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20 Jul

Readout of Vice President Harris’s Meeting with President Isaac Herzog of Israel

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Vice President Kamala Harris met with President Isaac Herzog of Israel. The Vice President reaffirmed our ironclad commitment to Israel’s security and emphasized her determination to continue to strengthen the bonds between our countries. The leaders reiterated their commitment to the common values, including support for strong democracies and democratic institutions, that have been the bedrock of the U.S.-Israel relationship for decades. They discussed the growing partnerships between Israel and the United States in innovation and technology to tackle global challenges such as the climate crisis. Building on this cooperation, they announced a new joint initiative between the United States and Israel,…

20 Jul

Readout of the Fifth Meeting of the White House Competition Council

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Yesterday, the President convened the White House Competition Council to mark the two-year anniversary of his Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy and to announce new initiatives to support healthy competition, lower costs, and crack down on hidden junk fees. The Competition Council drives the Administration’s whole-of-government effort to restore competition and coordinate progress on the Executive Order’s 72 initiatives, delivering concrete benefits of increased competition to America’s consumers, workers, farmers, and small businesses. The President spoke to how promoting competition is a core important part of Bidenomics. He thanked the Council for their ongoing work to increase competition across…

20 Jul

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Minnesota Disaster Declaration

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Late last evening, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Minnesota and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms and flooding from April 11 to April 30, 2023. Federal funding is available to state, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe storms and flooding in the counties of Aitkin, Big Stone, Carlton, Chippewa, Clay, Grant, Houston, Kittson, Lac qui Parle, Lake…

20 Jul

Biden-Harris Administration Announces the Application Period for Spring Session of the White House Internship Program

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President Biden and Vice President Harris are announcing today that the application period for the Spring session of the White House Internship Program will open on Monday, July 24th. The session will begin in January 2024. The White House Internship Program is a public service leadership and development program that provides emerging leaders with an opportunity to gain valuable skills while supporting the work of the White House and furthering the priorities of the Biden-Harris Administration. This program provides paid internships across the Executive Office of the President. Interns participating in the White House Internship Program will support the White House Office…

20 Jul

FACT SHEET: Bidenomics is Boosting Clean Energy Manufacturing for Offshore Wind and Creating Good-Paying American Union Jobs

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President Biden to visit Philly Shipyard, where union workers are building a new offshore wind vessel as part of continued manufacturing boom—while Republicans in Congress voted to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act and continue to try to block clean energy progress President Biden’s economic agenda—Bidenomics— is fueling America’s clean energy future, creating American-made products in American factories with American workers, and attracting more than $500 billion in private sector manufacturing and clean energy investments, including in the offshore wind industry. President Biden will visit Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for a steel-cutting ceremony at the Philly Shipyard for the first offshore wind vessel of…

20 Jul

Remarks by Vice President Harris and President Isaac Herzog of the State of Israel Before Bilateral Meeting

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Eisenhower Executive Office Building 3:54 P.M. EDT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS: Well, it is my great honor and joy to welcome President Herzog to my office; to Washington, D.C.; to the U.S. It is so good to see you again in person. The last time you and I were together — physically together — was in Israel when you gave me a tour of the Knesset. You, in that position, were opposition leader, and I was a United States senator. PRESIDENT HERZOG: Absolutely. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS: And I’ll never forget that day and the time we spent together and what we…

20 Jul

Remarks by President Biden and Vice President Harris at Congressional Picnic

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South Lawn 6:16 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! (Applause.) Every time I hear “Hail to the Chief,” I turn around and say, “Where is he?” (Laughter.) I’m getting used to it, though. Folks, thanks for being here. Welcome to your house. And you’re the way — oh, you think I’m kidding? I know who — I know who owns this place. (A pigeon flies in front of the podium.) Thank you — that bird, right there. That — that pigeon. (Laughter.) Folks, first of all, let me begin by thanking all our families. I think we underestimate sometimes — hey, Tommy. How are…

19 Jul

Readout of the White House States Convening on Child Care

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Today, White House officials welcomed more than 90 state legislators from 41 states across the country to support state actions to make child care more affordable for working families, increase child care provider supply, and improve job quality for child care workers. First Lady Jill Biden, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, and Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan also attended the convening and delivered remarks. This convening reaffirms the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to child care and demonstrates the Administration’s willingness to use every avenue available to drive the improvements necessary to lower costs for families, build child care supply so families…

19 Jul

Press Release: Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Transnational Criminal Organizations

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On July 24, 2011, by Executive Order 13581, the President declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted by the activities of significant transnational criminal organizations. On March 15, 2019, by Executive Order 13863, the President took additional steps to deal with the national emergency with respect to significant transnational criminal organizations in view of the evolution of these organizations as well as the increasing sophistication of their activities, which…

19 Jul

Message to the Congress on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Transnational Criminal Organizations

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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 with respect to significant transnational criminal organizations that was declared in Executive Order 13581 of July 24, 2011, under which additional steps…