Category: Oct2013

The President called Prime Minister John Key of New Zealand to thank him for successfully chairing the meeting of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) leaders in Bali, Indonesia on October 8 and to discuss the productive outcomes from the meeting.  The two leaders welcomed the agreement among leaders that the twelve member nations will work toward the…

State Dining Room 3:16 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon.  Over the past five years, America has fought its way back from the worst recession since the Great Depression.  We passed historic reforms to prevent another crisis and to protect consumers.  Over the past three and half years, our businesses have created 7.5 million new…

Today, the President met with the House Democratic Caucus at the White House.  The meeting lasted over an hour.  The President thanked the House Democrats for their support of the clean, short-term continuing resolution that would re-open the government and end the unnecessary pain this shutdown is causing families across the country.  The President and…

NOMINATION SENT TO THE SENATE: Janet L. Yellen, of California, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years, vice Ben S. Bernanke, resigned.

We, the Leaders of Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, United States, and Vietnam, are pleased to announce today that our countries are on track to complete the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations.  Ministers and negotiators have made significant progress in recent months on all the legal texts and annexes on…

Late this morning, the President telephoned Speaker John Boehner from the Oval Office and repeated what he told him when they met at the White House last week: the President is willing to negotiate with Republicans — after the threat of government shutdown and default have been removed – over policies that Republicans think would…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:15 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, everybody.  I am eager to take your questions, so I’ll try to be brief at the top. This morning, I had a chance to speak with Speaker Boehner, and I told him what I’ve been saying publicly, that I am happy to…

The enthusiastic demonstration of support for immigration reform this week has proven to Congress that the broad coalition behind commonsense solutions to our nation’s broken immigration laws is as strong as it has ever been.  It’s time for the House of Representatives to reopen the government, pay their bills, and get back to the important…

This afternoon Vice President Biden met the Chairperson of the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel for Sudan and South Sudan and former President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki at the White House.  Joining the Vice President was United States Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan Donald Booth.  The Vice President thanked President Mbeki for…

FEMA Headquarters Washington, D.C. 12:30 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  I’m here at FEMA for a couple of reasons.  First of all, I want to thank Craig Fugate and his entire team, and the incredible workers who are here at FEMA.  They are having to, under less than optimal situations, still respond to Mother Nature, which…