FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Takes New Action to Conserve and Restore America’s Lands and Waters

FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Takes New Action to Conserve and Restore America’s Lands and Waters

President Establishes New National Monuments in Nevada and Texas; Directs Secretary of Commerce to Consider Expanding Protections for Pacific Remote Islands Which Would Reach Goal of Conserving 30% of U.S. Ocean by 2030 At the White House Conservation in Action Summit today, President Biden will announce major new actions to conserve and restore lands and waters across the nation, including by establishing Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in Nevada and Castner Range National Monument in Texas. The President will also direct the Secretary of Commerce to consider exercising her authority to protect all U.S. waters around the Pacific Remote Islands.…
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FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Takes New Action to Conserve and Restore America’s Lands and Waters

FACT SHEET: President Biden Designates Avi Kwa Ame National Monument

Nevada Landscape Is Sacred to Indigenous Peoples, Protects One of World’s Largest Joshua Tree Forests and Connects Wildlife Habitat As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to protect historically and scientifically important sites, honor culturally significant areas, and conserve and restore our country’s treasured outdoor spaces, today President Biden will sign a proclamation establishing the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument. This designation will honor Tribal Nations and Indigenous peoples by protecting this sacred Nevada landscape and its historically and scientifically important features, while conserving our public lands and growing America’s outdoor recreation economy. Avi Kwa Ame is considered to be…
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FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Takes New Action to Conserve and Restore America’s Lands and Waters

FACT SHEET: President Biden Designates Castner Range National Monument

As part of the Biden-Harris Administration‘s commitment to protect, conserve, and restore our country’s iconic lands and historic sites for the benefit of future generations, today President Biden will sign a proclamation establishing the Castner Range National Monument, in El Paso, Texas. This action will protect the cultural, scientific and historic objects found within the monument’s boundaries, honor our veterans, servicemembers, and Tribal Nations, and expand access to outdoor recreation on our public lands.   Located on Fort Bliss, Castner Range served as a training and testing site for the U.S. Army during World War II, the Korean War, and…
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Aleksandr Nevzorov – Killshot – 2022/06/12 @NevzorovTV

Aleksandr Nevzorov – Killshot – 2022/06/12 @NevzorovTV

There is a lot of pro-Putin bias in the Western world. We aim to dispel this “macho” propaganda and reveal true colors of his regime: murder, intimidation, industrialized kleptocracy and well-funded russian fascism propaganda machines. We were born in Russia, we have lost friends to this murderer… we see how he “zombifies” most and intimidates and beats down the rest. We also know where his weak spots are and what atrocities his regime is committing on a daily basis. Message from the source channel owner. Why Putin is more dangerous than Hitler. Why EU is not in a hurry to…
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FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Takes New Action to Conserve and Restore America’s Lands and Waters

FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Provides Communities Resources to Bolster Resilience to Wildfires in Advance of 2023 Fire Season

U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of the Interior, and other agencies continue government-wide effort to protect communities from the threat of wildfires  Today, Vice President Harris, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and White House Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu announced $197 million in funding awards to make communities more resilient to wildfires and strengthen the federal, state and local response.  The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new Community Wildfire Defense Grant program – a $1 billion new initiative funded under the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and derived from legislation the Vice President authored in the…
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FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Takes New Action to Conserve and Restore America’s Lands and Waters

Statement from CEA Chair Cecilia Rouse on the Economic Report of the President

Today, I am pleased to announce that the Council of Economic Advisers has released the 2023 Economic Report of the President, which includes the Annual Report of the Council of Economic Advisers. This Report demonstrates the robust economic progress we have made over the past year, and makes the case for the Administration’s economic policy priorities. The Report presents President Biden’s statement about our economic progress and challenges, and follows with nine in-depth chapters. The Economic Report of the President Chapter 1: Pursuing Growth-Enhancing Policies in Today’s Changing World  Chapter 2: The Year in Review and the Years Ahead Chapter 3:…
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FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Takes New Action to Conserve and Restore America’s Lands and Waters

Remarks by President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at Nowruz Reception

East Room 1:13 P.M. EDT THE FIRST LADY:  Hello.  Welcome to the White House.  And E- — (applause) — and Eid-eh Shoma Mobarak!  (Applause.) “For the feeling of peacefor the sun after these long nights…for women, life, and freedom…freedom, for freedom, for freedom.”  (Applause.)  Those lyrics are so powerful, aren’t they? AUDIENCE:  Yes! THE FIRST LADY:  When I first heard “Baraye,” I was stunned by the courage of this song and the women it lifts up. Shervin Hajipour was arrested, but not before his video was seen 40 million times in two days.  (Applause.)  Not before his music became an…
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FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Takes New Action to Conserve and Restore America’s Lands and Waters

Statement by the President on S. 619, the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023

     Today, I am pleased to sign into law S. 619, the “COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023.”  I share the Congress’s goal of releasing as much information as possible about the origin of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19).  In 2021, I directed the Intelligence Community to use every tool at its disposal to investigate the origin of COVID-19, and that work is ongoing.  We need to get to the bottom of COVID-19’s origins to help ensure we can better prevent future pandemics.  My Administration will continue to review all classified information relating to COVID–19’s origins, including potential links to the Wuhan…
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FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Takes New Action to Conserve and Restore America’s Lands and Waters

President Biden Names Thirty-First Round of Judicial Nominees and Announces New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorney

The President is announcing his intent to nominate four individuals to federal district courts and two individuals to the District of Columbia Superior Court—all of whom are extraordinarily qualified, experienced, and devoted to the rule of law and our Constitution. These choices also continue to fulfill the President’s promise to ensure that the nation’s courts reflect the diversity that is one of our greatest assets as a country—both in terms of personal and professional backgrounds. This will be President Biden’s thirty-first round of nominees for federal judicial positions, bringing the number of announced federal judicial nominees to 161. The President…
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