Earlier today, the Vice President and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan hosted two conference calls with governors, mayors, and a county official from across the country to discuss implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The following elected officials…
Category: Statement and Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key administration posts: Larry Robinson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce (Conservation and Management), NOAA, Department of Commerce Jeffrey A. Lane, Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental…
On Friday, January 29, 2010, the President signed into law: H.R. 1817, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 116 North West Street in Somerville, Tennessee, as the “John S. Wilder Post Office Building,” H.R.…
Target to Drive Energy Cost Reductions in Federal Operations, Creating Clean Energy Jobs WASHINGTON, DC – President Barack Obama today announced that the Federal Government will reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution by 28 percent by 2020. Reducing and reporting…
The statement below was posted on www.WhiteHouse.gov by the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors Christina Romer in response to the advance estimate of GDP for the Fourth Quarter of 2009. The statement can also be viewed HERE. On…
New jobs proposal will create jobs, cut taxes for small businesses WASHINGTON, DC – Tomorrow in Baltimore, Maryland, President Obama will announce details of the Small Business Jobs and Wages Tax Cut, one of his new proposals to create good…
Good morning. And thank you to everyone who worked to bring us to this day, especially the International Auschwitz Council and the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. To President Kacynski, Prime Minister Tusk, and to the people of Poland—thank you for preserving…
Mrs. Michelle Obama Dr. Jill Biden Clayton Armstrong (Washington, DC) Clayton was a DC Scholar with the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs during the summer of 2009. He is currently a freshman at the University of Arizona. Clayton grew…
The serious fiscal situation that our country faces reflects not only the severe economic downturn we inherited, but also years of failing to pay for new policies—including the 2003 prescription drug law and large tax cuts that most benefited the…
On Wednesday, January 27, 2010, the President signed into law: S. 2949, the “Emergency Aid to American Survivors of the Haiti Earthquake Act of 2010,” which increases, from $1 million to $25 million, the cap for fiscal year 2010 on…
