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  • >>> HAPPY TAX DAY FOR THOSE WHO

  • CELEBRATE, WHICH WE HOPE IS

  • EVERYONE IN THE ROOM, AS PART

  • OF TAX DAY WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING,

  • PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS A SIMPLE

  • PHILOSOPHY, THE MIDDLE CLASS

  • DESERVES SOME FINANCIAL

  • BREATHING ROOM, WHICH IS WHY

  • THE ECONOMIC PLAN WOULD GIVE

  • RELIEF TO TENS OF MILLIONS OF

  • FAMILIES, FAMILIES THAT WORK

  • HARD AND DESERVE A LITTLE EXTRA

  • CUSHION EACH MONTH.

  • >> PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE TO CUT

  • THE DEFICIT, CALLING ON THE TOP

  • 1% OF THE TOP 1% TO PAY A

  • MINIMUM TAX OF 20%.

  • WHEN RIGHT NOW THE WEALTHIEST

  • FAMILIES CAN PAY A LOWER

  • AVERAGE LATE THAN TEACHERS, THE

  • PRESIDENT WILL NOT RAISE TAXES

  • FOR ANYONE MAKING UNDER

  • $400,000, THE CONGRESSIONAL

  • REPUBLICAN PLAN AS RICK SCOTT

  • OUTLINED COULDN'T BE MORE

  • DIFFERENT.

  • REPUBLICANS ON CAPITOL HILL ARE

  • HAPPY TO PASS A $2 TRILLION TAX

  • GIVE AWAY UNDER THE WEALTHY,

  • THEY WERE, UNDER THE PREVIOUS

  • ADMINISTRATION, NOW LED MY

  • SENATOR SCOTT, REPUBLICANS WANT

  • TO RAISE TAXES ON THE MIDDLE

  • CLASS, HIKE TAXES OF AVERAGE OF

  • $1,500 EACH YEAR ON 75 MILLION

  • AMERICAN FAMILIES, 96% OF WHOM

  • MAKE $100,000, TAX, PRESIDENT

  • BIDEN DISAGREES, TOMORROW, AS

  • YOU MAY KNOW, THE PRESIDENT IS

  • TRAVELING TO NEW HAMPSHIRE TO

  • HIGHLIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE

  • INVESTMENTS TO MODERNIZE OUR

  • NATION PORTS AND WATER WAYS, TO

  • DISCUSS HOW THEY WILL

  • STRENGTHEN OUR SUPPLY CHAIN,

  • ECONOMIES, HELP CUT COSTS FOR

  • AMERICAN FAMILIES, AMERICAN

  • PORTS ARE A CORNERSTONE OF THE

  • ECONOMY, OUTDATED STRUCTURE AND

  • THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAVE

  • STRAINED THEIR CAPACITY AND

  • STRATEGIZED GLOBAL SUPPLY

  • CHAINS WITH DELAYS AND PASS

  • COSTS DIRECTLY TO CONSUMERS, WE

  • NOW HAVE $17 BILLION TO UPGRADE

  • FOR PAYOR AND MAINTAIN OUR

  • NATION'S INFRASTRUCTURE, AS THE

  • NATIONCONTINUES TO USE EVERY

  • TOOL TO BRING PRICES DOWN FOR

  • AMERICAN, MOVE GOODS FASTER AND

  • MORE EFFICIENTLY, DURING HIS

  • TRIP TOMORROW HE'LL VISIT

  • PORTSMOUTH HARBOR, 3 MILLION-

  • TONS AND $2 BILLION OF CARGO A

  • YEAR OF MATERIALS TO SUPPORT

  • THE LOCAL ECONOMY, CLEAN ENERGY

  • AND PRODUCTION.

  • THE PORT RECENTLY COMPLETED A

  • PROJECT TO WIDEN THE HARBOR'S

  • TURNING BASIN, WILL RECEIVE

  • FUNDING FROM THE BIPARTISAN

  • INFRASTRUCTURE LAW TO MAINTAIN

  • ALONG THE CHANNEL TO

  • ACCOMMODATE SHIPS AND HEAVIER

  • LOADS OF CARGO, ALSO WANTED TO

  • NOTE OF SCHEDULING, TODAY WE

  • ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE WE WILL

  • CO-HOST THE GLOBAL 19 SUMMIT ON

  • MAY 12 ALONGSIDE BELIZE,

  • GERMANY,, AND OTHER HEALTH

  • THREATS, COHOSTING THIS SUMMIT

  • CONTINUES TO HIGHLIGHT AMERICAN

  • LEADERSHIP AND THE GLOBAL COVID

  • RESPONSE WITH OUR PROVISIONS TO

  • DATE, MORE THAN $19 MILLION IN

  • HEALTH, HUMANITARIAN, ECONOMIC

  • ASSISTANCE, OUR COMMITMENT TO

  • PROVIDING 1.2 BILLION VACCINE

  • DOSES TO THE WORLD FOR FREE, OF

  • WHICH WE'VE ALREADY DELIVERED

  • 500 MILLION DOSES, WHILE WE

  • HAVE DEDICATING TO LEAD THE

  • GLOBAL COVID RESPONSE, WE ALSO

  • NEED CONGRESS TO URGENTLY DO

  • ITS PART TO FUND THE GLOBAL

  • COVID RESPONSE, WE HAVE

  • REQUESTED A SUPPLEMENTAL

  • PACKAGE TO GET SHOTS IN

  • THEARMS, WE WILL OBVIOUSLY

  • CONTINUE TO WORK WITH CONGRESS

  • ON GETTING THAT FUNDING WHEN

  • THEY RETURN, FINALLY, I WANTED

  • TO, LAST THING, IS WE ALSO

  • ANNOUNCE ON MARCH 12 AND 13,

  • THE PRESIDENT WILL HOST THE

  • LEADERS OF IN WASHINGTON D.C.,

  • BUILD ON PRESIDENT BIDEN'S

  • PARTICIPATION IN THE U.S.

  • SUMMIT, ANNOUNCE INITIATIVES

  • PROMOTING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND

  • MORE AND THIS WILL, OF COURSE,

  • WE'LL HAVE MORE TO PREVIEW AS

  • WE GET CLOSER TO THAT TRIP.

  • JOSH, WHY DON'T YOU KICK US

  • OFF.

  • >> HAPPY MONDAY, NEXT SUBJECT

  • AREAS FIRST A FEDERAL JUDGE IN

  • FLORIDA SAYS THE CDC EXCEEDS

  • AUTHORITY.

  • >> CDC RECOMMENDED CONTINUING

  • THE ORDER FOR ADDITIONAL TIME,

  • TWO WEEKS, TO BE ABLE TO ASSESS

  • THE LATEST SCIENCE IN KEEPING

  • WITH ITS RESPONSIBILITY TO

  • PROTECT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

  • SO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A

  • DISAPPOINTING DECISION, THE CDC

  • CONTINUES RECOMMENDING WEARING

  • A MASK IN PUBLIC TRANSIT, THIS

  • JUST CAME OUT THIS AFTERNOON,

  • RIGHT NOW THE DEPARTMENT OF

  • HOMELAND SECURITY WHO WOULD BE

  • IMPLEMENTING AND THE CDC, ARE

  • REVIEWING THE DECISION, OF

  • COURSE THE DEPARTMENT OF

  • JUSTICE WOULD MAKE ANY

  • DETERMINATIONS ABOUT

  • LITIGATION.

  • >> SECONDLY, RUSSIA IS EXPECTED

  • TO VIRTUALLY ATTEND MEETINGS IN

  • THE WORLD BANK, IS THAT

  • APPROPRIATE WITH ACTIONS IN

  • UKRAINE, HOW SHOULD

  • INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

  • TREAT RUSSIA.

  • >> THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE CLEAR

  • THAT HE DOES NOT BELIEVE WE

  • SHOULD BE OPERATING AS BUSINESS

  • AS USUAL, HE HAS MADE CLEAR

  • ABOUT HIS CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR

  • PARTICIPATION IN THE G20.

  • I'D ALSO NOTE THAT OUR

  • REPRESENTATIVE THERE, THE

  • SECRETARY OF TREASURY, MADE

  • CLEAR SHE ISN'T PLANNING TO

  • ATTEND EVENTS OR MEETINGS THAT

  • THE RUSSIANS ARE PARTICIPATING

  • IN, IN TERMS OF

  • OTHERPARTICIPATIONS BEYOND

  • THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER

  • COMMENT.

