Month: August 2024

Far too many Americans have lost children, spouses, and friends to dangerous drugs like illicitly manufactured fentanyl. It is a scourge that has no geographic or political boundaries, wreaking havoc on families and communities in all parts of America. That’s why since day one, the Biden-Harris Administration has made disrupting the supply of illicit fentanyl […]

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Our Administration’s efforts have helped lead to the first decline in overdose deaths in five years.  We have seized more fentanyl at our border in the last two years than in the last five years combined, arrested and prosecuted dozens of high-level drug traffickers and cartel leaders, sanctioned over 300 entities and individuals involved in the […]

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Today, my Administration took another major step to cancel student debt for approximately 30 million Americans.  By providing more information to borrowers on how they can take advantage of our upcoming debt relief programs, borrowers will be prepared to benefit swiftly once the rules are final. Despite attempts led by Republican elected officials to block […]

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The President is announcing his intent to nominate three 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 […]

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NATIONAL SECURITY MEMORANDUM/NSM-24 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATETHE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURYTHE SECRETARY OF DEFENSETHE ATTORNEY GENERALTHE SECRETARY OF COMMERCETHE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESTHE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATIONTHE SECRETARY OF ENERGYTHE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITYTHE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCETHE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCEAGENCYTHE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRSTHE DIRECTOR […]

The post Memorandum on Prioritizing the Strategic Disruption of the Supply Chain for Illicit Fentanyl and Synthetic Opioids Through a Coordinated, Whole-of-Government, Information-Driven Effort first appeared on Social Gov.

Farmers and ranchers work around the clock to put food on our tables and steward our Nation’s land. But for too long, many farmers and ranchers experienced discrimination in farm loan programs and have not had the same access to federal resources and support. I promised to address this inequity when I became President. Today […]

The post Statement from President Joe Biden on the Inflation Reduction Act’s Assistance for Producers Who Experienced Discrimination first appeared on Social Gov.

1:54 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Q    Good afternoon.  MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  So many jokes.  But — Q    No, it’s just you and Jacqui are matching. MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  Oh!  Okay, Jacqui.  Q    -ish. MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  All right.  Got the memo. Q    Yeah. MS. JEAN-PIERRE:  So, I want to say — start by saying that today is the Biden-Harris administration’s 500th briefing.  Yay.  I […]

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