During National Adoption Month, let us celebrate families that create safe and supportive homes and families that are made whole through adoption, and let us continue working to ensure that every child has a loving family to call their own. I am committed to helping families pay for the costs of adopting a child,…
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A Proclamation on National Women’s Health Week, 2023
During National Women’s Health Week, our Nation recommits to improving the health and well-being of women and girls across America and encouraging them to make their health a priority. The White House officially observed its first National Women’s Health Week in 2010, the same year we passed the landmark Affordable Care Act. …
ONDCP Director Dr. Rahul Gupta Visits New York City to Meet with Leaders on the Front Lines of the Overdose Epidemic
NEW YORK, N.Y. – ONDCP Director Dr. Rahul Gupta traveled to New York City this week to meet with leaders working to stop the overdose epidemic, and joined Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh in expressing support for people on their recovery journeys. During the trip, which came as the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates National Recovery Month,…
White House Releases Fifth Open Government National Action Plan to Advance a More Inclusive, Responsive, and Accountable Government
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration released the U.S. Government’s Fifth Open Government National Action Plan to advance a more inclusive, responsive, and accountable government. The plan includes commitments to increase the public’s access to data to better advance equity, engage the public in the regulatory process, make government records more accessible to the public, and improve…
A Proclamation on National Child Abuse Prevention Month, 2022
Every child deserves to live in a safe and loving household; yet, for hundreds of thousands of children across our Nation, abuse and neglect are a tragic reality. During National Child Abuse Prevention Month, our country stands as one to condemn and combat child abuse in all of its forms — including physical, emotional, and…
Biden-Harris Administration Memorializes Transgender Day of Remembrance
Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, the Biden-Harris Administration mourns those we lost in the deadliest year on record for transgender Americans, as well as the countless other transgender people—disproportionately transgender women and girls of color—who face brutal violence, discrimination, and harassment. At least 46 transgender Americans were killed by acts of fatal violence to…
Statement by President Biden on Transgender Day of Remembrance
This year, at least 46 transgender individuals in this country—and hundreds more around the world—were killed in horrifying acts of violence. Each of these lives was precious. Each of them deserved freedom, justice, and joy. Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we mourn those we lost in the deadliest year on record for transgender Americans,…
Readout of White House Meeting with LGBTQI+ Leaders on Reproductive Justice and Civil Rights
Today, White House Gender Policy Council Director Jennifer Klein and White House Deputy Assistant to the President for Racial Justice and Equity Chiraag Bains convened a meeting with national LGBTQI+ leaders on protecting access to reproductive health care and protecting LGBTQI+ civil rights. Advocates discussed the importance of protecting access to abortion for the LGBTQI+…
Remarks by Vice President Harris at the 2022 Capital Pride Parade
Pennsylvania AvenueWashington, D.C. 6:09 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Happy Pride, everyone! (Applause.) Oh, what a glorious day. Listen, we have so much to celebrate, and we celebrate each other every day. We celebrate the progress we have made. And we celebrate the fact that we are in this to stand for what we stand…
Remarks by Vice President Harris at the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner
Walter E. Washington Convention CenterWashington, D.C. 7:48 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: HRC! (Applause.) It’s good to be back. It’s good to be back. (Applause.) Good evening, everyone. Good evening. Thank you, Kelley, for your powerful words and your powerful leadership, and for your lifetime of work fighting for civil and human rights. And, Becky, thank you. …