  • ON THIS MOVE TO DRILLING ON

  • PUBLIC LAND, HOW LONG DO YOU

  • THINK IT WILL TAKE FOR THESE

  • NEW LEASES TO START PRODUCING,

  • WHAT IMPACT MAY THIS HAVE.

  • >> LET ME FIRST SAY, TODAY'S

  • ACTION, AS YOU KNOW, FOR

  • EVERYBODY, WAS A RESULT OF THE

  • COURT INJUNCTION THAT WE

  • CONTINUE TO APPEAL, IT IS NOT

  • IN LINE WITH THE PRESIDENT'S

  • POLICY, WHICH WAS TO BAN

  • ADDITIONAL LEASING, BECAUSE

  • ONE, WE NEED TO MOVE TOWARDS A

  • MORE CLEAR ENERGY ECONOMY, ALSO

  • BECAUSE THERE ARE 9,000 PERMITS

  • UNUSED ON LANDS THAT COULD BE

  • TAPPED INTO BY OIL COMPANIES,

  • WE DON'T FEEL THEY ARE NEEDED.

  • IN TERMS OF HOW LONG IT WILL

  • TAKE TO GET UP DRILLING BECAUSE

  • OF THE COURT ACTION, I DON'T

  • HAVE ANY ASSESSMENT ON THAT

  • FROM HERE, I WOULD JUST NOTE

  • THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE

  • TO FIGHT THIS COURT INJUNCTION,

  • FORCING OUR HAND IN ALLOWING

  • THIS TO PROCEED, EVEN AS WE

  • HAVE TAKEN ACTIONS TO REDUCE

  • 80% THE AREAS TO LEASE AND

  • IMPOSE ENVIRONMENTAL STRINGENT

  • STANDARDS.

  • >> NOW YOU ARE HAVING TO EXPAND

  • PRODUCTION OF FOSSIL FUELS,

  • CONGRESS AS WE KNOW HAS YET TO

  • ACCLIMATE CLIMATE PROPOSAL, IS

  • THE AGENDA STILL ATTAINABLE,

  • ARE THESE NEW LEASES GOING TO

  • UNDER CUT THAT PLEDGE.

  • >> THESE LEASES ARE NOT IN LINE

  • WITH OUR POLICY, OR THE

  • PRESIDENT'S VIEW, YOU KNOW,

  • POLICY OR NOT, THIS IS THE

  • SITUATION YOU ARE IN.

  • >> IT IS, THERE IS OBVIOUSLY

  • GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT THIS

  • LEGAL ACTION, I WOULD SAY THAT,

  • THE PRESIDENT REMAINS COMMITTED

  • ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE CRISIS

  • AS ONE OF THE FOUR PILLARS HE

  • CAME IN, HE RAN ON AS

  • PRESIDENT, HE WILL CONTINUE TO

  • FIGHT FOR, ONE OF THE REASONS

  • THIS WAS SO TROUBLING TO HIM IS

  • BECAUSE HE IS SO COMMITTED TO

  • THAT OBJECTIVE AS PRESIDENT, WE

  • CONTINUE TO PROPOSE, CONTINUE

  • TO PROPOSE A HISTORIC

  • INVESTMENT IN ADDRESSING THE

  • CLIMATE CRISIS, SOMETHING THAT

  • WE WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS

  • WITH CONGRESS, THERE ARE A LOT

  • OF WAYS TO GET THERE THAT WE

  • WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH

  • CONGRESS TO TAKE ACTION, HE HAS

  • YET TO TAKE ACTION HIMSELF

  • THROUGH HIS OWN AUTHORITIES TO

  • TAKE ACTIONS TO HELP OUR

  • CLIMATE.

  • >> ARE YOU STILL CONFIDENT THAT

  • GOAL IS ACHIEVABLE.

  • >> WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO

  • PURSUE IT AND CONTINUE TO REACH

  • IT.

  • >> HOUSE MINORITY LEADER SAYING

  • PRESIDENT PUTIN WOULD HAVE

  • BACKED OFF FROM INVADING

  • UKRAINE IF PRESIDENT BIDEN

  • SHIPPED WEAPONS TO UKRAINE

  • SOONER.

  • >> FIRST JUST FOR FACT'S SAKE,

  • WE SENT A RECORD OF SECURITY

  • ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE TO

  • PRESIDENT BIDEN'S FIRST YEAR IN

  • OFFICE MORE THAN ANY IN

  • HISTORY, SHARED A SIGNIFICANT

  • AMOUNT OF INTELLIGENCE ABOUT

  • RUSSIA'S INTENTIONS AND

  • MILITARY MOVEMENTS AS WE ALL

  • KNOW, 3.2 BILLION TOTAL, 2.6

  • BILLION SINCE THIS CONFLICT

  • STARTED, THAT'S IN DIRECT

  • CONTRAST WITH OUR PREDECESSOR,

  • WITHHELD HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS

  • OF DOLLARS FROM UKRAINE, MR.

  • MCCARTHY, WHO WAS CRITICAL OF

  • US AT THE MOMENT, DEFENDED, HE

  • CLAIMED PEOPLE BELIEVED THERE

  • WAS CORRUPTION IN THE ZELENSKYY

  • ADMINISTRATION, WHAT HAS

  • CHANGED IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

  • >> ARE YOU PLANNING MORE

  • SANCTIONS THIS WEEK ON RUSSIA,

  • OLIGARCHS, WHAT CAN YOU TELL

  • US.

  • >> WE ARE PLANNING TO CONTINUE

  • AND REVIEW ADDITIONAL

  • SANCTIONS, ITS BEEN AN ONGOING

  • PROCESS, RIGHT NOW, YOU WILL

  • SEE US CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR

  • SANCTION TARGETS AND CONTINUE

  • TO TAKE STEPS TO FURTHER

  • TIGHTEN OUR SANCTIONS, TO

  • PREVENT EVASION AND PUT IN

  • PLACE ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS.

  • I ALSO WANTED TO KNOW A COUPLE

  • OF COMMENTS FOR ANYONE WITH

  • QUESTIONS, WHICH PROBABLY ISN'T

  • ANYONE IN THIS ROOM, BUT MAYBE,

  • WHETHER THESE SANCTIONS ARE

  • HAVING AN IMPACT, ONE IS BY THE

  • CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL BANK

  • WHO SAID THESE SANCTIONS ARE

  • QUOTE, WILL NOW BEGIN TO

  • INCREASINGLY AFFECT THE REAL

  • SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY,

  • PRACTICALLY EVERY PRODUCT, ALSO

  • SAID THAT QUOTE THAT SANCTIONS

  • ARE BEING TIGHTENED ALMOST

  • EVERY DAY, THE PERIODS IN WHICH

  • THE ECONOMY CAN LIVE ON

  • RESERVES IS FINITE, MEANING

  • THESE ARE WAYS THE PRESIDENT,

  • SECRETARY OF STATE, SECRETARY

  • OF TREASURY, OTHERS HAVE

  • CONVEYED, WE ARE CONTINUING TO

  • REVIEW AND I EXPECT WE'LL HAVE

  • MORE IN THE COMING DAYS.

  • >> JUST A QUICK LOOK ON THE

  • MASK MANDATE BEING REPORTED BY

  • THIS JUDGE, WHAT IS THE WHITE

  • HOUSE'S ASSESSMENT WHAT THAT

  • MEANS FOR TRAVELERS TODAY.

  • >> IT JUST HAPPENED THIS

  • AFTERNOON, THE DEPARTMENT OF

  • HOMELAND SECURITY IS OBVIOUSLY

  • OVERSEAS, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF

  • THIS, THEY ARE REVIEWING IT AS

  • WE SPEAK.

  • >> IT IS STILL IN PLACE RIGHT

  • NOW.

  • >> THEY ARE DOING IT AS WE

  • SPEAK, IT JUST CAME OUT THIS

  • AFTERNOON, IF THERE ARE ANY

  • UPDATES WHILE I'M OUT THERE,

  • I'M SURE WE CAN PROVIDE THEM TO

  • ALL OF YOU.

  • PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY SAYS HE

  • WANTS TO VISIT UKRAINE AND HE

  • WILL, YESTERDAY YOU SAID THERE

  • ARE NO PLANS FOR PRESIDENT

  • BIDEN TO GO.

  • >> THAT HAS NOT CHANGED OUR

  • FOCUS TO PROVIDE UKRAINE,

  • UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT, LEADERS,

  • ASSISTANCE THAT'S BEEN ADAPTED

  • BASED UPON THEIR NEEDS, THEIR

  • SUCCESSES ON THE GROUNDS,

  • OBVIOUSLY THAT CAN BE

  • ATTRIBUTED LARGELY TO THE

  • COURAGE AND THE BRAVERY OF

  • UKRAINIAN LEADERS, BECAUSE OF

  • THE MILITARY ASSISTANCE WE'VE

  • PROVIDED.

