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Archive: June 7, 2013

Sunnylands Retreat Palm Springs, California 5:21 P.M. PDT PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Well, it gives me great pleasure to welcome President Xi back to the United States.  We first met during my visit to China in 2009, and I had the opportunity…

Private Residence Los Angeles, California 12:16 P.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, everybody.  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Oh, we’re okay, guys.  Sit down.  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you. Well, to Peter and Meg, I just want to thank them so much. …

Private Residence Palo Alto, California 6:39 P.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, everybody!  (Applause.)  It is good to be back in California, especially when the weather is this good.  (Laughter.)  And obviously I want to, first of all, thank Mike…

Fairmont Hotel San Jose, California 9:01 A.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT:  Good morning, everybody.  It is wonderful to see all of you, and I want to thank everybody who is here.  I think there’s only one problem, and that is that…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Jeffrey Alker Meyer and Timothy L. Brooks to serve as district court judges. “I am honored to put forward these highly qualified candidates for the federal bench,” President Obama said.  “They will be…

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Timothy L. Brooks, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, vice Jimm Larry Hendren, retired. Jeffrey Alker Meyer, of Connecticut, to be United States District Judge for the…

I want to congratulate Congressman John Dingell on becoming the longest-serving member of Congress in our country’s history.  First elected in 1955 to the seat formerly held by his father, John Dingell Sr., John has always worked tirelessly for people…

TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   June 7, 2013 Dear Mr. Speaker: As a matter of comity, and consistent with 31 U.S.C. 1107, I am transmitting to the Congress, without…