ACTING ADMINISTRATOR SLAVITT: Good morning, and thank you for joining us. I’d like to begin this briefing where the President left off in his remarks on Monday afternoon. As he said, we are in a “life-and-death race” against the virus. We are facing an accelerating threat. And faced with an accelerating threat, this administration is […]
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Fact Sheet: The American Jobs Plan
March 31, 2021 – 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 […]
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Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials – video
March 29, 2021 – ACTING ADMINISTRATION SLAVITT: Good morning. Thank you for joining us. Today, I’m joined by Drs. Walensky and Fauci. The cases of COVID-19 are once again on the rise. Dr. Walensky will highlight the public health consequences and strong public health recommendations for the next few weeks. In the meantime, we are […]
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Biden Executive Order on Establishment of the White House Gender Policy Council
March 8, 2021 – By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. Advancing gender equity and equality is a matter of human rights, justice, and fairness. It is also a strategic imperative that reduces poverty and promotes economic growth, […]
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Biden-Harris Administration Increases Lending to Small Businesses in Need
February 22, 2021 – Small businesses account for 44 percent of U.S. GDP, create two-thirds of net new jobs, and employ nearly half of America’s workers. Now, millions of main street small businesses – especially Black- and Brown-owned small businesses – are struggling to make ends meet in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic […]
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President Biden Delivers Remarks on the State of the Economy & the Need for the American Rescue Plan (VIDEO)
February 5, 2021 – State Dining Room, The White House THE PRESIDENT: Thank you for your patience. We had a very good but long meeting with the chairpersons of the House of Representatives in the Oval, and it went a little longer, but it went very well. Thank you all for being here. I’m […]
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President Biden Outlines Steps to Reform Our Immigration System
February 2, 2021 – On January 20th, the Biden Harris Administration took the first steps in a broad, whole of government effort to finally reform our immigration system, including sending to Congress legislation that creates a pathway to citizenship for the nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants living in and contributing to our country. Today, the […]
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Remarks by President Biden at Signing of Executive Orders Strengthening Americans’ Access to Quality, Affordable Healthcare (VIDEO)
January 28, 2021 – Since we are socially distanced, I think I can take my mask off to make this very brief announcement. I know that you’ve been briefed by the healthcare team about what this is about. And there is an easy and quick way for us to describe this. It’s been a […]
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President Biden Delivers Remarks on the Fight to Contain the COVID-19 Pandemic (VIDEO)
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you for taking the time to be here. Good afternoon. I’m accompanied by Jeff Zients, who is heading up our whole COVID team. And today, what I’d like to do is to upgrade — update you on where we are. Tomorrow, we’re going to begin the briefings that are going to occur […]
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President Trump statements on Charlottesville at Infrastructure Discussion (video)
August 15, 2017 – President Trump answers questions after an announce on infrastructure.
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Fact Sheet: Actions in Response to Russian Malicious Cyber Activity and Harassment
Dec. 29, 2016 – Today, President Obama authorized a number of actions in response to the Russian government’s aggressive harassment of U.S. officials and cyber operations aimed at the U.S. election in 2016. Russia’s cyber activities were intended to influence the election, erode faith in U.S. democratic institutions, sow doubt about the integrity of our […]
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President Obama to Continue Global Leadership in Combatting Climate Change and Protecting Our Ocean by Creating the First Marine National Monument in the Atlantic Ocean
Sept. 15, 2016 – Today, President Obama will designate the first marine national monument in the Atlantic Ocean, protecting fragile deep-sea ecosystems off the coast of New England as the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. The new national monument – which encompasses pristine underwater mountains and canyons – will provide critical protections for important ecological […]
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President Obama’s Weekly Address: One of the most urgent challenges of our time is climate change (VIDEO)
WASHINGTON, DC, Aug. 13, 2016 – In this week’s address, President Obama discussed the progress we have made to combat global climate change. During the Obama Administration, we have made ambitious investments in clean energy and achieved reductions in carbon emissions – increasing wind power and solar power, and decreasing the amount of carbon pollution […]
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Fact Sheet: White House Council on Environmental Quality Releases Final Guidance on Considering Climate Change in Environmental Reviews
Aug. 3, 2016 – Building on President Obama’s unprecedented steps to address climate change, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) is today releasing final guidance for Federal agencies on how to consider the impacts of their actions on climate change in their National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews. Following years of engagement and […]