  • I WOULD NOTE, BECAUSE I KNOW

  • THIS IS AN UNDERSTANDABLE

  • QUESTION YOU ALL HAVE ASKED, IF

  • ANYONE WERE TO GO, THERE IS NO

  • PLANS FOR THE PRESIDENT TO GO,

  • WE WOULD NOT OUTLINE FROM HERE,

  • IF AND WHEN FOR SECURITY

  • REASONS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY

  • DETAILS TO PREVIEW REGARDLESS.

  • >> IS THE PRESIDENT CONTINUING

  • GRANTING PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY'S

  • REQUEST TO MAKE RUSSIA A --

  • >> IT IS AN AUTHORITY THAT

  • OBVIOUSLY EXISTS WHEN THE

  • GOVERNMENT AT THE STATE

  • DEPARTMENT, IN ORDER, BROADLY

  • SPEAKING, FOR ANY COUNTRY TO BE

  • DESIGNATED A STATE SPONSOR OF

  • TERROR, THERE IS ONLY THREE,

  • NORTH KOREA, SUDAN, AND IRAN AT

  • THIS POINT IN TIME, JUST FOR

  • YOUR FULL PERSPECTIVE, THE

  • SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD NEED

  • TO DETERMINE THE GOVERNMENT OF

  • THIS COUNTRY REPEATEDLY

  • PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR ACTS OF

  • INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, OF

  • COURSE DESIGNATIONS ARE MADE

  • AFTER CAREFUL REVIEW.

  • WHILE WE HAVE THOSE

  • AUTHORITIES, I DON'T HAVE ANY

  • UPDATE OR PREDICTION OF THAT,

  • THAT WOULD BE MADE BY THE STATE

  • DEPARTMENT, WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS

  • FOR THE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE

  • BEEN DESIGNATED STATE SPONSORS

  • OF TERRORISM, MEANS A COUPLE OF

  • THEM FOR YOU, THAT THE FORMING

  • CATEGORIES OF SANCTIONS THAT

  • RESULT FROM DESIGNATION UNDER

  • THESE AUTHORITIES INCLUDE

  • RESTRICTIONS ON U.S. FOREIGN

  • ASSISTANCE, A BAN ON EXPORT AND

  • SALES, CERTAIN CONTROLS OVER

  • EXPORTS OF DUAL USE ITEMS AND

  • OTHER FINANCIAL RESTRICTIONS,

  • WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE, TO

  • DATE, IS OF COURSE, IMPOSE

  • SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL

  • SANCTIONS, EXPORT CONTROLS,

  • CURTAILED RESTRICTIONS ON

  • FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, WHEN YOU

  • ARE THINKING ABOUT THE IMPACT,

  • THESE ARE ALREADY A LOT OF

  • STEPS THAT WE'VE TAKEN, I HAVE

  • NOTHING TO PREDICT ON THAT

  • FRONT, THAT'S A PROCESS

  • REVIEWED BY THE STATE

  • DEPARTMENT.

  • >>> RUSSIA WARNED THE UNITED

  • STATES LAST WEEK TO STOP ARMING

  • UKRAINE, WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE

  • THE CONSEQUENCES WILL BE.

  • >> I'M NOT GOING TO SPECULATE

  • ON EMPTY THREATS OR THREATS BY

  • PRESIDENT PUTIN OR RUSSIAN

  • LEADERSHIP, WHAT WE HAVE DONE

  • HERE IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID

  • WE WOULD DO FROM THE BEGINNING,

  • IF THEY INVADED, WE WOULD BE

  • PROVIDING SIGNIFICANT SECURITY

  • ASSISTANCE, ECONOMIC

  • ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT TO THE

  • UKRAINIAN PEOPLE, WE'RE GOING

  • TO CONTINUE TO EXACTLY DO THAT.

  • >> I BELIEVE IT IS ONLY BECAUSE

  • WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE

  • AIRLINES, AIRPORT PASSENGERS,

  • THERE MAY BE PEOPLE SITTING AT

  • AN AIRPORT WONDERING IF THEY

  • ARE BOARDING TONIGHT, IS THE

  • MASK MANDATE STILL IN PLACE.

  • >> WE ARE CONTINUING TO

  • RECOMMEND PEOPLE STILL WEAR

  • MASKS, I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE,

  • THIS CAME OUT THROUGHOUT THE

  • COURTS THIS AFTERNOON, AS SOON

  • AS THERE IS AN UPDATE WE WILL

  • PROVIDE THAT.

  • >> IS THE WHITE HOUSE

  • ANTICIPATING AN ANNOUNCEMENT BY

  • HOMELAND SECURITY TONIGHT.

  • >> THEY ARE ASSESSING IT RIGHT

  • NOW, AS SOON AS THEY HAVE AN

  • ASSESSMENT, UPDATES THEY'LL

  • MAKE THAT AVAILABLE.

  • >> THE DOJ FIRST THING TOMORROW

  • MORNING, OUR PASSENGERS --

  • >> I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE

  • ASKING, NO ONE IS TRYING TO

  • PROVOKE UNCERTAINTY WITH

  • PASSENGERS, WE THINK THE MASK

  • MANDATE, IT IS SAFER FOR

  • INDIVIDUALS FLYING TO CONTINUE

  • TO WEAR MASKS, WE WOULD

  • RECOMMEND YOU WEAR MASKS ON AN

  • AIRPLANE, AS SOON AS WE PROVIDE

  • AN UPDATE HERE WE'LL PROVIDE

  • THAT FOR YOU.

  • >> TWO CDC THINGS IN THE RULING

  • THE JUDGE SAID, IF SHE ACCEPTS

  • THE CDC'S ARGUMENT THAT MASKS

  • LIMIT COVID SPREAD, COULD THAT

  • ALONE IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO OVER

  • COME WHAT SHE CONCLUDES IS A

  • RULE THAT EXCEEDS THE AGENCY'S

  • AUTHORITY TO PUT IT IN PLACE,

  • THE ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES

  • OTHERWISE, RIGHT.

  • >> OTHERWISE WE WOULDN'T HAVE

  • PUT IT IN PLACE TO BEGIN WITH.

  • >> THAT'S POTENTIALLY THE CRUX

  • OF AN APPEAL.

  • >> I WOULD LEAVE THAT TO THE

  • DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WHAT WE

  • ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK WAS JUST A

  • TWO-WEEK EXTENSION IN ORDER TO

  • HAVE TIME TO ASSESS WHAT WE

  • HAVE ALL SEEN IS RISE IN CASES,

  • AND MAKE AN ASSESSMENT AND

  • RECOMMENDATION WITH THAT IN

  • MIND, OF COURSE IT IS

  • DISAPPOINTING.

  • >> THERE IS ANOTHER ISSUE

  • THAT'S TROUBLING SOME

  • DEMOCRATS, THE IMPENDING END OF

  • TITLE 42, GARY PETERS, WHO

  • CHAIRS THE HOMELAND SECURITY,

  • ANOTHER SENATOR SUGGESTING HE

  • HAS DOUBTS ABOUT ENDING,

  • SECRETARY MYORCHAS, WHAT MORE

  • IS THIS ADMINISTRATION SHARING

  • WITH THESE DEMOCRATS AND

  • REPUBLICANS, A HANDFUL OF

  • DEMOCRATS THAT DON'T SEE A FIRM

  • PLAN, THEY WANT MORE DETAILS,

  • THE ADMINISTRATION SEEMS TO BE

  • RUSSIAN IN TO THIS WITH NO

  • SENSE OF WHAT REPERCUSSIONS

  • COULD BE.

