On Thursday, January 28, 2016, the President signed into law: S. 142, the “Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015,” which requires the packaging of liquid nicotine containers to be subject to existing child poisoning prevention packaging standards; S. 1115,…
Category: Statement and Releases
Mrs. Obama will be joined by actresses Lena Dunham and Julianne Moore Tuesday, February 2nd New York, New York * 2:00PM ET – As part of the Let Girls Learn initiative, the First Lady will join Lena Dunham, Julianne Moore…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Terrence J. Campbell to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. “Terrence J. Campbell has had a distinguished legal career and I am honored to ask him to…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Jennifer Klemetsrud Puhl to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. “Throughout her career, Jennifer Klemetsrud Puhl has shown unwavering integrity and an outstanding commitment to public service,”…
President Obama today convened his National Security Council to discuss the intensification of our campaign to degrade and destroy ISIL. The President was briefed on ways we and our partners in the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL continue to accelerate…
Today, the White House will host a conversation about child hunger in America, with experts and direct service providers discussing how hunger continues to harm children across the country. Participants will discuss the role of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…
“And for Americans short of retirement, basic benefits should be just as mobile as everything else is today. Even if he’s going from job to job, he should still be able to save for retirement and take his savings with…
Since President Obama’s historic December 2014 announcement that the United States would re-establish diplomatic relations and begin a process of normalizing relations with Cuba, we have taken important steps to promote engagement between U.S. and Cuban citizens by facilitating greater…
The President met today with leaders of his health and national security teams to discuss the spread of Zika and other mosquito-borne viruses in the Americas as well as steps being taken to protect the American public. The President’s senior…
In July 2015, the President announced that he had asked the Attorney General to review “the overuse of solitary confinement across American prisons.” Since that time, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has undertaken a thorough review to determine how, when,…
