Letter from Dr. Kevin O'Connor: President Biden SARS-CoV-2 Update
To view the letter from the Physician to the President, visit: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Update-7.30.pdf
Updated: Sat Jul 30 2022
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, July 29, 2022
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:55 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everybody. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: All right. Happy Friday, as well. Okay. So, the Inflation Reduction Act goes squarely at the - at many of the biggest costs Americans face, like energy and healthcare, giving families vital breathing room while building...
Updated: Sat Jul 30 2022
Remarks by Vice President Harris at the Democratic National Committee's 100 Days Out Grassroots Event
Democratic National Committee HeadquartersWashington, D.C. 2:07 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! (Applause.) Well, can we give it up for the first Second Gentlemen of the United States of America? (Applause.) But listen - let me just - I wanted to talk about my husband for a second. My husband - I love my...
Updated: Sat Jul 30 2022
Statement by President Joe Biden Marking the 57th Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid
Today is the 57th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid - two programs that have given millions of Americans the security and dignity of affordable health care coverage. Nearly 140 million Americans benefit from these programs, including millions of seniors, pregnant women, families, and people with disabilities. Republicans in Congress are proposing to put Medicare and Medicaid...
Updated: Sat Jul 30 2022
Bill Signed: S. 144
On Friday, July 29, 2022, the President signed into law: S. 144, the "Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center Access Improvement Act," which requires the Department of Health and Human Services to acquire private land to facilitate access to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center. Thank you to Senators Feinstein and Padilla, and Representatives Ruiz, Calvert,...
Updated: Fri Jul 29 2022
Ireland - Conversation between Mme Cathrine Colonna and her counterpart (29 Jul. 2022)
Mme Catherine Colonna, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, spoke to Mr Simon Coveney, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, today, Friday 29 July. The ministers welcomed the excellent relations between France and Ireland, in line with the Joint Plan of Action 2021-2025 adopted in August 2021 during the French President's visit to Ireland. They also signalled their commitment to our joint work at the United Nations Security Council, of which Ireland is currently a (...)
Updated: Fri Jul 29 2022
OSCE - France is participating in the Moscow Mechanism on Human Rights Violations in Russia (28 Jul. 2022)
In response to the alarming human rights situation in Russia, marked by the introduction of many restrictive and liberticidal measures in recent years, 38 OSCE participating States, including France, invoked the OSCE's Moscow Mechanism on 28 July. The Moscow Mechanism aims to investigate the allegations of serious violations of the commitments made by States within the framework of the OSCE and identify action to address them. Under this mechanism, a mission of independent experts will look (...)
Updated: Fri Jul 29 2022
President Biden Announces Key Nominees
WASHINGTON - Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve as key leaders in his administration: Kathleen A. FitzGibbon, Nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Niger Alan J. Patricof, Nominee for Member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation Juan Eduardo Sanchez, Nominee for Federal Co-Chairman...
Updated: Fri Jul 29 2022
President Biden Announces Three New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys, One to Serve as U.S. Marshal
President Biden is announcing three new nominees to serve as U.S. Attorneys across the country, as well as one new nominee to serve as U.S. Marshal. These are officials who will be indispensable to upholding the rule of law as top federal law enforcement officials. These individuals were chosen for their devotion to enforcing the...
Updated: Fri Jul 29 2022
President Biden Names Twenty-Fourth Round of Judicial Nominees
The President is announcing the nominations of eight new federal judicial nominees and his intent to nominate a ninth federal judicial nominee-all of whom are extraordinarily qualified, experienced, and devoted to the rule of law and our Constitution. These choices also continue to fulfill the President's promise to ensure that the nation's courts reflect the...
Updated: Fri Jul 29 2022
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Kentucky Disaster Declaration
Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and ordered Federal aid to supplement commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides beginning on July 26, 2022, and continuing. Federal funding is available to commonwealth and eligible local...
Updated: Fri Jul 29 2022
Readout of White House Meeting on Wildfire Prevention
Homeland Security Advisor Liz Sherwood-Randall and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm convened a meeting yesterday with CEOs from the American electricity sector and senior leaders from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Forest Service, the Department of the Interior, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Federal Aviation Administration to identify opportunities to further strengthen public-private cooperation to...
