delay.  I was — I know you were all interested in what our Secretary of State had to say. Just to note — and I know all of you have been following this quite…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:37 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Okay.  All right.  Just one update for all of you at the top. The President is always — is obviously quite focused on the American Jobs Plan that he just announced last week.  As you all know, he’s already had two bipartisan congressional meetings…

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…

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  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…

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…