  • >> THIS IS NOT AN IMMIGRATION

  • AUTHORITY FOR ANYONE CONCERNED

  • ABOUT IT, OR AN IMMIGRATION

  • PLAN, IT IS A HEALTH AUTHORITY

  • THAT CONGRESS GAVE THE CDC

  • AUTHORITY TO MAKE A

  • DETERMINATION ABOUT, ABOUT

  • WHETHER IT NEEDS TO STAY IN

  • PLACE OR NOT, THERE IS NO

  • QUESTION, WE HAVE A BROKEN

  • IMMIGRATION SYSTEM, THERE IS

  • MORE WE NEED TO DO, WE'VE BEEN

  • SAYING THAT FOR THE FIRST DAY

  • THE PRESIDENT TOOK OFFICE,

  • ANYONE WHO WANTS TO WORK ON

  • THAT, DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS,

  • ANYONE HOW WE CAN PUT SMARTER

  • SECURITY IN PLACE, HOW WE CAN

  • HAVE AB ASYLUM PROCESS THAT

  • WORKS, WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT

  • NOW, THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY

  • HOLDING HOSTAGE, FUNDING FOR

  • COVID, WE ARE GOING TO RUN OUT

  • OF FUNDING FOR KEY PROGRAMS,

  • OUR ISSUE HERE IS LET'S MOVE

  • FORWARD WITH THE COVID FUNDING,

  • WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE A

  • DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BROKEN

  • IMMIGRATION SYSTEM, WE AGREE

  • ITS BROKEN, LET'S WORK TOGETHER

  • ON ADDRESSING THAT.

  • >> YOU SAY THAT, BECAUSE THERE

  • IS THIS AMENDMENT TO THE COVID

  • PLAN.

  • >> THAT'S THE ROOT ISSUE HERE,

  • ANYONE WHO IS RAISING CONCERNS,

  • THEY ARE TYING IT TO, TYING IT

  • TO THE COVID FUNDING.

  • >> REPUBLICANS ARE, WE HAVE A

  • HANDFUL OF DEMOCRATS --

  • >> I UNDERSTAND THAT, WE'RE

  • ALSO HAPPY TO WORK WITH ANYONE

  • ON IMMIGRATION REFORM, ANY

  • CONCERNS THEY HAVE.

  • >> IT SOUNDS LIKE THE ANSWER IS

  • YOU'VE GOT CONCERNS, YOU

  • CONGRESS DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT,

  • HERE IS WHAT HAPPENS ON MAY 25.

  • >> IT IS NOT YOU DO SOMETHING

  • ABOUT IT, LET'S WORK TOGETHER,

  • YOU HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS, WANT

  • TO TALK ABOUT HOW TO MOVE THIS

  • FORWARD, LET'S DO THAT, AT THE

  • SAME TIME WHAT'S HAPPENING IS

  • THIS COVID FUNDING WHICH MEANS

  • PEOPLE UNINSURES ARE NOT GOING

  • TO BE ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO

  • TREATMENTS, TO VACCINES, WE'RE

  • NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THE

  • FOURTH BOOSTER SHOT, TO

  • EVERYBODY, GOING TO BE ABLE TO

  • GET TREATMENTS FOR

  • IMMUNOCOMPROMISED, THAT'S WHERE

  • WE'RE AT, THAT'S WHY IT IS

  • IMPORTANT TO MOVE THAT FUNDING

  • FORWARD, YES, OUR SYSTEM IS

  • BROKEN, LET'S ADDRESS IT, THIS

  • IS A HEALTH AUTHORITY NOT AN

  • IMMIGRATION AUTHORITY.

  • >> THANK YOU.

  • YOU SAID ABOUT THIS MASK RULING

  • OUT OF A FEDERAL COURT IN

  • FLORIDA, IT IS A DISAPPOINTING

  • DECISION, SAY THAT YOU CONTINUE

  • TO RECOMMEND PEOPLE WEAR MASKS,

  • WHY IS IT WE CAN SIT HERE IN

  • THE WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING ROOM

  • WITH NO MASKS, BUT PEOPLE CAN'T

  • SIT IN AN AIRPLANE CABIN WITH

  • NO MASKS?

  • >> PETER, I'M NOT A DOCTOR, YOU

  • ARE NOT A DOCTOR, IF YOU ARE,

  • NOT A DOCTOR, JUST MAKING SURE,

  • I DON'T KNOW.

  • NOR DO I PLAY ONE ON TV THERE

  • YOU GO.

  • THOSE DETERMINATIONS, THE

  • MASKING GUIDANCE, IS GREEN,

  • YELLOW AND RED, WE ARE

  • CURRENTLY IN A GREEN ZONE IN

  • WASHINGTON D.C., THEY ARE NOT

  • RECOMMENDING IT.

  • SOME PEOPLE CAN STILL WEAR MASK

  • IF THEY WANT TO, MANY PEOPLE

  • DO, OR WEAR THEM IN MEETINGS,

  • WEAR THEM AT CERTAIN TIMES,

  • CLOSE TO PEOPLE, MAYBE YOU

  • HAVEIMMUNOCOMPROMISED PARENT OR

  • FRIEND, PEOPLE MAKE THAT

  • DECISION.

  • THIS IS BASED UPON HEALTH

  • CONSIDERATIONS AND DATA THAT

  • THE CDC LOOKS AT, AS

  • TRANSMISSIBILITY AS WE HAVE

  • SEEN WITH INCREASING PLACES ON

  • AIRPLANES.

  • >> IF A FLIGHT IS LEAVING FROM

  • AN AIRPORT IN A GREEN ZONE,

  • THOSE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO WEAR

  • MASKS.

  • >> THERE HAS BEEN A LONG

  • DIFFERENCE FROM THE BEGINNING,

  • PEOPLE ON AN AIRPLANE, PEOPLE

  • IN VEHICLES, IN LOCATIONS, HERE

  • IN WASHINGTON D.C. A GREEN

  • ZONE.

  • WHAT WE ASK FOR IS A TWO-WEEK

  • EXTENSION, OR NOT ASK FOR, WE

  • HAD ANNOUNCED WAS A TWO WEEK

  • EXTENSION TO LOOK AT THE DATA,

  • MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED UPON

  • THE DATA AND SCIENCE WHETHER TO

  • BE CONTINUED OR NOT.

  • >> WE HAVE A REPORTING THAT 23

  • PEOPLE APPREHENDED AT THE

  • BORDER IN 2021 ARE ON THE

  • TERROR WATCH LIST.

  • WHY DO YOU GUYS THINK IT IS

  • SOMEONE ON A TERROR WATCH LIST

  • WOULD WANT TO GET IN THE UNITED

  • STATES UNDETECTED?

  • >> I CAN'T MAKE AN ASSESSMENT

  • OF THAT, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU,

  • IS YOUR DATA MEANS THE BORDER

  • PATROL WAS DOING THEIR JOB.

  • THEY APPREHENDED PEOPLE AT THE

  • BORDER.

  • >> 2,000 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS GOT

  • AWAY, YOU CAN SAY WITH

  • CERTAINTY NONE OF THEM ARE ON A

  • TERROR WATCH LIST.

  • >> HERE IS A SUSPECTED

  • TERRORIST, TALKING ABOUT A FEW

  • DOZEN ENCOUNTERS AT MOST, THESE

  • REPRESENT SIGNIFICANTLY LESS,

  • BUT I'D NOTE, THESE

  • INDIVIDUALS, THESE 23 PEOPLE,

  • THEY STOP THEM, THEY PREVENTED

  • THEM FROM GETTING TO THE

  • COUNTRY.

  • >> THE PRESIDENT IS NOT WORRIED

  • ABOUT HOLES IN THE SOUTHERN

  • BORDER BEING EXPLOITED BY

  • PEOPLE COMING IN.

  • >> TO STOP THESE PEOPLE FROM

  • GETTING INTO THE COUNTRY.

  • >> ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION

  • ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED,

  • WE'VE BEEN TOLD THE MOUNTED

  • BORDER PATROL OFFICERS WITH

  • MIGRANTS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED

  • THEY WILL NOT FACE CRIMINAL

  • CHARGES, WHEN IS THE PRESIDENT

  • GOING TO APOLOGIZE TO THEM.

  • >> THERE IS A PROCESS, AND AN

  • INVESTIGATION THAT'S GONE

  • THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF

  • HOMELAND SECURITY, I DON'T HAVE

  • ANY UPDATE ON THAT.

  • >> THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT THEY

  • WERE WHIPPING PEOPLE, WHICH

  • WOULD BE A CRIMINAL OFFENSE,

  • AND THEY'VE BEEN TOLD THEY ARE

  • NOT GOING TO BE CRIMINALLY

  • CHARGED --

  • >> THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION

  • AND I'LL LET THE DEPARTMENT OF

  • HOMELAND SECURITY CONCLUDE THE

  • INVESTIGATION.

  • >> YOU ACCUSED THESE OFFICERS

  • OF BRUTAL AND INAPPROPRIATE

  • MEASURES, NOW THEY HAVE BEEN

  • TOLD --

  • >> THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION

  • IN TO THEIR BEHAVIOR, WHENEVER

  • IT IS GOING TO BE ANNOUNCED THE

  • DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

  • WILL ANNOUNCE THAT, I'M SURE

  • WE'LL HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT.

