President Biden and Vice President Harris came into office determined to rebuild our economy from the middle out and the bottom up, not the top down—and that strategy is working. Even as they faced an immediate economic and public health crisis—with a raging pandemic, elevated unemployment, snarled supply chains, and hundreds of thousands of small…
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A Proclamation on Labor Day, 2022
American workers have built our communities, laid the foundation for our democracy, and powered the engine of our prosperity. From the factory hands who forged an Arsenal of Democracy and helped beat back fascism during World War II, to the immigrants who assembled the transcontinental railroad that connected America’s coasts, to the health care…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Hosts First-Ever White House Summit for Sustainable and Healthy Schools
President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda is providing unprecedented resources for K-12 schools to invest in healthier, more sustainable buildings and infrastructure—from removing lead pipes, to installing clean, reliable solar energy, to purchasing electric school buses. Schools across the country are putting these funds to use to cut harmful air pollution, including climate pollution, and…
Ambassador Susan E. Rice Remarks to Press on Executive Actions To Improve Care
As Prepared For Delivery: Thanks, Kelly [Scully]. I’m here today to discuss a historic Executive Order that President Biden will sign tomorrow to increase access to high-quality child care and long-term care, and to support family caregivers. The child care and long-term care systems in this country simply don’t work well. High-quality care is costly…
ICYMI: Experts Agree: Chips Manufacturing and National Security Bolstered by Childcare
This week Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo marked a major milestone in the implementation of the CHIPS and Science Act, part of President Biden’s Invest in America agenda which will help rebuild our manufacturing and supply chains here at home and strengthen our national security. The Commerce Department released the notice of funding opportunity laying out the guardrails…
Readout of White House Event on Inclusive Approaches to Education in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science
On Tuesday, December 5, the Biden-Harris Administration hosted an event convening roughly 60 teachers, advocates, officials, and other education leaders to discuss inclusive approaches to artificial intelligence (AI) education in computer science. The event, held during Computer Science Education Week—an annual week of celebration organized by the Computer Science Teachers Association— acknowledged the work of…
Readout: Office of National Cyber Director Hosts Roundtable on “The State of Cybersecurity in the Black Community”
In celebration of Black History Month, Acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden hosted a roundtable today at the White House entitled “The State of Cybersecurity in the Black Community.” Guests from the cybersecurity ecosystem, including non-profits, academia, the private sector, government, and community advocates, discussed access to good-paying jobs, growth of small, disadvantaged businesses, and…
Remarks by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Renewing American Economic Leadership at the Brookings Institution
AS DELIVERED I want to start by thanking all of you for indulging a National Security Advisor to discuss economics. As most of you know, Secretary Yellen gave an important speech just down the street last week on our economic policy with respect to China. Today I’d like to zoom out to our broader international…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Advances Cleaner Industrial Sector to Boost American Manufacturing and Cut Emissions
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced new actions to grow American competitiveness, expand manufacturing jobs, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector, which includes production of steel, aluminum, chemicals, and concrete, and currently contributes nearly one-quarter of U.S. emissions. These actions will boost the already historic comeback for American factories, with over 800,000 manufacturing jobs created…
Remarks by National Economic Advisor Lael Brainard on Place-Based Growth: Helping Communities Making a Comeback
At The Brookings InstitutionAs Prepared for Delivery Today I want to focus on an area this institution has been emphasizing for many years: place-based growth. When communities across the country thrive economically, so too does our overall economy. Economic growth takes root at the local level. From that basic reality comes an important insight: we…
