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I applaud the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for reaching a tentative agreement that will allow writers to return to the important work of telling the stories of our nation, our world – and of all of us. This agreement, including assurances related to artificial intelligence, did not come […]

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Via Teleconference (September 22, 2023) 3:35 P.M. EDT MODERATOR: Thank you. And thanks everyone for joining the call to preview the U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Summit. As a reminder, this call is on background, attributable to “senior administration officials.” It is embargoed until Sunday, September 24th, at 5:00 a.m. Eastern. For your awareness, not for your […]

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We—the governments of Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and the United States of America—meet on the occasion of the second U.S.- Pacific Islands Forum Summit, held at the […]

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With less than two weeks before the end of the fiscal year, extreme House Republicans are playing partisan games with peoples’ lives and marching our country toward a government shutdown that would have damaging impacts all across the country. Instead of working in a bipartisan manner to keep the government open and address emergency needs […]

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On Day One of my Administration, I promised to fight for hardworking families and to fix problems in the student loan system that have been failing borrowers for too long. As part of that effort, my Administration has approved over $117 billion in debt relief to over 3.4 million borrowers, including over $14 billion in relief […]

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President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil today on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. The two leaders discussed the launch of the Partnership for Workers’ Rights, the first joint U.S.-Brazil global initiative to advance the rights of working people around the world, including how our two […]

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InterContinental New York BarclayNew York, New York 1:27 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Well, Mr. President, it’s great to see you again.  Welcome to New York. You know, when I hosted you at the White House in February, you said that we have an obligation to leave the next generation a better world, and I couldn’t agree with […]

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Our Administrations affirm our mutual commitment to workers’ rights and promotion of decent work.  Working people built our countries – from our most basic infrastructure and critical services, to educating our youth and caring for our elders, to our most advanced technologies. Workers and their trade unions have fought for protections in the workplace, fairness in […]

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2:42 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Thank you.  Please, have a seat.  Thank you very much.  Thank you all for being here.  (Members of the press can be heard speaking in the background.) When the press stops doing verbal interviews, we’ll get going. Growing up in my household, my dad used to have an expression, for real.  He’d say, “A […]

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Today, Presidents Biden and Lula launched the Partnership for Worker’s Rights, the first joint U.S.-Brazil global initiative to advance the rights of working people around the world. Through the Partnership for Workers’ Rights, President Biden will join forces with President Lula to champion an agenda for fairness and sustainability in the global economy, and ensure […]

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