Especially as the US faces the highly transmissible Omicron variant, it is critical to protect workers with vaccination requirements and testing protocols that are urgently needed. At a critical moment for the nation's health, the OSHA vaccination or testing rule ensures that employers are protecting their employees and the CMS health care vaccination requirement ensures...
We, the international partners committed to supporting Mali and its people in their efforts to achieve sustainable peace and stability and combat terrorism, firmly condemn the deployment of mercenary troops on Malian territory. This deployment can only further deteriorate the security situation in West Africa, lead to an aggravation of the Human Rights situation in Mali, threaten the Agreement for peace and reconciliation in Mali resulting from the Algiers process, and hamper the efforts of (...)
Calling the defense of democracy "the defining challenge of our time," on December 9-10, 2021, President Biden convened world leaders in the first-ever Summit for Democracy, a gathering that spurred dialogue and initiated concrete action toward global democratic renewal. The Summit brought together more than 275 participants, representing governments, multilateral institutions, activists, journalists, parliamentarians, human...
M. Clément Beaune, Minister of State for European Affairs, attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, is visiting Bulgaria today. The Minister of State will have a meeting with Mr Rumen Radev, President of Bulgaria, Mr Kiril Petkov, Prime Minister, and Ms Teodora Genchovska, Minister of Foreign Affairs. With his interlocutors, Clément Beaune will discuss the priorities of the French presidency of the Council of the European Union, which begins on 1 January 2022. Among other (...)
Q: What can you tell us about the Security Council's imposition of sanctions yesterday on the Central African national Ali Darassa? A: Following a proposal by France and with the sponsorship of the United States, India and the United Kingdom, on December 21 the Security Council adopted individual sanctions against Ali Darassa pursuant to the terms of Resolution 2588 (2021). The founder and head of the UPC armed group, one of the Central African Republic's most active armed groups, this (...)
Q: Alaa Abdel Fattah, a central figure in the Egyptian uprising of 2011, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment by a special court for "spreading false news". Two other activists were sentenced to four years in prison on the same charges. Do you believe this trial was fair and the rights of the defence were fully respected, two points on which you have said you remain "mindful"? A: We have noted with concern the heavy sentences handed down yesterday regarding the situations of Alaa (...)
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. Statutory Pay Systems. The rates of basic pay or salaries of the statutory pay systems (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 5302(1)), as adjusted under 5 U.S.C. 5303, are set...
Commerce, Treasury, and USDA Award Broadband Funding to Tribes Ahead of Historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Investments President Biden has set a clear goal of ensuring all Americans have access to reliable, affordable, and high-speed internet to learn, work, and participate in the 21st century economy. This includes Native Americans, many of whom lack sufficient access to...
Franck Riester, Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness, attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, met virtually on December 21 with Robert Habeck, the German Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. The ministers discussed the main challenges facing the EU's trade policy and the priorities of the French presidency of the Council of the European Union in that area, especially the implementation of the new European Commission strategy enacted (...)
France is deeply saddened by the devastation caused in the Philippines by Super Typhoon Rai (Odette), which has claimed hundreds of lives, displaced thousands of people and caused considerable damage to many areas of the Visayas and Mindanao. The French Embassy in the Philippines is fully mobilized, in coordination with the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs' crisis and support centre and the local authorities, to assist French nationals affected by the typhoon. France assures the (...)
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:38 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi everyone. Q Hello. MS. PSAKI: Okay. I know we've done - hello - a lot of news in your inboxes this morning, so a couple of other notes for all of you and for those of you who haven't caught up with everything quite yet. As you...
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan traveled to Israel and the West Bank December 21-22, and was joined in his meetings by U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides, Deputy Assistant to the President and Middle East and North Africa Coordinator Brett McGurk, and the State Department's Acting Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Yael Lempert. In...
Today, President Biden held a meeting with members of his Cabinet, National Economic Council Director Brian Deese, Port Envoy John Porcari, and private sector leaders to discuss progress that has been made over the last few months to lower costs for families by alleviating bottlenecks that are rooted in the global pandemic. Less than one...
South Court Auditorium Eisenhower Executive Office Building 10:48 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Hello, folks. How are you? I want to thank the business leaders for joining us today, as well as members of my Cabinet and the White House team. Before getting an update from my Supply Chain Task Force, I want to say a word about...
We received good news today in our fight against COVID-19. The Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization of the Pfizer antiviral pill, a promising new treatment option that will significantly reduce hospitalization and death as we battle the more transmissible Omicron variant. With today's action, we add the first-ever oral treatment to our...
It is in the public's interest to know if any of the four principals (President, Vice President, First Lady, and Second Gentleman) are considered to have been in close contact with a White House official who subsequently tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after that contact. The criteria for what is considered a "close contact" with the principals...
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (the "Act") (50 U.S.C. 4533), I hereby determine, pursuant to section 303(a)(5) of the Act, that: (1) Radiation-Hardened and Strategic Radiation-Hardened Microelectronics, their components,...
Via Teleconference (December 20, 2021) 5:15 P.M. EST MODERATOR: Thanks a lot. And, everyone, thank you for joining us today. Apologies for the delay. Again, this call is with a senior administration official. It is about senior administration official travel to Israel and the West Bank. Today's briefing will be on background, attributable to a "senior administration...
Via Teleconference (December 20, 2021) 6:13 P.M. EST MR. MUNOZ: Hey, everybody. Thanks for joining us on tonight's call on the President's remarks tomorrow on the country's fight against COVID-19, including new steps the administration is taking to help communities in need of assistance. In just a few minutes, we will send you guys an embargoed...
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE SUBJECT: Delegation of Authority Under Sections 110(c) and (d)(4) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby delegate...
Presidential DeterminationNo. 2022-07 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SUBJECT: Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended...
Presidential DeterminationNo. 2022-06 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE SUBJECT: Presidential Determination with Respect to the Efforts of Foreign Governments Regarding Trafficking in Persons Consistent with section 110 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107) (the "Act"), as amended, I hereby determine as follows: As provided for in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of...
Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Alabama and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms and flooding from October 6 to October 7, 2021. The President's action makes Federal funding available to affected individuals...
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:03 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi everyone. Happy Monday. Q Happy, happy. MS. PSAKI: Happy, happy. Okay. One note for all of you at the top. President Biden has nominated and the Senate has confirmed the most diverse class of federal judges in history at a rate not seen...
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:15 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Okay. You know how we love visual aids here, so we wanted to have a few for all of you. I don't have anything at the top. And they'll pull these up in a moment as we talk about COVID, which I assume we...
