James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:44 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Q Hi, Jen. MS. PSAKI: Good after- — good morning. Good afternoon, good morning. Okay, a couple of items for you all at the top. Yesterday, the President laid out a once-in-a-century capital investment in America that will meet our current infrastructure…
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, July 22, 2021
12:41 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Happy Thursday. Okay, we have a special guest. Happy to welcome back Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. Today, she will be telling us about a new economic development initiative that the Department is launching, thanks to the American Rescue Plan. She’ll take a couple of questions. After that, as always,…
Remarks by President Biden in Address to a Joint Session of Congress
U.S. Capitol(April 28, 2021) **See correction below, marked by an asterisk. 9:06 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. Good to be back. And Mitch and Chuck will understand it’s good to be almost home, down the hall. Anyway, thank you all. Madam Speaker, Madam Vice President — (applause) — no President…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, April 27, 2021
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…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, April 14, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:37 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Okay. Happy Wednesday. It feels like it should be later than Wednesday in the week. I may be the only one who feels that way. Okay, a couple of items for you all at the top. Today, the Department of the Treasury announced the…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, May 21, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:02 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Happy Friday. Okay, I only have one item for you all at the top: a brief preview of the President’s schedule for next week. On Monday, he will visit FEMA headquarters in D.C. to receive a briefing on the Atlantic hurricane outlook and preparedness…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, May 11, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:13 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Good afternoon. We have three guests joining us today: Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, and Deputy Security of Energy David Turk. I — since Secretary Granholm and Mayorkas have been here before, I will skip their…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, February 16, 2021
12:17 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Happy Tuesday. All right. I have a couple of items for all of you at the top. A lot of you have asked — maybe not in this room, but in general: What’s next? What are we focused on next? And the answer is the President is going to continue…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Director of the National Economic Council Brian Deese, June 4, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:39 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Happy Friday. We have a special guest with us today, on Jobs Day — Brian Deese, our Director of the National Economic Council — who will give some brief remarks on the jobs numbers and take a few questions, and then we’ll…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, and Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Michael Regan, May 12, 2021
12:12 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. We have two more special guests for all of you today. Secretary Buttigieg has, of course, been here before, so we’re not going to give him a lengthy introduction. But Administer — Administrator Regan previously served as the Secretary of North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality. There, he…
