The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the United States economy into an economic crisis. Across the country, more than 10 million Americans are unemployed, 14 million renters are behind on payments, and 29 million adults – and at least 8 million children – are struggling with food insecurity. Because of pervasive systemic racism and inequality in…
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FACT SHEET: The American Jobs Plan
While the American Rescue Plan is changing the course of the pandemic and delivering relief for working families, this is no time to build back to the way things were. This is the moment to reimagine and rebuild a new economy. The American Jobs Plan is an investment in America that will create millions of…
Remarks By Vice President Harris At The House Democratic Caucus Annual Issues Conference
South Court AuditoriumEisenhower Executive Office Building 8:25 P.M. EST THE VICE PRESIDENT: Majority Whip Clyburn, you have touched me so with that introduction. I am so honored to be your friend. I am so honored to be around you whenever we are near, to hear your words, to hear your stories, to hear the lessons you…
Remarks by President Biden on the Economy
Cuyahoga Community CollegeCleveland, Ohio 2:23 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, all. Thank you. Thank you. Please, please, please, please sit down. Shilaah, thank you very much for sharing your story; it’s impressive. Dr. Johnson, everyone at Cuyahoga Community College, thank you for being here and having me here. And, by the way, to all…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, July 9, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:50 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Happy Friday. I have a couple of items for all of you at the top. First, we welcome the unanimous adoption today in the U.N. Security Council to extend the mandate for a critical humanitarian aid lifeline to Syria. This…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, January 10, 2022
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:13 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Okay, just one item for all of you at the top. And I just have a hard out at five of, but I think we can get around to everybody in the room. Today, the President spoke with the New York City mayor,…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, June 21, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:06 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi everyone. Good morning — or good afternoon. Okay. A couple of items for all of you at the top. Today, the Biden-Harris administration has launched Child Tax Credit Awareness Day to educate the public and encourage non-filers to sign up for the largest…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby
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…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, August 24, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:43 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Thank you for your patience today. Promise not to make it a habit. Two items for all of you at the top. As you all know, last month, the White House — we announced the President will be hosting a meeting — would be…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice, January 26, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:39 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Good afternoon. As part of our administration’s efforts to increase transparency and introduce all of you to the policy experts who are leading the President’s initiatives, we’re joined today by Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice, who will be talking about the racial equity…
