One of our country’s most sacred obligations is to care for America’s veterans, their families, caregivers, and survivors. Last year, the President delivered on this commitment by signing the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 (PACT Act), the most significant bill in American history to address…
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FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Honors Our Nation’s Sacred Commitment to Veterans and Military Families
One of our country’s most sacred obligations is to care for America’s veterans, their families, caregivers, and survivors. Last year, the President delivered on this commitment by signing the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 (PACT Act), the most significant bill in American history to address…
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by First Lady Jill Biden at a Holiday Party for the USS Delaware
Groton, CT *** Thank you, Commander Low. I’m grateful to you and the entire leadership team for the warm welcome this evening. I also know that we have your amazing Senator here. He’s working every day in Washington for Connecticut’s military and veteran families. Dick– Joe and I are thankful for your partnership. And to…
A Proclamation on National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, 2022
In June of 1950, the United States answered the call to defend freedom abroad by joining the Republic of Korea in its fight against the communist regime in North Korea and eventually the People’s Republic of China. After 3 years of violent combat across the Korean peninsula, an armistice was signed by representatives of the…
Highlighting a Year of Progress: The Biden-Harris Cancer Cabinet Takes Action to End Cancer as We Know It
President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden reignited the Cancer Moonshot, a White House-led national effort to end cancer as we know it, with two ambitious but achievable goals: to cut the cancer death rate in half over 25 years, preventing more than four million cancer deaths by 2047, and to improve the experience of…
Bill Signed: S. 777
On Wednesday, June 14, 2023, the President signed into law: S. 777, the “Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2023” or the “Veterans’ COLA Act of 2023,” which provides for a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for veterans’ disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation beneficiaries equal to the Social Security COLA. Thank you to Senators Tester and Moran,…
Bills Signed: H.R. 5110, S. 112, S. 2795
On Friday, October 6, 2023, the President signed into law: H.R. 5110, the “Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act,” which clarifies that Federal funds may be used to provide certain weapons or training in the use of weapons within educational instruction or enrichment activities; S. 112, which improves the benefits that VA provides to certain veterans’ children…
FACT SHEET: As Part of President Biden’s Unity Agenda, White House Cancer Moonshot Announces New Actions and Commitments to End Cancer as We Know It
Today, President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will convene a meeting of the Cancer Cabinet to announce new actions federal agencies are taking to advance the mission of the White House Cancer Moonshot, as well as new commitments the Biden-Harris Administration has secured from non-governmental organizations and the private sector to deliver progress…
A Proclamation on World Suicide Prevention Day, 2023
On World Suicide Prevention Day, we hold all those affected by suicide close in our hearts — the Americans we have lost to this public health problem, the loved ones who mourn their heart-wrenching losses, and all the families and professionals working to support those in crisis. Though we recognize there is no single…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Releases Annual Agency Equity Action Plans to Further Advance Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government
Since Day One, the Biden-Harris Administration has championed an ambitious equity and racial justice agenda to ensure the full and fair participation of all communities in American life. Despite progress being made, entrenched disparities in our laws and public policies have often denied equal opportunity to historically underserved communities, including rural communities, Black, Latino, Asian American,…
