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James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:15 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Good afternoon. Okay, I have a update for all of you on some of the President’s outreach and engagement as it relates to Build Back Better and his legislative agenda. He spent the weekend continuing his deep engagement on behalf of his economic growth…

Via Teleconference  10:37 A.M. EDT MR. ZIENTS: Good morning, and thank you for joining us. Today, Dr. Walensky will provide an update on the state of the pandemic, Dr. Fauci will highlight the latest science, and Dr. Murthy will share an update on our efforts to strengthen confidence in the vaccines. First, I want to…

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…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 6:07 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Good evening, everyone.  I know you all have heard from General McKenzie today, as well as the President, but obviously I wanted to provide the opportunity to answer additional questions from all of you. Just one thing to note at the top: As a…

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…

Via Teleconference 11:03 A.M. EST MR. ZIENTS:  Good morning.  Thank you for joining us.  We got very good news over the weekend: The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for a third safe and effective vaccine, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which will help us defeat the pandemic. While we have much…

12:07 P.M. EST      MS. PSAKI:  Okay.  Today, we have a very special guest, Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas.  Secretary Mayorkas is the first Latino and immigrant confirmed to serve as Secretary of Homeland Security.  He has led a distinguished 30-year career as a law enforcement official and a nationally recognized lawyer in the private sector. …

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:07 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Okay, a couple of items for all of you at the top. As the country recovers from this once-in-a-century pandemic and economic crisis, the private businesses that make up our supply chains and get goods to businesses and the American people have struggled…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:11 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Good afternoon. Hi. Okay. Zeke, I know this is disappointing — I have nothing at the top for you, so let’s just get into whatever you all have questions about. (Laughter.) Q  Okay. Well, why don’t we start with testimony on Capitol Hill that’s…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room **Please see below for a correction, marked with an asterisk. 12:50 P.M. EST      MS. PSAKI:  Good afternoon.  We have another special visitor and guest with us here today.  The January jobs report, which we all saw came out this morning, is disappointing and underscores the need to act…