EXECUTIVE ORDER – – – – – – – DELEGATION OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES AND ASSIGNMENT OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS UNDER THE TRADE FACILITATION AND TRADE ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 2015 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and…
Archive: July 22, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC — En su mensaje semanal, el Presidente Obama reflejo sobre su visita con las familias de muchas de las víctimas de lo que sucedió en Orlando. El Presidente reitero que nosotros estamos junto a ellos, y siempre lo…
South Court Auditorium THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Have a seat. Please, have a seat. I just wanted to come by to say thank you for being here and the extraordinary work that you do each and every day. I was…
The East Room 12:02 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good morning, everybody. Buenos dias. Please have a seat. It is always a great pleasure to welcome my good friend and partner, President Peña Nieto of Mexico, to the White House, and…
President Obama shares the goal of streamlining pensions given to former Presidents as a means to reduce costs to taxpayers. He stands ready to work with Congress on legislation to get that done. Unfortunately, this bill as written would immediately…
Today, I signed S.524, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 into law. This legislation includes some modest steps to address the opioid epidemic. Given the scope of this crisis, some action is better than none. However,…
On Friday, July 22, 2016, the President signed into law: H.R. 4875, the “United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016,” which establishes the United States Semiquincentennial Commission to plan, encourage, develop, and coordinate the commemoration of the history of the…
The United States condemns in the strongest terms the apparent terrorist attack that has claimed innocent lives in Munich, Germany. We still do not know all of the facts, but we do know that this heinous act has killed and…
President Barack Obama today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to Lima, Peru to Attend the Inauguration of His Excellency Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, President-elect of the Republic of Peru on July 28, 2016. The Honorable Michael Froman, U.S. Trade…
The President hosted President Enrique Pena Nieto of Mexico on July 22. Mexico is one of the United States’ closest and most valued partners. Our countries are economically entwined. Mexico is our third largest trading partner, and on any given…
