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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…

Via Teleconference 11:18 A.M. EST MR. ZIENTS:  Thank you everybody for joining us today.  Today, we will get a state-of-the-pandemic update from Dr. Walensky, Dr. Fauci will highlight the latest science, and Dr. Nunez-Smith will discuss our focus on equity.  But first, I want to start by giving an overview of the President’s address to…

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 2:41 P.M. EST      MS. PSAKI:  Okay.  Well, happy Tuesday, everyone.  As you all know — just a couple of announcements for all of you at the top.  As you all know, the pandemic-induced global supply chain backlog has strained our transportation industry and created a critical shortage of truck drivers.       Almost two…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:06 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone. Q    Hello. MS. PSAKI:  Hello.  So joining us today is Ambassador Roberta Jacobson, Coordinator for the Southern Border.  Ambassador Jacobson was the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico from 2016 to 2018.  She previously served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Western…

Via Teleconference 11:04 A.M. EST ACTING ADMINISTRATOR SLAVITT:  Thank you for joining us for our White House COVID Response briefing.  I have a few important updates for you this morning, and then I will turn to Doctors Fauci and Walensky. First, on our efforts to mobilize the country to defeat COVID-19, and second, on our…

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…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:26 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Okay.  I have two items for all of you at the top. In Baltimore today, Secretary Becerra announced the Biden administration’s new federal Overdose Prevention Strategy, building on previous actions the administration has taken to address addiction and the overdose epidemic.  The…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:18 P.M. EDT       MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Okay.  It would not be a briefing without some special guests.  So I have some with me today. Today, President Biden is welcoming mayors, chiefs of police, a county commissioner, and a community violence intervention expert to the White House to talk…

1:06 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Good morning — or good afternoon. Happy Monday. Okay, one item for all of you at the top. The United States continues its tremendous efforts to donate COVID-19 vaccines from the U.S. global supply. Today, we can announce that we have over a million Johnson & Johnson vaccines…