  • >> AS THE DEBATE IS GOING ON

  • ABOUT NEXT STEPS IS THERE ANY

  • CONCERNS AT THE WHITE HOUSE,

  • THAT THIS ISSUE, NOW THAT THERE

  • ARE SOME AMERICANS AWARE ABOUT

  • THIS RULE ABOUT A FLORIDA

  • JUDGE, IT COULD PROMPT TENSIONS

  • WE SEE ON AIRPLANES IN RECENT

  • MONTHS UNTIL THERE IS A

  • RESOLUTION.

  • >> WE ENCOURAGE CALM IN ALL

  • PLACES, BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS

  • RULING CAME OUT THIS AFTERNOON,

  • I KNOW THE OBJECTIVE OF

  • EVERYBODY INVOLVED, AUTHORITIES

  • IN GOVERNMENT IS TO MAKE THE

  • NEXT STEPS AS QUICKLY AS

  • POSSIBLE, THAT'S CERTAINLY OUR

  • HOPE, WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING

  • WE CAN TO PREVENT THAT.

  • >> ON THE OIL LEASES, DOES THE

  • PRESIDENT SEE TO A FACT EVEN

  • THOUGH THIS ISN'T POLICY

  • OBJECTIVE, COULD THERE BE

  • ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION GIVEN THE

  • FACT THAT GAS PRICES ARE HIGH,

  • THERE ARE PUSH TO HAVE

  • ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION BECAUSE

  • OF THE WAR ON UKRAINE, EVEN

  • THOUGH IT IS NOT HIS POLICY

  • OBJECTIVE.

  • >> I CAN TELL YOU FROM TALKING

  • ABOUT IT THIS MORNING, HE HAS

  • NOT.

  • HE REMAINS COMMITTED TO THE BAN

  • HE CALLED FOR ON THE EXPANSION

  • OF LEASING OF FEDERAL LANDS IN

  • PART BECAUSE HE WANTS TO MOVE

  • TOWARDS A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY,

  • HE IS COMMITTED TO THAT,

  • ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, THERE

  • IS 9,000 UNUSED LEASES THAT CAN

  • BE TAPPED INTO AND USED,

  • ENCOURAGED OIL COMPANIES TO DO

  • THAT, TO HELP ADDRESS EXACTLY

  • AS YOU SAID, THE NEED TO GET

  • MORE SUPPLY IN THE MARKETPLACE.

  • >> DOES HE SEE THIS MOVE BY THE

  • DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AS GOING

  • AGAINST HIS CAMPAIGN PLEDGE.

  • >> HE KNOWS THAT IT WAS THE

  • RESULT OF A COURT INJUNCTION AS

  • YOU HEARD, SECRETARY HOLLAND

  • SAY, SO HER HANDS WERE TIED IN

  • MANY WAYS AS THEY CAN BE BY

  • LEGAL REQUIREMENTS BUT WHAT

  • THEY DID, WHICH HE CERTAINLY

  • SUPPORTED WAS TAKING STEPS TO

  • REDUCE BY 80% THE AREAS TO

  • LEASE, ALSO IMPOSED STRINGENT

  • ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS IN

  • ORDER TO TAKE ADDITIONAL STEPS,

  • EVEN AS THE CORE INJUNCTION

  • MADE THEM TAKE THESE STEPS.

  • >> YOU DID NOT MENTION CUBA AS

  • A STATE SPONSOR --

  • >> I DID NOT MEAN TO NOT

  • MENTION THEM, I WANTED TO CITE

  • EXAMPLES OF HOW FEW THERE ARE,

  • I'M NOT ANNOUNCING NEW POLICY,

  • I WANTED TO GIVE AN INDICATION

  • WHAT THAT IS HOW LIMITED, GO

  • AHEAD.

  • >> THIS IS A QUESTION THAT

  • COMES FROM ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES

  • REPORTING IN UKRAINE RIGHT NOW,

  • HE IS WONDERING, AS CONDITIONS

  • IN MARIUPOL CONTINUE TO

  • DISINTEGRATE, IS THE UNITED

  • STATES CONSIDERING ANY CREATIVE

  • WAYS FOR UNDER SIEGE, SENDING

  • IN THIRD COUNTRY PLANES OR A

  • NEUTRAL ORGANIZATION LIKE THE

  • RED CROSS TO GET RELIEF IN

  • THERE.

  • >> FROM THE HUMANITARIAN

  • RELIEF.

  • WE ARE ENGAGED WITH SURROUNDING

  • COUNTRIES, WITH 8 ORGANIZATIONS

  • ABOUT A RANGE OF WAYS TO GET

  • AIDE AND ASSISTANCE, OBVIOUSLY

  • FROM THE START OF THIS, IF

  • THERE WAS AN ALLOWANCE OR

  • IMPLEMENTATION OF HUMANITARIAN

  • CORRIDORS, IT WOULD HAVE HELPED

  • ENABLE, WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT A

  • LOT OF THOSE THINGS FROM HERE,

  • WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO

  • TAKE STEPS TO PROVIDE

  • HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN

  • EVERY WAY WE CAN, I WOULD NOTE

  • YOU DIDN'T HAVE THIS QUESTION,

  • ONE OTHER LITTLE UPDATE, THERE

  • WERE FOUR PLANES THAT ARRIVED

  • WITH MILITARY ASSISTANCE OVER

  • THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND,

  • ANOTHER ONE IS SUPPOSED TO

  • ARRIVE TODAY IF IT HASN'T

  • ALREADY, FROM THE 800, THE

  • PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED TO GIVE A

  • SENSE OF EFFORTS TO CONTINUE TO

  • GET MORE ASSISTANCE IN.

  • >> COMPLETELY UNRELATED, TODAY

  • ON BACKGROUND CALL ABOUT

  • CLIMATE POLICY, ADMINISTRATION

  • OFFICIALS SAID THAT THE WHITE

  • HOUSE IS IN TOUCH WITH A WIDE

  • RANGE OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

  • ABOUT A RECONCILIATION PACKAGE.

  • ARE NEGOTIATIONS ONGOING FOR

  • BUILD BACK BETTER, OR BUILDING

  • A BETTER AMERICA, WHATEVER YOU

  • ARE CALLING IT NOW, ARE YOU

  • TALKING ABOUT IT?

  • >> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT,

  • WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, A

  • RECONCILIATION PACKAGE

  • INCLUDING GETTING HISTORIC

  • INVESTMENT IN CLIMATE,

  • INCLUDING LOWERING THE COST OF

  • CHILD CARE, ELDER CARE, HEALTH

  • CARE, TAKING ALL THESE STEPS

  • THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN

  • COMMITTED TO, THESE

  • CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN ON

  • GOING OVER THE COURSE OF THE

  • LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

  • >> WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO.

  • >> WE'RE TALKING TO EVERYBODY

  • ACROSS THE BOARD, I'M NOT GOING

  • TO NAME ALL NAMES, DEMOCRATS

  • ACROSS THE BOARD WHO WANT TO

  • GET THIS DONE.

  • >> ARE THEY ANY CLOSER TO

  • REINVESTING --

  • >> CERTAINLY THAT'S OUR

  • OBJECTIVE IS TO OPEN IT, WHAT

  • WE ARE EVALUATING IS SECURITY

  • CONSIDERATIONS, WHEN THE STATE

  • DEPARTMENT IS PREPARED TO DO

  • THAT, WHEN WE LOOK AT WHO

  • SHOULD GO FIRST, HOW MANY, HOW

  • MANY PEOPLE AND WHEN, IT IS ALL

  • DONE THROUGH THE STATE

  • DEPARTMENT AND THEY MAKE THOSE

  • INITIALRECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT

  • WHEN TO RETURN, THAT CERTAINLY

  • IS OUR OBJECTIVE, OBVIOUSLY

  • HAVING A DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE ON

  • THE GROUND IS IMPORTANT.

  • >> THE PRESIDENT SAYS THEY HAVE

  • BEGAN TO TAKE OFFENSE IN

  • EASTERN UKRAINE, WHAT'S THE

  • ASSESSMENT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING

  • THERE NOW.

  • >> I KNOW THAT MY DEFENSE

  • COLLEAGUE DID A BRIEFING, I

  • WOULD POINT YOU TO A COLLEAGUE

  • OF DEFENSE FOR ANY ON THE

  • GROUND UPDATES.

  • >> YESTERDAY SENATOR SAID

  • QUOTE, I DEEPLY WORRY THAT WE

  • WILL SEE UKRAINE TURN INTO

  • SYRIA, DOES THE PRESIDENT SHARE

  • THAT CONCERN?

