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Cuts would endanger public safety and worsen public health, raise costs for families and students, and harm seniors and veterans—while multi-millionaires and big corporations would get massive tax cuts Today, the White House released 51 state and territory fact sheets highlighting the devastating impacts of extreme MAGA House Republicans’ reckless plan to gut critical support for hardworking families while delivering massive tax breaks for the super wealthy and big corporations. This week, Speaker McCarthy doubled down on holding the full faith and credit of the United States hostage and risking economic chaos and catastrophe in order to force draconian cuts…

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:      Nisha Desai Biswal, of Virginia, to be Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation.  (New Position)      Douglas Dziak, of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission for the remainder of the term expiring October 26, 2024, vice Dana Baiocco, resigned.      Herro Mustafa Garg, of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Arab Republic of Egypt.      Richard H. Riley IV, of California, a Career…

Oval Office 2:55 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Well, Mr. President, welcome.  Welcome. It’s great to see you.  Welcome to the White House. This meeting has been a long time coming.  We had to cancel this past summer because I got COVID, but I’m delighted to see you here. You know, we’re 200 years — 200 years we’ve had diplomatic relations.  And — (Interpreter begins to speak.) Are you translating that, or — And today we embark on the next century of our partnership.  This meeting is a chance to reaffirm that nothing is beyond our reach if we work together.…

East Room  5:30 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Archbishop, thank you very much for those kind words.  And I should begin by explaining why this may be the first Greek American event that my wife, Jill, has not been with me. But she is down in Tennessee with the families of — of those who were killed in the God-awful attack.  And she apologized for not being able to be with you. But let me just say that my sister, Val, is visiting with me, so I have the better part of the family.  I used to be three years older than…

Via Teleconference 4:35 P.M. EDT MODERATOR:  Great.  Thank you so much.  Thanks, everyone for joining.  I’ll let our speakers go ahead and get started. But for your awareness, this call is on background, attributable to “senior administration officials,” and it is embargoed until the end of call. For your awareness, not for attribution, the speakers on the call today are [senior administration official], [senior administration official], [senior administration official], and [senior administration official]. With that, I’ll turn it over to [senior administration official] to get us started. SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL:  Great.  Thanks, [Moderator].  And thanks to everybody that’s on the line right now for your…

President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda is Unleashing a Manufacturing and Clean Energy Boom and Accelerating the Production of Affordable Electric Vehicles As part of President Biden’s goal of having 50 percent of all new vehicle sales be electric by 2030, the White House is announcing the first set of public and private commitments to support America’s historic transition to electric vehicles (EV) under the EV Acceleration Challenge. These commitments are part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to spur domestic manufacturing, strengthen supply chains, boost U.S. competitiveness and create good-paying jobs. Because of President Biden’s leadership and historic investments,…

The MixAccra, Ghana THE VICE PRESIDENT:   Well, greetings, everyone.  It is my immense pleasure to be with these extraordinary leaders and to engage in the conversation that we will have this afternoon. This is an esteemed group of entrepreneurs who happen to be women and happen to be doing extraordinary work that really is a model for the potential of all people, but in particular for our girls and women. And so, I’m very honored to be with each of you today.  And I thank you for all that you do and for taking this time. This group of leaders, their — their…

South Court AuditoriumEisenhower Executive Office Building 11:42 A.M. EDT PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Hello, everyone.  Let me start by apologizing for the slight cold I have.  That’s the only thing that’s happening to me these days. Let me start by thanking everyone for participating in the second Summit of Democracies — for Democracy, I should say. But more importantly, thank you for the work you’ve put in over the last 15 months to deliver on commitments you made to each other and to our peoples for the first Summit of — from the first Summit of Democracy. Look, you know, that’s the power of these…

On April 3, 2014, by Executive Order 13664, the President declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the situation in and in relation to South Sudan, which has been marked by activities that threaten the peace, security, or stability of South Sudan and the surrounding region, including widespread violence and atrocities, human rights abuses, recruitment and use of child soldiers, attacks on peacekeepers, and obstruction of humanitarian operations. The situation in…

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:      Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date.  In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13664 of April 3, 2014, with respect to South Sudan is to continue in effect…