From Day One, President Biden has delivered on his promise to be a President for all Americans. The Biden-Harris Administration has taken decisive action to improve the lives of Americans across the country—from rural communities and bustling cities, to coastal regions and the heartland, and in both red states and blue states. As part of…
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FACT SHEET: The President’s Budget Advances President Biden’s Unity Agenda
From Day One, President Biden has delivered on his promise to be a President for all Americans. The Biden-Harris Administration has taken decisive action to improve the lives of Americans across the country—from rural communities and bustling cities, to coastal regions and the heartland, and in both red states and blue states. As part of…
FACT SHEET: In First Year, President Biden’s Bipartisan PACT Act Delivers Care for Veterans in all 50 States and U.S. Territories and Advances Unity Agenda
One year ago today, President Biden signed the landmark bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act into law, enacting the most significant expansion of benefits and services for toxic exposed veterans in more than 30 years. Named in honor of Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson, a decorated…
A Proclamation on the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, 2023
Fifty years ago, the Congress passed one of the world’s most critical conservation laws — the Endangered Species Act. Ever since, the Endangered Species Act has prevented 99 percent of all fish, wildlife, and plants under its protection from going extinct. This law has safeguarded the incredible biodiversity across our Nation, supported the…
PCAST Releases Report on Supercharging Research: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Meet Global Challenges
Today, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a report that recommends new actions to help our nation responsibly harness the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to accelerate scientific discovery. This report comes in response to President Biden’s charge in his Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, Trustworthy Development and Use…
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Reduce Gun Violence and Make Our Communities Safer
Today, in Monterey Park, California, President Biden will announce an Executive Order with the goal of increasing the number of background checks conducted before firearm sales, moving the U.S. as close to universal background checks as possible without additional legislation. The Executive Order will also keep more guns out of dangerous hands by increasing the…
Executive Order on Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to reestablish the Federal Government as a leader in sustainability, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 101. Policy. The Federal Government faces broad exposure to the mounting risks and costs already…
Statement by Vice President Kamala Harris on the Launch of the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database
Every person in our nation has a right to be safe. And trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve is essential for public safety. Police misconduct undermines that trust—and threatens the right to equal justice under law. Today, President Joe Biden and I are establishing the first ever federal database to track…
Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Certain Companies of the People’s Republic of China
On November 12, 2020, by Executive Order 13959, the President declared a national emergency 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, foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted by the threat from securities investments that finance certain companies…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Secures Voluntary Commitments from Leading Artificial Intelligence Companies to Manage the Risks Posed by AI
Voluntary commitments – underscoring safety, security, and trust – mark a critical step toward developing responsible AI Biden-Harris Administration will continue to take decisive action by developing an Executive Order and pursuing bipartisan legislation to keep Americans safe Since taking office, President Biden, Vice President Harris, and the entire Biden-Harris Administration have moved with urgency…
