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James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:57 P.M. EST   MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Good afternoon, everybody. Q    Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Okay.  So, this afternoon at Howard University, the President will thank — will thank staff, volunteers, and everyone who helped ensure everyone could make their voices heard in the midterm election. As you heard him say…

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…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:44 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone. Q    Hi, Jen. MS. PSAKI:  Good after- — good morning.  Good afternoon, good morning.  Okay, a couple of items for you all at the top.  Yesterday, the President laid out a once-in-a-century capital investment in America that will meet our current infrastructure…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:47 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Okay, a couple of items for all of you at the top.   Yesterday, President Biden announced a historic trilateral security partnership with the United Kingdom and Australia, two of our closest allies, to ensure peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific. It demonstrates…

11:40 A.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Hi, everybody.  Okay.  Good morning.  As you all know, we’re traveling to Lake Charles and New Orleans today as part of getting back — Getting America Back on Track Tour.  The President will deliver remarks in Lake Charles, where he will lay out the choice facing the American people: either…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:07 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  (Phone alarm rings.)  TJ has an alarm going off.  He’s excited about the briefing.  (Laughter.)  Hey, just a couple of things for you all at the top.  The President and his entire administration are continuing to engage closely with leaders on Capitol…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:32 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Q    Hi, good afternoon.  MS. PSAKI:  Good afternoon.  Okay.  We have another special guest joining us today: Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.  As you all know, this is Secretary Vilsack’s second turn at the Department of Agriculture, which he led in the Obama-Biden administration from 2009…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room  1:25 P.M. EDT MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Happy Monday. Q    Happy Monday. MS. PSAKI:  Okay.  Our special guest today is our Director of the National Economic Council, Brian Deese.  And he will be — as you may know, Brian was Senior Advisor to President Obama and previously served as Acting Director of…

12:47 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Happy Tuesday.  A couple of things to just update you on, on the top.  As we’ve discussed previously in this room, the President and the administration are making the case directly to the country about the need to pass the Rescue Plan so we can finish the job…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room   3:08 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Hello.  I know that was a long two minutes.  I apologize. Okay, let’s get started.  So, before we start the briefing, I want to take a moment to recognize the lives lost and forever changed in Buffalo. Former Buffalo Police Lieutenant…