  • >> THAT'S NOT WORDS OR PHRASE

  • THE PRESIDENT WOULD USE OR USE

  • FROM THE UNITED STATES,

  • OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE'VE SEEN TO

  • DATE IS TO UKRAINIANS BRAVELY

  • FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE RUSSIANS

  • AND THE BATTLE OF KYIV,

  • CONTINUE TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST

  • THEIR EFFORTS ACROSS THE

  • COUNTRY, WE HAVE KNOWN AND

  • PREDICTED THEY WOULD MOVE THEIR

  • GROUND GAME TO EASTERN UKRAINE,

  • WHICH IS WHAT THEY HAVE DONE,

  • KNOWN AND PREDICTED WHEN JAKE

  • SULLIVAN WAS HERE JUST A WEEK

  • OR TWO AGO, HE CONVEYED THAT

  • MOSCOW WAS LIKELY TO LAUNCH AIR

  • AND MISSILE STRIKES TO CAUSE

  • ECONOMIC DAMAGE, THAT'S WHAT

  • WE'RE SEEING AT THIS POINT IN

  • TIME.

  • WHAT WE'VE SEEN, I THINK, IS

  • THEM BEHAVE BRAVELY WITH HUGE

  • COURAGE, THEY HAVE HAD THE

  • SUCCESS IN PUSHING BACK INTO

  • THE RUSSIANS BECAUSE OF THAT,

  • ALSO BECAUSE OF THE MILITARY

  • ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY THE

  • UNITED STATES, NO, WE WOULD NOT

  • SHARE THAT ASSESSMENT.

  • IS THE ADMINISTRATION ANY

  • CLOSER TO NAMING THE AMBASSADOR

  • UKRAINE?

  • >> CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE

  • QUESTION, I DON'T HAVE ANY

  • UPDATE ON THAT AT THIS POINT

  • FROM HERE.

  • >> SOME ALLIES OF FORMER

  • PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN

  • PRESSING FOR STATEHOUSES TO

  • PASS RESOLUTIONS WITH SENDING

  • ELECTORAL COLLEGES FROM

  • PRESIDENT BIDEN AND LAWSUITS OF

  • LARGE SCALE VOTER FRAUD.

  • LEGAL EXPERTS HAVE CALLED THIS

  • EFFORT PREPOSTEROUS, SOMETHING

  • THIS ADMINISTRATION IS

  • MONITORING OR CONCERNED ABOUT.

  • >> I WOULD SAY THERE HAVE BEEN

  • DOZENS OF COURT CASES THAT HAVE

  • NOT BEEN WON BY OUR

  • PREDECESSOR, PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT

  • THEM, IN AN EFFORT TO OVER TURN

  • THE OUTCOME OF THE LAST

  • ELECTION, OUR FOCUS IS ON

  • GOVERNING FOR THE AMERICAN

  • PEOPLE, DELIVERING FOR THE

  • AMERICAN PEOPLE, LESS FOCUS ON

  • WHAT HE AND HIS PEOPLE ARE UP

  • TO.

  • >> I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THE

  • QUESTION REGARDING THE

  • SENATOR'S COMMENTS, ONE OF THE

  • REPORTS HE WAS MAKING THE U.S.

  • HAS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION

  • ABOUT SENDING TROOPS TO

  • UKRAINE, QUOTE THE AMERICAN

  • PEOPLE FROM THIS TRAGEDY IN

  • UKRAINE, HOW FIERCELY WE DEFEND

  • FREEDOM IN UKRAINE, PUTIN WILL

  • ONLY STOP WHEN WE STOP HIM.

  • WHAT'S THE WHITE HOUSE'S

  • RESPONSE FOR THIS SUGGESTION

  • THAT THE SENATOR NEEDS TO HAVE

  • A CONVERSATION ABOUT SENDING

  • TROOPS TO UKRAINE, DOES THE

  • PRESIDENT AGREE THAT PUTIN WILL

  • STOP WHEN WE, THE U.S., ONLY

  • WHEN WE, THE U.S. STOP HIM?

  • >> WHAT I WOULD SAY IS ONE,

  • SENATOR IS A CLOSE FRIEND OF

  • THE PRESIDENT, WE RESPECTFULLY

  • DISAGREE WITH HIS PROPOSAL, THE

  • PRESIDENT CONTINUES, HAS NO

  • PLANS TO SEND TROOPS TO FIGHT A

  • WAR WITH RUSSIA, HE DOESN'T

  • THINK THAT'S IN OUR NATIONAL

  • SECURITY INTEREST, IN THE

  • INTEREST OF THE AMERICAN

  • PEOPLE.

  • SO WHAT OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN ON,

  • HAS BEEN OBVIOUSLY PROVIDING

  • THIS HISTORIC AMOUNT OF

  • SECURITY ASSISTANCE, MILITARY

  • ASSISTANCE, WEAPONS TO THE

  • UKRAINIANS THAT HAS HELPED THEM

  • EFFECTIVELY FIGHT THIS WAR, AND

  • ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE AS WELL.

  • THIS IS ALSO STRENGTHENING

  • THEIR HAND AT THE NEGOTIATING

  • TABLE EVEN WHILE WE ARE PUTTING

  • IN PLACE HISTORIC PACKAGE OF

  • ECONOMIC SANCTIONS, AS I

  • NOTEDEARLIER, NOTING THE

  • DEVASTATING IMPACT OF THESE

  • SANCTIONS ON THE RUSSIAN

  • ECONOMY.

  • THAT HAS BEEN OUR STRATEGIC

  • FOCUS, OF COURSE WE SUPPORT THE

  • UKRAINIANS IN EVERY WAY

  • POSSIBLE, THE PRESIDENT IS NOT

  • GOING TO FIGHT A WAR WITH

  • RUSSIA.

  • >> THE PRESIDENT WILL DO A LOT

  • OF TRAVEL OVER THE DAYS HOUSE

  • FRONTLINERS, RUNNING FOR

  • REELECTION, HOW YOU CAN TALK

  • ABOUT HOW CRITICAL

  • CONSIDERATIONS ARE MADE AND

  • ALSO WHAT KIND OF AN IMPACT YOU

  • THINK IF ANY WILL HAVE

  • DISCUSSION AND PROMOTION WILL

  • HAVE.

  • >> I'M ALWAYS CAREFUL ABOUT

  • WHAT I GET INTO POLITICS, WHAT

  • I WILL SAY THE PRESIDENT IS

  • PROUD TO GO OUT IN THE COUNTRY,

  • BLUE STATES,PURPLE STATES, RED

  • STATES, BOTH ACHIEVED THROUGH

  • THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE

  • LAW, REBUILDING ROADS, RAILS

  • AND PRISONS, REPLACING LED

  • PIPES AROUND THE COUNTRY,

  • EXPANDING BROAD BAND ACCESS, NO

  • MATTER WHAT YOUR POLITICAL

  • PARTY IS, PROUD TO GO OUT AND

  • TALK ABOUT HIS ECONOMIC AGENDA

  • HE IS STILL FIGHTING TO GET

  • PASSED WHICH INCLUDES CHILD

  • CARE, HEALTH CARE, ELDER CARE,

  • REDUCING COSTS, HIS VIEW IS

  • THAT FOR ANYONE OUT THERE WHEN

  • THEY ARE OUT THERE, SENATORS OR

  • MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO ARE

  • GOING TO BE TALKING TO THEIR

  • COMMUNITIES STANDING UP FOR HIS

  • AGENDA TO MAKE THE AMERICAN

  • LIVES BETTER IS A WINNING

  • ARGUMENT.

  • I WOULD SAY, I AM NOT GOING TO

  • OVERLY NOTE THE POLITICAL SWAY

  • OF DISTRICTS OR STATES, HE HAS

  • ALWAYS SAID HE WANTS TO BE THE

  • PRESIDENT FOR ALL PEOPLE,

  • GOVERNED FOR ALL PEOPLE,

  • TALKING ABOUT HIS AGENDA IN RED

  • BLUE AND PURPLE STATES.

