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Category: Statement and Releases

WASHINGTON – Today at 4:15pm EDT, Martha Minow, Dean and Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School; Evan H. Caminker, Dean and Branch Rickey Collegiate Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School; and…

El Presidente:  Acabamos de tener una conversación muy útil y quiero agradecerle al gobernador Crist y a la delegación del Congreso, así como a Mike Pinzone, dueño de este restaurante, un local maravilloso con vista a esta hermosa playa. Y…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Barack Obama announced his selection of Michael R. Bromwich to lead the Administration’s efforts to accelerate reforms in the regulation and oversight of offshore oil drilling. Bromwich will lead the effort to reform the Minerals…

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key administration post: Judith Fergin, Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Department of State President Obama also announced his intent to appoint Suzan…

On Tuesday, June 15, 2010, the President signed into law: S. 3473 – Amending the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The bill authorizes the Coast…

The President is grateful that the House of Representatives today moved to cut taxes for small businesses and encourage them to grow and hire.  Getting the American people back to work is the President’s top economic priority, and our small…

Dear Madam Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:) I am providing this supplemental consolidated report, prepared by my Administration and consistent with the War Powers Resolution (Public Law 93 148), as part of my efforts to keep the Congress informed about deployments of…

On June 26, 2008, by Executive Order 13466, the President declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy…

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…

“I want to thank Dr. Ed Montgomery for his dedicated service to my Administration and the country.  Over the last year, Ed has crisscrossed the country in a tireless effort to cut through red tape and speed the economic recovery…