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Archive: July 29, 2010

4:58 P.M. EDT      THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, everybody.  Please have a seat.      I want to start, obviously, by thanking Lisa for her introduction and having the courage to share her story with all of us today.  It’s for…

Washington Convention Center Washington, D.C. 10:09 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  Everybody, please have a seat.  Have a seat.  Take a load off.  (Applause.)  Thank you.  Good morning, Urban Leaguers.  AUDIENCE:  Good morning. THE PRESIDENT:  Yes.  It is wonderful…

On Thursday, July 29, 2010, the President signed into law: H.R. 4899, the “Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010,” which provides FY 2010 supplemental appropriations for ongoing military, diplomatic, and intelligence operations; support for individuals and communities responding to major disasters; maintenance…

We are pleased that BP has taken action today to fulfill their commitment to the President and provide a voluntary contribution of $100 million to support unemployed oil rig workers.

NOTICE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS OF CERTAIN PERSONS TO UNDERMINE THE SOVEREIGNTY OF LEBANON OR ITS DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES AND INSTITUTIONS On August 1, 2007, by Executive Order 13441, the President declared a national emergency…

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the…

2:30 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS:  Good afternoon.  Before we do our regularly scheduled programming, we have with us today to give a little report and to take some questions from you, given the President’s upcoming trips to both Detroit and…

45TH ANNIVERSARY OF MEDICARE AND MEDICAID BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION When President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law on July 30, 1965, millions of Americans and about half our Nation’s…