  • >> GOING BACK TO THE

  • CORONAVIRUS, SOME HAVE BEEN

  • TAKING HOME TESTS TO DIAGNOSIS

  • OURSELVES, WHEN THOSE COME UP

  • POSITIVE, SOMETIMES THEY CAN'T

  • BE, SOMETIMES THEY WON'T ACCEPT

  • THAT, DO YOU BELIEVE WE HAVE AN

  • ACCURATE SENSE OF THE SPREAD OF

  • THE CORONAVIRUS RIGHT NOW I

  • THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO

  • REMEMBER IS THAT HOW CDC

  • CONTINUES TO TRACK COVID CASES

  • THAT ARE REPORTED, THEY DO IT

  • REALLY THROUGH HOSPITALIZATIONS

  • AND DEATH THOSE NUMBERS AROUND

  • SEVERE DISEASE COME DIRECTLY

  • FROM HOSPITALS AND STATES, WHAT

  • WE'RE SEEING THROUGH THOSE IS

  • THAT WE'RE AT THE LOWEST LEVEL

  • OF HOSPITALIZATION, I BELIEVE

  • WE'RE STILL AT THAT POINT IN

  • TIME, WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO

  • SHARE TEST RESULTS, CONTACT

  • THEIR DOCTOR, THEY MAY BE

  • ELIGIBLE, OR ANY OTHER

  • THERAPEUTICS, BEYOND THAT, AS I

  • THINK I WOULD NOTE THE

  • PRESIDENT'S 100 PAGE PLAN WE

  • NOTED OUR FOCUS WAS ON

  • HOSPITALIZATIONS, DEATH AND

  • SEVERE CASES, EVEN AS WE'RE

  • ENCOURAGING TESTING FOR WHEN

  • THEY TEST POSITIVE.

  • >> THERE IS A GROUP OF

  • SENATORS, SOME WHO ARE AT RISK,

  • INCLUDING SENATOR KELLY WHO ARE

  • PROPOSING THE IDEA OF LETTING

  • THE SURGEON GENERAL CERTIFY

  • WHEN THE HEALTH EMERGENCY HAS

  • ENDED.

  • IS THAT SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT

  • WOULD CONSIDER, WHY OR WHY NOT?

  • >> THE CONGRESS GAVE THE CDC

  • THE AUTHORITY --

  • >> THERE COULD BE A CHANGE IN

  • THAT, I WONDER IF YOU ARE OPEN

  • TO THAT IDEA.

  • >> I DON'T HAVE ANY PREDICTION,

  • THE CDC IS THE PUBLIC HEALTH

  • AUTHORITY FOR THE COUNTRY.

  • I DON'T HAVE ANYMORE

  • PREDICTIONS.

  • >> JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER

  • ANNOUNCED JAPAN TAKING IN A

  • GROUP OF REFUGEES WHICH IS

  • REALLY A BIG DEAL FOR JAPAN.

  • FOREIGN MINISTER FLEW BACK A

  • GROUP OF REFUGEES FROM POLAND

  • TO JAPAN, IS THE ADMINISTRATION

  • AWARE OF THAT, ALSO WITH THE

  • TRIP TO JAPAN NEXT MONTH, ANY

  • UPDATE ON WHETHER AN INTERVIEW

  • WITH THE PRESIDENT --

  • >> ALWAYS AN INTERVIEW PITCH.

  • OH, I LIKE YOUR STYLE.

  • WE CERTAINLY WELCOME AND

  • APPLAUD THE ACTIONS OF JAPAN,

  • THE JAPANESE LEADERSHIP, ARE

  • GRATEFUL TO THEIR STEPS IN

  • TAKING IN REFUGEES,

  • HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT THROUGH

  • THIS CONFLICT, THEY ARE AN

  • IMPORTANT PARTNER, AS YOU KNOW,

  • HAVE BEEN APART OF IMPORTANT

  • MEETINGS ON THE CONFLICT IN

  • UKRAINE IN RECENT MONTHS

  • INCLUDING ON THE PRESIDENT'S

  • LAST TRIP TO EUROPE.

  • I WILL CERTAINLY TAKE UNDER

  • ADVISEMENT YOUR REQUEST, GO

  • AHEAD EUGENE.

  • >> THERE HAVE BEEN KIND OF A

  • GRUMBLING OF ECONOMISTS ABOUT

  • OUR WORD, RECESSION.

  • >> THE R-WORD, I WAS LIKE,

  • WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH THIS.

  • >> I AM JUST CURIOUS, HOW THE

  • ADMINISTRATION IS WITH THE

  • POSSIBILITY OF THAT, WHAT

  • CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING

  • RIGHT NOW.

  • >> WELL, WE CONTINUE TO BELIEVE

  • OUR ECONOMIST, MOST

  • IMPORTANTLY, THE UNITED STATES

  • ECONOMY WILL DEAL WITH

  • CHALLENGES AHEAD FROM A

  • POSITION OF STRENGTH BECAUSE OF

  • THE PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC PLAN,

  • IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WE

  • HAVE CREATED MORE JOBS LAST

  • YEAR THAN ANY OTHER YEAR IN

  • HISTORY, WE HAVE A VERY LOW

  • UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, GO UP IN A

  • NUMBER OF AREAS, I WOULD NOTE

  • THERE IS THE GOLDMAN SACHS

  • ANALYSIS, EVEN IN THEIR

  • ANALYSIS, THEY SAID, QUOTE, WE

  • STILL DO NOT SEE A RECESSION AS

  • INEVITABLE, WILL BE HELD BY

  • POST COVID NORMALIZATIONS IN

  • LABOR SUPPLY, DURABLE GOODS

  • PRICES, OUR VIEW IS WE'RE IN A

  • PERIOD OF HISTORIC JOB GROWTH,

  • STRONG CONSUMER AND BUSINESS

  • BALANCE SHEETS, NORMALIZING

  • SUPPLY CHAINS, THOSE ARE GOOD

  • FOR THE ECONOMY, OBVIOUSLY

  • WE'LL MONITOR WHERE THINGS ARE

  • HEADED.

  • >> IF INFLATION CONTINUES TO

  • RISE, WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS.

  • >> THE FEDERAL RESERVE WILL

  • MODERATE BY THE END OF THE

  • YEAR, OBVIOUSLY SUPPORT STEPS

  • ANNOUNCED TO RECALIBRATE, WE'VE

  • ALREADY SEEN THOSE ACTIONS

  • TAKEN BUT REALLY IT IS UNDER

  • THEIR PER VIEW, WE WOULD POINT

  • TO THEIR PROJECTIONS.

  • >> THE ISSUE TO DEAL WITH

  • ADVICE AND MIGRANTS OF THE

  • BORDER DOES THE WHITE HOUSE

  • FEEL CONFIDENT, OPERATIONAL

  • PLAN IN PLACE TO PROCESS, HOUSE

  • AND TRANSPORT MIGRANTS.

  • >> I WOULD POINT TO THE FACT

  • THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND

  • SECURITY PUT OUT A PLAN THAT

  • THEY BRIEFED MEMBERS ON, WITH

  • THE IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD, AT

  • THE TIME SURGING RESOURCES,

  • MAKING SURE WE HAD THE TYPE OF

  • RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO MEET ANY

  • NEEDS, THEY DID PUT OUT A

  • PREPAREDNESS PLAN AT THE TIME,

  • WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE ANY

  • ENGAGEMENT TO DO THAT, MORE IS

  • HOOKING IT WITH COVID FUNDING

  • BECAUSE OF THE DEVASTATING

  • IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES ACROSS

  • THE COUNTRY.

  • >> JUST ANOTHER QUESTION ON THE

  • TIMES THAT SENATOR WARREN WROTE

  • TODAY SAYING THAT DEMOCRATS

  • NEED TO DELIVER ON MORE OF

  • THEIR AGENDA, TO KEEP THE

  • MAJORITY IN CONGRESS, DO YOU

  • BELIEVE WITH THAT PREMISE, MADE

  • A FEW OF THE LEGISLATIVE

  • PRIORITIES IN THE BRIEFING, ARE

  • THERE TOP THREE PRIORITIES THAT

  • THE WHITE HOUSE FEELS THEY CAN

  • ACTUALLY GET DONE BEFORE THE

  • MIDTERMS.

  • >> WE LOVE ALL OF OUR CHILDREN

  • IN THE LEGISLATURE AROUND HERE

  • SENATOR WARREN STRONGLY

  • SUPPORTS FOR CHILD CARE ALSO

  • MAKING THE TAX SYSTEM MORE

  • FAIR, THESE ARE ALL ISSUES THAT

  • DEMOCRATS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE

  • AROUND THE COUNTRY WOULD LOVE

  • FOR US TO DO MORE ON AND TALK

  • ABOUT MORE.