Updated: Fri Jul 29 2022
Statement by NSC Spokesperson on National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan's Meeting with Foreign Minister Massaoudou Hassoumi
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met today with H.E. Foreign Minister Massaoudou Hassoumi at the White House. Mr. Sullivan recognized Niger's continued commitment to democracy and rule of law and commended its counterterrorism leadership in West Africa. The National Security Advisor and Foreign Minister discussed the wide range of U.S.-Nigerien collaboration in the areas of...
Updated: Fri Jul 29 2022
Statement from CEA Chair Cecilia Rouse on PCE Inflation Data
The President's number one economic priority is tackling inflation, while maintaining a strong economy and labor market. Today's data show that inflation remains too high. The good news is that gas prices have declined since these data were collected in June. This week, Congress passed the CHIPS and Science bill – a much needed investment...
Updated: Fri Jul 29 2022
Statement from President Biden on House Passage of Assault Weapons Ban
When I signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act - the first significant piece of gun safety legislation in nearly 30 years - I said that there was still work to be done to keep our communities safe and keep dangerous firearms out of dangerous hands. When guns are the number one killer of children in...
Updated: Fri Jul 29 2022
World Day against Trafficking in Persons (30 July 2022) - Interview with Jean Claude Brunet, Ambassador-at-large on transnati
On the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, it is important to recall that France prioritizes combating this serious form of crime and human rights violation. Every year across the globe, this trafficking, this exploitation of more than 25 million victims by sexual exploitation or forced labour, generates more than $150 billion in criminal revenue. It represents a comprehensive security issue, fuelling corruption, irregular migration and terrorism. Is human trafficking a growing (...)
Updated: Fri Jul 29 2022
Background Press Call on President Biden's Call with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China
Via Teleconference 3:27 P.M. EDT SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Thank you. And thanks, everyone, for joining us today. So, as a reminder, this call is on background, attributable to a "senior administration official," and the contents of the call are embargoed until the end of the call. For your awareness and not for reporting, our speaker...
Updated: Thu Jul 28 2022
FACT SHEET: The Biden-Harris Administration Continues Efforts to Address Growing Wildfire Threat
Early season wildfires have already created a path of destruction across our country, with the total number of acres burned so far this year 72% above the 10-year average. Forecasters are predicting higher than normal fire potential for much of the West this year, in large part driven by the climate crisis which has exacerbated...
Updated: Thu Jul 28 2022
G7 Foreign Ministers' Statement on the executions by the military junta in Myanmar (28 Jul. 22)
We, the G7 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, strongly condemn the four executions by the military junta in Myanmar. These executions, the first in Myanmar in over thirty years, and the absence of fair trials show the junta's contempt for the unwavering democratic aspirations of the people of Myanmar. Those executed were prominent members of the democratic (...)
Updated: Thu Jul 28 2022
Message to the Congress on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Lebanon
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: 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 is to continue...
Updated: Thu Jul 28 2022
Nominations Sent to the Senate
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Almo J. Carter, of the District of Columbia, to be a Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission for a term of six years, vice J. Patricia Wilson Smoot, term expired. Jessica Looman, of Minnesota, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor, vice Cheryl Marie...
Updated: Thu Jul 28 2022
Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Lebanon
On August 1, 2007, by Executive Order 13441, the President declared a national emergency with respect to Lebanon pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the actions of certain persons...
Updated: Thu Jul 28 2022
Remarks by President Biden in Roundtable with CEOS on the Economy
South Court AuditoriumEisenhower Executive Office Building 2:38 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, folks. Can they hear me up on the stage there? Well, let me begin by saying I apologize for being a little late. There's a vote going on right now that I've a mild interest in. (Laughs.) And I apologize for keeping you...
Updated: Thu Jul 28 2022
Remarks by President Biden on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
State Dining Room 12:58 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. Yesterday, I spoke with both Senator Schumer and Manchin and offered my support for a historic agreement to fight inflation and lower costs for American families. It's called the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Some of you will see a lot of similarities between the beginning...
Updated: Thu Jul 28 2022
Remarks by Vice President Harris at an Economic Coalition Opportunity Event
Restoration PlazaBrooklyn, New York 3:15 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hello. Good afternoon. Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon. Please have a seat. Have a seat. Blondel, it has been so wonderful to be with you this afternoon. Where are you? I think he walked. (Laughter.) So I've just so thoroughly enjoyed this visit, and it's good to...
Updated: Thu Jul 28 2022