Vice President’s Ceremonial Office 6:42 P.M. EST THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Please be seated. On behalf of the President of the United States, it will be my great privilege tonight to administer the oath of office to the next…
Archive: February 16, 2017
President Donald J. Trump spoke with President Mauricio Macri of Argentina yesterday and emphasized the strong and enduring bilateral ties between the United States and Argentina. President Trump underscored the leadership role that he sees President Macri playing in the…
Vice President Mike Pence, along with Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, hosted an African American economic opportunity listening session today with small business owners, and community and finance industry leaders. The Vice President underscored President Trump’s commitment to remove…
Democrats’ Supreme Court double standard USA Today By Sen. Chuck Grassley “We will keep our word” and put Judge Gorsuch on the Supreme Court. The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was an intellectual giant and a revered defender of…
LETTING COAL COUNTRY WORK AGAIN: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed legislation (House Joint Resolution 38) to stop the costly “Stream Protection Rule” from further harming coal workers and the communities that depend on them. H.J. Res. 38 blocks an…
Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate R. Alexander Acosta for the position of Secretary of Labor. Mr. Acosta is currently Dean of Florida International University Law School. Mr. Acosta has had a long and distinguished career…
Roosevelt Room 10:53 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for being here. I had a lot of good discussions this morning. I’m negotiating a lot of contracts that are saving billions and billions of dollars for the American people…
Roosevelt Room 3:43 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Okay. We had an exciting news conference before. And some people loved it. I think nobody hated it, but it was — I think it was very productive. And thank you all for…
East Room 12:55 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. I just wanted to begin by mentioning that the nominee for Secretary of the Department of Labor will be Mr. Alex Acosta. He has a law degree from Harvard…