  • ONCE WE GET COVID FUNDING,

  • INCLUDING FOR THE UNINSURED

  • BOOSTERS WHENEVER PEOPLE ARE

  • ELIGIBLE, INCLUDING THE

  • IMMUNOCOMPROMISED, THAT'S

  • HUGELY IMPORTANT TO US, THEN OF

  • COURSE, WE WANT TO GET THE

  • INNOVATION ACT PASSED, WE

  • BELIEVE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING

  • THAT SHOULD HAVE BIPARTISAN

  • SUPPORT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE

  • WE HAVE MANUFACTURING HERE IN

  • THE UNITED STATES, SOMETHING

  • THAT CAN MAKE US STRONGER OVER

  • THE LONG TERM.

  • THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS, I

  • WOULD SAY THOSE ARE THE THINGS

  • THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT.

  • >> THAT'S THE PREMISE THAT THE

  • ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO HAVE IN

  • ORDER TO HAVE A SHOT AT

  • MAJORITY.

  • >> I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE

  • POLITICAL PREDICTIONS FROM

  • HERE, I WOULD SAY EVERYBODY

  • LOOKS AT A CHOICE, WHAT EACH

  • PARTY IS FIGHTING FOR,

  • ADVOCATING FOR, WHAT A VISION

  • IS FOR THE FUTURE, WE'RE PROUD

  • OF OUR VISION.

  • >> GO BACK TO THE VIRTUAL COVID

  • SUMMIT, AS MENTIONED AGAIN,

  • COVID FUNDING, DOES THE WHITE

  • HOUSE SEE THAT DATE MAY 12 IN

  • THE SUMMIT AS A DEADLINE FOR

  • CONGRESS TO GET THAT FUNDING

  • APPROVED?

  • >> WE DON'T, BUT WE JUST SEE IT

  • AS A REMINDER HOW IMPORTANT IT

  • IS TO CONTINUE TO TAKE STEPS TO

  • BE THE PROVIDER, ARSENAL

  • VACCINES TO THE WORLD,

  • SOMETHING WE HAVE ALREADY DONE

  • SINCE THE LAST SUMMIT WHILE THE

  • WORLD HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT

  • PROGRESS IN SCALING UP

  • VACCINATION EFFORTS AND COVAX

  • PROVIDED 1.2 VACCINES TO MORE

  • THAN 140 COUNTRIES WITH 88% OF

  • THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS GOING TO

  • LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME

  • COUNTRIES, WE'RE NOT AT THE

  • GLOBAL VACCINATION RATE THAT WE

  • NEED TO BE, OR HEALTH EXPERTS

  • PROJECT, WE WANT TO BE AT, IT

  • IS A 70% VACCINATION TARGET,

  • THAT'S SET BY THE WORLD HEALTH

  • ORGANIZATION, WHILE VACCINATION

  • RATES ARE RISING ONLY 20% OF

  • COUNTRIES ARE FULLY VACCINATED,

  • AT LEAST 70% OF THEIR

  • POPULATION, THIS IS AN

  • OPPORTUNITY, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL

  • FIGHT FOR OUR FUNDING HERE,

  • CONTINUE TO PRESS OTHER

  • COUNTRIES TO CONTINUE TO DO

  • MORE TO HELP THE WORLD MAKE

  • PROGRESS AS WELL.

  • >> ALONG THOSE LINES, WE HEARD

  • EARLIER THIS MONTH, IF THERE IS

  • GLOBAL COVID FUNDING THE U.S.

  • WOULD TURN ITS BACK ON THE

  • COUNTRIES THAT NEED URGENT HELP

  • TO BOOST VACCINATION RATES.

  • >> WE ARE FAR AND AWAY THE

  • LEADER IN THE WORLD REGARDLESS

  • OF FUNDING, HOWEVER, WE WANT TO

  • CONTINUE TO BE, AND CONTINUE TO

  • BE PROVIDING NOT JUST VACCINE

  • DOSES, ALSO THE KNOW-HOW, AND

  • EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES THE

  • COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD

  • NEED.

  • >> MORE MASS SHOOTINGS THIS

  • PAST WEEKEND, TWO TEENAGE BOYS

  • DEAD, DOZENS INJURED, WHAT DOES

  • THE PRESIDENT BELIEVE IS

  • CAUSING SUCH A CALLOUS

  • DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE IN

  • THIS COUNTRY.

  • >> LET ME FIRST SAY, THANK YOU

  • FOR THE QUESTION, THOSE

  • SHOOTINGS ARE HORRIFIC, MUST

  • STOP, OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH THE

  • SURVIVORS AND FAMILIES,

  • OBVIOUSLY THIS HAPPENED OVER

  • THE WEEKEND, THE REASONING,

  • WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT IT

  • IS A REMINDER OF THE NEED TO

  • TAKE MORE STEPS TO STOP GUN

  • CRIME, SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT

  • HAS STRONGLY SUPPORTED AND

  • ADVOCATED FOR FOR DECADES IN

  • PUBLIC OFFICE, CRACKING DOWN

  • GUN TRAFFICKERS, PUTTING COPS

  • ON THE BEAT, INVESTING IN ANTI-

  • CRIME PROGRAMS, CONFIRMING A

  • QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL TO LEAD

  • THE ATF.

  • >> WHAT DOES THE PRESIDENT HAVE

  • IN MIND IF ANYTHING PLANNED TO

  • IMPROVE TO GET PEOPLE TO

  • RESPECT LIFE MORE, TO RESPECT

  • OTHER HUMAN BEINGS, LAWS ASIDE.

  • >> I THINK EVERY TIME YOU'VE

  • SEEN THE PRESIDENT TALK ABOUT

  • SHOOTINGS, THE IMPACT ON

  • FAMILIES, ON HUMAN BEINGS, ON

  • LOVED ONES, ON COMMUNITIES, HE

  • TALKS ABOUT THAT HUMAN IMPACT,

  • BUT IT ALSO IS TRUE THAT IN

  • ORDER TO REDUCE AND CHANGE THE

  • DIRECTION OF CRIME AND GUN

  • CRIME WHICH IS THE MAJORITY OF

  • CRIME, WE NEED TO HAVE MORE

  • LAWS IN PLACE.

  • >> THANK YOU, TEXAS GOVERNOR

  • ABBOTT SAID THAT QUOTE

  • FINANCIAL PAIN WAS NECESSARY TO

  • TAKE ACTION ON IMMIGRATION, IS

  • THERE ANY SENSE THOSE SECTIONS

  • DID CAUSE FINANCIAL PAIN WITH

  • THE SUPPLY CHAIN OR ANYTHING

  • LIKE THAT, THAT YOU ARE

  • TRACKING.

  • >> WHILE I DON'T HAVE AN

  • EXTENDED SUMMARY ANALYSIS, WHAT

  • I DO KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO

  • LOOK FURTHER THAN THE COMMENTS

  • MADE BY BUSINESS LEADERS, TRADE

  • ORGANIZATIONS, ALL POLITICAL

  • STRIPES AND PARTIES, THEIR

  • OPPOSITION TO THE UNNECESSARY

  • ADDITIONAL STEPS THAT THE

  • GOVERNOR WAS IMPLEMENTING,

  • THERE IS $1 MILLION IN TRADE

  • CROSSING OVER THE U.S./MEXICO

  • BORDER EVERY MINUTE, THERE IS

  • NO QUESTION THAT PUTTING THESE

  • UNNECESSARY INSPECTIONS IN

  • PLACE, WHICH RESULTED AT THE

  • TIME IN THE DROP IN COMMERCIAL

  • TRAFFIC OF UP TO 60% TO 70% IN

  • SOME PORTS WAS HAVING A HUGE

  • IMPACT ON THE LOCAL COMMUNITY,

  • ON BUSINESSES, THAT'S WHY SO

  • MANY PEOPLE WERE SO OUTSPOKEN

  • ABOUT IT.

  • >> DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE ON

  • UKRAINE, REFUGEES, WILL IT BE A

  • PROGRAM FOR AFGHANS OR

  • ANYTHING.

  • >> I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE

  • QUESTION.

  • I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATE AT THIS

  • MOMENT, EXACTLY THERE ARE A LOT

  • OF CONSIDERATIONS, HOPEFULLY

  • WE'LL HAVE MORE SOON.

  • >> DOES PRESIDENT BIDEN HAVE

  • CONFIDENCE IN SENATOR DIANE

  • FEINSTEIN.

  • >> YES SHE IS A LONG TIME

  • FRIEND, PROUD PUBLIC SERVANT,

  • SOMEONE HE ENJOYED WORKING

  • WITH.

  • >> HAS THE PRESIDENT REACHED

  • OUT TO HER AT ALL.

  • >> I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES ON

  • PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS, THANKS,

  • EVERYONE.

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