Foreign Affairs

Readout of Vice President Kamala Harris's Meeting with Governor Baker, Massachusetts State Legislators, and Advocates on Repr

Today Vice President Kamala Harris convened state legislators and advocates in Boston, Massachusetts to discuss the fight to protect reproductive rights and freedoms. She was joined by Governor Charlie Baker (R-MA). The participants shared important steps that Governor Baker and Massachusetts state legislators have taken to protect reproductive health care, and they stressed the urgency of other states...

Updated: Fri Aug 05 2022

Remarks by President Biden on the July Jobs Report and Signing of Anti-Fraud Bills

Via Teleconference 1:14 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, good afternoon. Today, we received another outstanding jobs report: 528,000 jobs were added just last month to this country's employment. 528,000 jobs. We have now nearly doubled what we - we're almost to 10 million jobs - almost to 10 million jobs since I took office. And that's the... The post Remarks by President Biden on the July Jobs Report and Signing of Anti-Fraud Bills appeared first on The White House.

Updated: Fri Aug 05 2022

Remarks by Vice President Harris Before a Roundtable Discussion With Latina State Legislators

Vice President's Ceremonial OfficeEisenhower Executive Office Building 3:04 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, good afternoon. Good afternoon. I am very honored to greet and welcome these extraordinary leaders for an important discussion. There is a lot to talk about, but I can say that, among these leaders, we not only have folks who lead at... The post Remarks by Vice President Harris Before a Roundtable Discussion With Latina State Legislators appeared first on The White House.

Updated: Fri Aug 05 2022

Statement by President Joe Biden Marking Ten Years Since the Attack on the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin

When generations of Sikh-Americans in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, constructed their own place of worship after years of renting local halls, it was a sacred place of their own and a connection shared with the broader community. That sense of peace and belonging was shattered on the morning of August 5, 2012, when a white supremacist... The post Statement by President Joe Biden Marking Ten Years Since the Attack on the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin appeared first on The White House.

Updated: Fri Aug 05 2022

Statement from President Biden on the Inflation Reduction Act

Tonight, we've taken another critical step toward reducing inflation and the cost of living for America's families. The Inflation Reduction Act will help Americans save money on prescription drugs, health premiums, and much more. It will make our tax system more fair by making corporations pay a minimum tax. It will not raise taxes on...

Updated: Fri Aug 05 2022

AU - Conversation between Catherine Colonna and the President of the African Union Commission (04 Aug. 2022)

Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna spoke today by telephone with Moussa Faki, President of the African Union Commission. Coming just a week after President Macron's visit to Cameroon, Benin and Guinea-Bissau, this initial conversation covered the whole range of the partnership between France, Europe and Africa, and most specifically regional integration, food security, peace and security. A few months after the sixth European Union-African Union summit in Brussels and (...)

Updated: Thu Aug 04 2022

G7 Foreign Ministers' Statement on Preserving Peace and Stability Across the Taiwan Strait (03 Aug. 2022)

We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, reaffirm our shared commitment to maintaining the rules-based international order, peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and beyond. We are concerned by recent and announced threatening actions by the People's Republic of China (PRC), particularly live-fire exercises and economic coercion, which risk unnecessary (...)

Updated: Thu Aug 04 2022

Lebanon - France expresses its total solidarity with the Lebanese people two years after the Beirut port explosion (04 Aug. 2

Two years after the Beirut port explosion on August 4, 2020, France expresses its total solidarity with the Lebanese people. We stand with the victims' families and loved ones, whose memory we still cherish in Lebanon and France. Those responsible must be held accountable. The Lebanese judiciary must be able to conduct its work and conclude its investigation in a fully transparent manner that is free from any political interference. France has supported every stage of the investigations (...)

Updated: Thu Aug 04 2022

Letter on the Continuation Of The National Emergency With Respect To Export Control Regulations

Dear Madam Speaker: (Dear Madam President:) Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency...

Updated: Thu Aug 04 2022

Readout by NSC Spokesperson Adrienne Watson of National Security Advisor Sullivan's Call with Iranian-American Human Rights A

Today National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan spoke with Masih Alinejad and her husband Kambiz Foroohar following the arrest of an armed individual outside their home in New York. Alinejad is a leading American activist, journalist, and champion for human rights and women's equality in Iran. On behalf of President Biden, Mr. Sullivan expressed his profound concern over Alinejad's physical safety, and commended the work of law enforcement agencies for their actions...

Updated: Thu Aug 04 2022

Remarks By Vice President Harris In A Roundtable Discussion With Massachusetts State Legislators On Reproductive Rights

IBEW Local 103Boston, Massachusetts 1:07 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much, Rebecca. Thank you. Well, good afternoon, everyone. Governor, I appreciate the role - the national leadership that you have provided on this issue. Congresswoman Pressley, I've watched your work in the halls of Congress and throughout this beautiful state, and I...

Updated: Thu Aug 04 2022

Bills Signed: H.R. 1057, H.R. 1842, and H.R. 3359

On Wednesday, August 3, 2022, the President signed into law: H.R. 1057, the "Greatest Generation Commemorative Coin Act," which requires the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Thank you to Representatives Kaptur and Kinzinger, and Senators Rounds, Shaheen, and so many others...

Updated: Wed Aug 03 2022

Executive Order on Securing Access to Reproductive and Other Healthcare Services

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. On July 8, 2022, following a decision by the Supreme Court to overrule Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), I signed Executive Order 14076 (Protecting Access to...

Updated: Wed Aug 03 2022

FACT SHEET: PACT Act Delivers on President Biden's Promise to America's Veterans

Today, Congress answered President Biden's call to strengthen health care and benefits for America's veterans and their survivors by passing the bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act. The PACT Act is the most significant expansion of benefits and services for toxic exposed veterans in more than...

Updated: Wed Aug 03 2022

G7 Foreign Ministers' Statement on Energy Security (02 Aug. 2022)

We, the Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, are steadfast in our condemnation of Russia's brutal, unprovoked, unjustifiable, and illegal war of aggression against Ukraine. We condemn and will not recognise Russia's continued attempts to re-draw borders by force. This constitutes a blatant violation of international law, in particular a serious breach of the United (...)

Updated: Wed Aug 03 2022

Nominations Sent to the Senate

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Alvin Brown, of Florida, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 2026, vice Robert L. Sumwalt III, term expired. David Crane, of New Jersey, to be Under Secretary of Energy, vice Mark Wesley Menezes, resigned. Kathleen A. FitzGibbon,...

Updated: Wed Aug 03 2022

Nuclear issue - Q&A (03 Aug. 2022)

Q : Fu Cong, Director-General of the Chinese Foreign Ministry's Department of Arms Control, said in an interview with TASS published on Tuesday that Great Britain and France should be included in the nuclear arms reduction process and should refrain from developing and expanding their nuclear capabilities. Russia had already made a similar proposal. Can you outline France's current position on this issue and tell us whether Paris is prepared to engage in the process of nuclear disarmament and (...)

Updated: Wed Aug 03 2022

President Biden Announces Nineteenth Operation Fly Formula Mission

Biden Administration will facilitate air shipment of 4.3 million 8-ounce bottle equivalents of Danone's Aptamil Gold Plus Stage 1infant formula on August 8 and 11 Today, President Biden is announcing that his Administration is sourcing two flights, facilitated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), for Operation Fly Formula to transport Danone's...

Updated: Wed Aug 03 2022