The White House
10:02 A.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Early morning briefing. We’ll see how this goes; you guys can give feedback on the time of day.
Okay, I have several announcements for your today. To begin, I know many of you and the American people are interested in the news coming from Johnson & Johnson’s trial data. The President is encouraged by positive data on a potential new vaccine. He also knows that this is just new data, and now is the time for the FDA to do its job of evaluating the safety and efficacy of the vaccine. In the meantime, he continues to urge all Americans to mask up and follow public health guidelines until it’s their turn to get vaccinated.
Quick Hit - On January 21, 2021, President Biden signed an executive order aimed at increasing COVID-19 workplace safety measures at the federal level. As a result,.
President Joe Biden has successfully fulfilled his promise of creating the most diverse White House staff in U.S. history.
This is highlighted by the 46th president’s pick for Vice President, Kamala Harris, who is the first women, Black and Asian-American to be Vice President in U.S. history. In addition to this, half of Biden’s cabinet nominations are persons of color and 48% of them are female.
However, America should not allow Biden and his staff to get away with making selections that are convenient for fulfilling the “minority” promise while making no real significant progress for people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, women and other minorities.
A Single Story out of Millions
When Claire was born fourteen years ago, she was a gorgeous baby with big blue eyes, chunky cheeks and curly blond hair. After weeks in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, she came home with monitors, oxygen and a full schedule that sometimes included three appointments a day to various therapists and specialists. She did not develop according to typical expectations, but she made progress at her own pace. As a toddler, she learned how to blow kisses, which became her signature move for years. She learned how to walk when she was seven. Through the years, she has pieced together a communication system involving modified sign language, gestures and a communication device with pictures to make herself understood.