11:52 A.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Good morning. Is it morning? Is it lunchtime? Thank you all for your flexibility. I know we moved the briefing up a little bit today. At 1:00 p.m., the President will deliver remarks on the administration’s response to the coup in Burma, which I think that guidance just went out,…
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, August 17, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:33 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. So, joining me today is our National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, who will provide an update on Afghanistan and then take some of your questions. And with that, I’ll turn it over to Jake. MR. SULLIVAN: Thank you, Jen. And hello, everybody. I’m going to start with just an update,…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, April 25, 2022
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:20 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Okay. There’s nothing happening in the world today, I hear — (laughter) — so this should be a quick one. I have a couple of items for you at the top, as usual. Over the past year, businesses have been dealing with…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:33 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everybody. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: As you all know, we are closely tracking Hurricane Ian, and the President has mobilized the full force of the United States government to support the people of Florida as they prepare for the storm. The…
Remarks by President Biden on the American Jobs Plan
Carpenters Pittsburgh Training CenterPittsburgh, Pennsylvania 4:38 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) (Inaudible) Mike asked me — and I said to Bobby, my good friend — he asked me back there — he said, “Do you ever get nervous?” And I — he said, “Because I got up this morning, made breakfast for my…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, June 3, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:56 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: All right. I have a couple of items for all of you at the top, and some charts. We love charts in here. In today’s encouraging report, initial claims for unemployment insurance fell to their lowest level and below 400,000 for the first time since the…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, and National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, January 27, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:31 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Good afternoon. President Biden is continuing to follow through on his key promise to take swift and bold action that addresses the climate crisis, building on his day-one actions of rejoining the Paris Agreement and strengthening our clean air and water protections and holding…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, June 28, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:41 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Happy Monday. Okay, just a couple of items for you at the top. As you all know, last week, the President and a bipartisan group of senators announced a historic infrastructure deal that would put Americans back to work with the biggest…
Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, April 19, 2022
Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Portsmouth, New Hampshire 1:16 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Welcome to our trip to New Hampshire. I highlighted a little bit of this yesterday, so I will keep this brief. But as a reminder, we are headed to Portsmouth. Portsmouth Harbor, which we are visiting, is the only deep-water harbor in…
Remarks by President Biden at a Virtual Event on Securing Critical Minerals for a Future Made in America
South Court Auditorium 3:50 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Tom. Tom Conway, you going to say hi to me? MR. CONWAY: Mr. President, how are you? THE PRESIDENT: I haven’t seen you in such a long time. MR. CONWAY: Oh, it’s been a while. You doing all right? THE PRESIDENT: Yeah,…