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Archive: April 19, 2010

California Science Center Los Angeles, California 6:12 P.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello California!  (Applause.)  Hello.  I am fired up!  (Applause.)  It’s good to see you.  It’s good to see you.  (Applause.)  It’s good to see you.  All right, all right,…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:37 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, folks.  I want to give you a brief update on an extremely important development in Iraq.  Early this morning on — early in the morning October…

The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Minnesota and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by flooding beginning on March 1, 2010, and continuing. Federal funding is…

Donald M. Berwick, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, vice Mark B. McClellan. William J. Boarman, of Maryland, to be Public Printer, vice Robert Charles Tapella, resigned.

Today, President Obama nominated Dr. Donald Berwick to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services (CMS). Dr. Berwick currently serves as President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and…

On Thursday, President Obama will travel to New York City where he will deliver remarks at Cooper Union on Wall Street reform. Almost two years after the crisis hit and almost one year after the Administration first laid out a…

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:40 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS: Good afternoon. Before we get started, let me see if I can make this gizmo work — there we go. The Internal Revenue Service today began mailing postcards to…

A PROCLAMATION Throughout our Nation’s history, extraordinary women have broken barriers to achieve their dreams and blazed trails so their daughters would not face similar obstacles. Despite decades of progress, pay inequity still hinders women and their families across our…