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Today at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, President Biden reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to working with the African Union and our African partners to accelerate progress toward achieving food security, building stronger food systems and more diversified supply chains, and expanding African countries’ access to agricultural markets.  President Biden announced an additional $2.5 billion in…
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Administration to focus efforts on making vaccinations, testing, and treatments even more widely available and accessible as COVID-19 cases increase Today, the Biden Administration is announcing a plan to stay ahead of an increase in COVID-19 cases this winter. While COVID-19 is not the disruptive force it once was, the virus continues to evolve, and…
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Earlier this year, the Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act to help bring down every day costs – including costs for energy.  Already we are seeing inflation come down, and that is a step in the right direction.  But the work is far from done. I support Senator Manchin’s permitting reform proposal as a way to…
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The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C. reaffirmed that African leadership is critical to confronting today’s defining global peace, security, and democratic governance challenges.  In the Peace, Security, and Governance Forum, Secretary of Defense Austin, Secretary of State Blinken, USAID Administrator Power explored innovative, locally led, inter-ministerial, and multi-sectoral approaches to advancing democracy, peace, and…
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Today, the White House released the first edition of a new resource titled Building a Clean Energy Economy: A Guidebook to the Inflation Reduction Act’s Investments in Clean Energy and Climate Action, which provides clear descriptions of the law’s tax incentives and funding programs to build a clean energy economy, lower energy costs, tackle climate change,…
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Walter E. Washington Convention CenterWashington, D.C. 11:42 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Well, good still morning, everyone.  I — I realized last night, when our dinner ended and the entertainment ended, it was five o’clock in the morning for most of you.  (Laughs.)  So I admire your collective stamina.  Thank you very much.  And I promise…
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Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies SUBJECT:      Certifications Regarding Disclosure of              Information in Certain Records Related to the              Assassination of President John F. Kennedy Section 1.  Policy.  As set forth in the Presidential Memorandum of October 22, 2021 (Temporary Certification Regarding Disclosure of Information in Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President…
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