Politics

08 Aug

Statement from President Joe Biden on Firefighters and Pilot Killed Fighting Wildfires

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Jill and I send our deepest condolences to the families of the helicopter pilot, and the brave California firefighters, who tragically lost their lives Sunday. Every day, firefighters run toward danger, while everyone else runs the other way, because being a firefighter is not what they do — it’s who they are.  This tragedy is yet another example, of their incredible bravery. As wildfires have intensified in recent years, more and more firefighters have put themselves in harm’s way to defend our families and communities from out-of-control fires. That’s why my administration has invested historic funding to address the underlying…

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08 Aug

Remarks by Vice President Harris Highlighting Investments in Infrastructure and Announcing a Major Initiative for Workers

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 12:38 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Can I hear it for Orville?  (Applause.)  Thank you, Orville and for — for building — helping to build Philly and our country. So, good afternoon, everyone.  It’s good to be back and to see all the friends.  Good afternoon.  And — AUDIENCE:  Good afternoon! THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And it is always great to be in the House of Labor.  Thank you, all.  (Applause.) And thank you, all, for the work that’s happening here.  It is extraordinary work.  And there are so many leaders here who are making the announcements we are…

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08 Aug

A Proclamation on Establishment of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument

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     Since time immemorial, many Tribes of the Southwest have lived and prayed among the canyons and plateaus of a landscape unlike any other in the world.  The region is described in numerous languages.  Many of the Indigenous names for the area reflect the deep interconnection between the land and its Tribal Nations.  For example, the Havasupai call it baaj nwaavjo, or “where Indigenous peoples roam.”  To the Hopi, it is i’tah kukveni, or “our ancestral footprints.”  In English, we call the canyon that lies at the center of this region “the Grand Canyon.”      In addition to…

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08 Aug

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Amends New Mexico Disaster Declaration

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Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. made additional disaster assistance available to the State of New Mexico by authorizing an increase in the level of Federal funding for Public Assistance projects undertaken in the New Mexico as a result of wildfires, straight-line winds, flooding, mudflows, and debris flows during the period of April 5 to July 23, 2022.  Under the President’s order today, Federal funds for Public Assistance, including direct Federal assistance, has been increased to 100 percent of the total eligible costs for projects undertaken in response to the Cerro Pelado Fire in Los Alamos and Sandoval Counties. FOR…

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08 Aug

FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Announces Action to Raise Wage Standards Over Time For More Than One Million Construction Workers

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New action combines two pillars of Bidenomics by ensuring that infrastructure investments in America lead to good-paying, family-sustaining jobs. Today, Vice President Kamala Harris is announcing that the Labor Department (DOL) will publish a rule that advances the Administration’s economic vision to build the economy from the bottom up and middle out – not the top down – by ensuring investments in America lead to jobs where construction workers are paid fairly, including the 84% of who don’t have a college degree. The rule, which advances President Biden’s Executive Order 14008, will mean thousands of extra dollars per year in…

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08 Aug

FACT SHEET: President Biden Designates Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument

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New monument – marking fifth new National Monument created by President Biden – will conserve nearly 1 million acres of greater Grand Canyon landscape sacred to Tribal Nations and Indigenous peoples and advance President Biden’s historic climate and conservation agendaIn conjunction with the President’s visit, Biden-Harris Administration announces $44 million investment to strengthen climate resilience across America’s National Parks system Since day one, President Biden has delivered on the most ambitious climate and conservation agenda in American history. That includes the President’s America the Beautiful Initiative, which is supporting locally led conservation efforts across the country with a goal to…

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07 Aug

Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi En Route Grand Canyon Village, AZ

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Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Grand Canyon Village, Arizona 7:16 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Okay.  A couple things at the top.  Good afternoon, everyone.  Next week — next week marks the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act.  And today we’re headed out West, where the President will hold events in Arizona and New Mexico to highlight how his administration’s historic investments in climate, conservation, and clean energy are delivering good-paying union jobs to the American people while propelling our economy forward. Over the last few weeks and even today, we have seen how extreme weather events impact the way we live…

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07 Aug

Bill Signed: H.R. 4004 | The White House

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On Monday, August 7, 2023, the President signed into law: H.R. 4004, the “United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act,” which approves the June 1, 2023, trade agreement between the United States and Taiwan, under the auspices of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), and establishes other requirements with respect to future agreements. ### Official news published at https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/legislation/2023/08/07/bill-signed-h-r-4004/

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07 Aug

Statement from President Joe Biden on H.R. 4004, the United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act

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     Today, I have signed into law H.R. 4004, the “United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act” (the “Act”).  Among other things, the Act would impose requirements on the negotiations of certain further trade agreements between the United States and Taiwan. Section 7 of the Act includes requirements for the negotiation of certain further trade agreements with Taiwan that raise constitutional concerns.  Section 7(b) of the Act would require the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to provide negotiating texts to congressional committees in the midst of negotiations with a foreign partner, and section 7(c) of the Act…

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07 Aug

Remarks by President Biden Honoring the 2022 World Series Champions, the Houston Astros

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East Room 12:59 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:   Thank you, thank you, thank you.  Please have a seat.  AUDIENCE MEMBER:  We love you! THE PRESIDENT:  Well, thank you.  My name is Joe Biden.  I play center field.  (Laughter.)  At least I used to — at least I used to play center field.  (Laughter.) Well, I’ll tell you what: If you gave me a choice of standing here or on that riser, I’m not sure which I’d pick.  (Laughter.) Welcome, guys.  Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome.  And I want to welcome to the White House the 2022 World Series Champions, the Houston Astros.  (Applause.) From team owner Jim Crane…

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