On-the-Record Press Call on President Biden’s Unity Agenda Ahead of the State of the Union

On-the-Record Press Call on President Biden’s Unity Agenda Ahead of the State of the Union

Via Teleconference 9:04 A.M. EST MR. MUNOZ:  Hey, everybody.  Good morning.  Thank you for joining us on this morning’s press call to outline the progress the President has made on his Unity Agenda since the 2022 State of the Union and his ongoing commitment to this agenda ahead of his 2023 State of the Union speech. As a reminder, this call will be on the record and embargoed until 10:30.  You all should have received a factsheet that is also embargoed until 10:30. I sent an email a few minutes ago, but on this call we have the following speakers: Kate…
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On-the-Record Press Call on President Biden’s Unity Agenda Ahead of the State of the Union

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Amends Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Disaster Declaration

Sunday night, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. made additional disaster assistance available to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands by authorizing an increase in the level of Federal funding for relief and recovery assistance as a result of Typhoon Mangkhut during the period of September 10-11, 2018. Under the major disaster declaration issued for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on September 29, 2018, Federal funding was made available for Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation, and Other Needs Assistance at 75 percent of the total eligible costs. Under the President’s order today, the Federal share for Public Assistance, Hazard…
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War Day 261: war diaries w/Advisor to Ukraine President, Intel Officer @arestovych & #Feygin

War Day 261: war diaries w/Advisor to Ukraine President, Intel Officer @arestovych & #Feygin

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. Daily War Chronicles: Feygin and @arestovych – English translation #PrivateerStation Olexiy Arestovych (Kiev): Advisor to…
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On-the-Record Press Call on President Biden’s Unity Agenda Ahead of the State of the Union

FACT SHEET: In State of the Union, President Biden to Outline Vision to Advance Progress on Unity Agenda in Year Ahead

During his first State of the Union address, President Biden announced a four-part Unity Agenda focused on areas where members of both parties can come together and make additional progress for the American people: ending cancer as we know it; delivering on the sacred obligation to veterans; tackling the mental health crisis; and beating the opioid and overdose epidemic. Over the last year, the President was proud to work with Democrats and Republicans to enact major legislation that delivers on all aspects of this four-part agenda. In his State of the Union today, the President will announce a new set of policies…
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On-the-Record Press Call on President Biden’s Unity Agenda Ahead of the State of the Union

Quad Joint Statement on Cooperation to Promote Responsible Cyber Habits

We the Quad partners of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States are launching a public campaign to improve cyber security across our nations: the Quad Cyber Challenge. We are inviting Internet-users across the Indo-Pacific and beyond to join the Challenge and pledge to practice safe and responsible cyber habits. The Challenge reflects our continuing Quad efforts to strengthen individuals’ and communities’ cyber security awareness and action, as well as to foster a more secure and resilient cyber ecosystem to benefit economies and users everywhere. Internet-users worldwide are targets of cybercrime and other malicious cyber threats that can cost trillions of…
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On-the-Record Press Call on President Biden’s Unity Agenda Ahead of the State of the Union

The White House Announces Guest List for the First Lady’s Box for the 2023 State of the Union Address

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  First Lady Jill Biden will welcome guests to join her in the viewing box for President Biden’s State of the Union Address on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. Each of these individuals were invited by the White House because they personify issues or themes to be addressed by the President in his speech, or they embody the Biden-Harris Administration’s policies at work for the American people. The Second Gentleman, Mr. Douglas Emhoff, will also join the First Lady in the viewing box.    In recognition of sustained U.S. support for Ukraine nearly a year after Russia launched its unprovoked attack, the First Lady has again invited the…
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War Day 262: war diaries w/Advisor to Ukraine President, Intel Officer @arestovych & #Feygin

War Day 262: war diaries w/Advisor to Ukraine President, Intel Officer @arestovych & #Feygin

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. Daily War Chronicles: Feygin and @arestovych – English translation #PrivateerStation Olexiy Arestovych (Kiev): Advisor to…
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On-the-Record Press Call on President Biden’s Unity Agenda Ahead of the State of the Union

Readout of Principals Committee Meeting on National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism

Today, Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice, and Homeland Security Advisor Liz Sherwood-Randall convened a Principals Committee Meeting of the Interagency Group to Counter Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Related Forms of Discrimination and Bias. The group’s first order of business is to develop a national strategy to counter antisemitism. President Biden has made rooting out antisemitism an urgent priority of his Administration. Antisemitism harms not only Jewish Americans; it hurts all Americans. Today’s meeting focused on the recent spike in antisemitism, potential steps the Biden-Harris Administration can take to address antisemitism — including ideas for action that the federal…
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On-the-Record Press Call on President Biden’s Unity Agenda Ahead of the State of the Union

FACT SHEET: The Biden Economic Plan Is Working

President Biden has long believed that we must build the economy from the bottom up and middle out, not the top down. As the President says, when the middle class does well, the poor have a ladder up and the wealthy still do very well. He believes the best way to grow the economy, create good-paying jobs, and lower costs for families is by promoting workers, investing in America and its people, making the economy more competitive, and reforming the tax code to reward work and not wealth. Our progress over the last two years shows that his economic strategy…
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On-the-Record Press Call on President Biden’s Unity Agenda Ahead of the State of the Union

Remarks by Vice President Harris at the Central America Forward Launch Event

Indian Treaty RoomEisenhower Executive Office Building 2:06 P.M. EST THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Well, good afternoon, everyone.  It is my great pleasure to once again convene this group, and to the new members, to welcome you to this table, which has been a place where we have convened, here and in other rooms in this building — and, actually, in other places in the country — to talk about our collective goal of addressing the root causes of irregular migration from the northern part of Central America and to do what I think we all know is in the best interest of…
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