President Biden’s public schedule for 06/05/2023:
| 10:00 AM | The President receives the Presidential Daily Briefing The White House Closed Press |
| 1:30 PM | The President holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark Oval Office In-House Pool Spray |
| 1:45 PM Press Briefing | Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre James S. Brady Press Briefing Room |
| 4:30 PM Remarks | The President welcomes the Kansas City Chiefs to the White House to celebrate their championship season and victory in Super Bowl LVII South Lawn Open Press |
Press Briefing:
President Biden Remarks:
United States Air Force Academy Class of 2023 Tweet
From Friday…
The video clip is 49 seconds long.
Remarks by President Biden at the United States Air Force Academy Class of 2023 Commencement Ceremony (06/01/2023):
Graduates, you’ve made a noble choice to lead a life of service.
Now you also shoulder a great privilege and a mighty responsibility: leadership. Yeah, leadership — a word often used.
[snip]
Class of 2023 —
AUDIENCE: Thor!
THE PRESIDENT: — you’ve been trained to lead, to set an example of leadership for others. You’ve been given the skillset to think clearly, to make strategic decisions, and to do what is right, under pressure.
You’ve earned the trust and respect of your fellow cadets and your in- — instructors.
And you are the very embodiment of the American military excellence, and you are ready for anything. Anything.
[snip]
Let us hear us one more time for the Class of 2023.
White House.gov. 06/01/2023.
Bipartisan Budget Agreement Tweets
From Friday…
The YouTube is 12 minutes and 54 seconds long. His full remarks can be found here.
The video is 1 minute and 39 seconds long.
In this debate, I refused to put what was responsible for all this economic progress on the chopping block. This bipartisan agreement protects the law that will help us build the best infrastructure in the world.
It fully protects the CHIPS and Science Act, which is going to bring key parts of our supply chain to America so we don’t have to rely on others — like semiconductors, those tiny computer chips smaller than the tip of your finger that affect nearly everything we rely on, from cellphones to having — building automobiles, to the most sophisticated weapons systems, and so much more.
We protected another law that I passed and signed last year that finally beat Big Pharma, which I’ve been trying to do for over 30 years. It finally gives Medicare the power to negotiate lower drug prices, just like the VA has been able to do for veterans.
This law has already dramatically cut the cost of insulin for seniors from as much as $400 a month to just $35 a month for insulin.
Negotiating lower drug prices not only saves seniors a lot of money, it saves the country a lot of money — $160 billion that is not having to be paid out, because we have drug prices that are more rational. We pay the highest drug prices of any industrial nation in the world.
And it’s just the beginning.
You know, we also protected the most significant breakthrough ever — ever — in dealing with the exis- — existential threat of climate change.
Today, new wind and solar power is cheaper than fossil fuel.
Since I’ve been in office, clean energy and advanced manufacturing have brought in $470 billion in private investments. That’s going to create thousands of jobs — good-paying jobs — all across this country and help the environment at the same time.
White House.gov. 06/02/2023.
From Saturday…
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The video clip/GIF–is 9 seconds long. It features him signing the bill into law.
The video clip is 22 seconds long.
No matter how tough our politics gets, we need to see each other not as adversaries, but as fellow Americans. Treat each other with dignity and respect. To join forces as Americans to stop shouting, lower the temperature, and work together to pursue progress, secure prosperity, and keep the promise of America for everybody.
White House.gov. 06/02/2023.
From Sunday…
Remarks by President Biden on his Budget for Fiscal Year 2024 (03/09/2023)
The video clip is 45 seconds long.
President Biden (0 seconds to 6 seconds mark of the video):
No, I’m serious. My — it was an expression my dad would use. “Show me your budget. I will tell you what you value.”
Well, folks, let me tell you what I value with the budget I’m releasing today.
White House.gov. 03/09/2023.
The rest of the video shows all the things the Bipartisan Budget agreement protects in text not voice-over.
From Monday…
The White House issued the following press release:
On Saturday, June 3, 2023, the President signed into law:
H.R. 346, which requires the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to establish a task force to provide recommendations for improvement of Notices to Air Missions.
Thank you to Representatives Stauber and DeSaulnier, and Senators Klobuchar, Moran, and Capito for their leadership.
H.R. 3746, the “Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023,” which suspends the public debt limit through January 1, 2025, and increases the limit on January 2, 2025, to accommodate the obligations issued during the suspension period; establishes new discretionary spending limits, appropriates funding for the VA Toxic Exposures Fund, and rescinds certain unobligated balances; expands work requirements for certain Federal programs; modifies environmental review processes; and terminates the suspension of Federal student loan payments.
Thank you to Speaker McCarthy, Leader Jeffries, Leader Schumer, and Leader McConnell for their partnership.
White House.gov. 06/03/2023.
Bipartisan Infrastructure Act.
Inflation Reduction Act.
CHIPS and Science Act.
H.R.3746–Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.
President Biden’s budget can be found here.
Marking National Gun Violence Awareness Day Tweet
From Friday…
The 13 second video clip show the front the White House orange.
His full statement:
In the last year alone, we’ve lost more than 40,000 Americans to gun violence. Countless other survivors of gun violence will carry the trauma for the rest of their lives.
White House.gov. 06/02/2023.
In the last two years, I’ve been able to sign the most significant gun safety legislation in decades and have taken dozens of executive actions. But it’s not nearly enough. I will keep fighting to do everything I possibly can, but the reality is that it will take Congressional action to make the kinds of meaningful reforms we need to keep our communities safe.
A broad majority of Americans want to see commonsense reforms that would curb our gun violence epidemic – like establishing universal background checks, requiring safe storage of firearms, and finally banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
But instead of listening to their constituents, Republicans in Congress continue to do the bidding of the gun lobby. Instead of shielding our kids from gun violence in their classrooms, Republicans in Congress are focused on shielding gun manufacturers from liability.
At a time when guns are the number one killer of kids in America, it shouldn’t be this hard to convince Republicans in Congress to keep weapons of war off our streets and to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. Even a majority of responsible gun owners support commonsense actions to save lives and keep our communities safe.
State lawmakers must step up as well. I’m encouraged by the growing number of states working to pass commonsense measures like red flag laws and assault weapons bans, but we have to do more. And Americans must demand more.
It is within our power to realize a future where our malls, grocery stores, movie theaters, and places of worship are safe from the threat of gun violence. Where parents aren’t gripped with anxiety dropping their kids off at school every single day. Where our children don’t learn to duck and cover before they learn to read and write. But it will require Congress to act.
Today and every day, Jill and I hold those killed and injured by gun violence, and their loved ones, in our prayers. And we pray for the day that we can honor their memory with meaningful action to address a crisis of gun violence that has gone on for far too long.
Happy Birthday First Lady Tweet
From Saturday…
Pride Month Tweets
From Sunday…
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