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The president is preparing to embark on a new, far more public-facing phase of his term.
President Joe Biden speaks from the State Dining Room following the passage of the American Rescue Plan in the U.S. Senate at the White House on March 6. | Samuel Corum/Getty Images
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President Joe Biden spent the first months of his presidency hunkered down as he worked on getting more vaccines into people’s arms and a massive bill to deal with the pandemic to his desk.
With that $1.9 trillion legislation set to clear Congress and the pace of vaccinations picking up, the White House is preparing to embark on a new, far more public-facing phase.
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn on Tuesday defended President Biden for not holding a formal press conference, saying the president is "busy doing other things" and not obligated to "satisfy the media."
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina told Fox News on Tuesday he hopes to see federal checks from the coronavirus relief bill be sent out to Americans "next week," before dispelling rumors of the president having any type of acuity-related shortcomings after he appeared to forget Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III's name:
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
11:31 A.M. EST
MS. PSAKI: Hi everyone. Happy Monday and International Women’s Day. We have some special guests.
Today, on International Women’s Day, the President signed two executive orders. The first establishes the White House Gender Policy Council to ensure that the Biden administration advances gender equity and equal rights and opportunity for women and girls. The second directs the Department of Education to review all of its existing regulations, orders, guidance, and policies for consistency with the administration’s policy to guarantee education free from sexual violence.
To talk about these executive orders, we’re thrilled to have two newly named co-chairs of the Gender Policy Council, Julissa Reynoso and Jennifer Klein.