Hi, everybody. One of the most urgent challenges of our time is climate change. We know that 2015 surpassed 2014 as the warmest year on record – and 2016 is on pace to be even hotter. When I took office, I said this was something we couldn’t kick down the road any longer – that […]
Washington, DC…Well the race for the White House is officially underway. The post convention general election battle has begun. There was a Trump bounce after the Republican Convention that had him up a few points in many polls. Now post Democratic convention Hillary has brought the race back even. According to the Real Clear Politics […]
Washington, DC…Remarks of Vice President Joe Biden and Retired Federal Judge Timothy Lewis as Prepared for Delivery. THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hi, folks. Joe Biden here and I’m sitting with Tim Lewis, a retired federal judge who was nominated to the bench by a Republican President and confirmed by a Democratic Senate—within four weeks of a […]
Incline Village, NV…Thinning of trees for fuels reduction and forest health started last week on approximately 355 acres of National Forest System lands above Incline Village on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe. Mechanical cut-to-length (CTL) tree removal will take place on National Forest urban lots and in areas adjacent to communities over the next […]
Washington, DC…In Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey, 505 U. S. 833, 878 (1992), a plurality of the Court concluded that there “exists” an “undue burden” on a woman’s right to decide to have an abortion, and consequently a provision of law is constitutionally invalid, if the “purpose or effect” of the provision “is […]
London, UK…The country has just taken part in a giant democratic exercise – perhaps the biggest in our history. Over 33 million people – from England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Gibraltar – have all had their say. We should be proud of the fact that in these islands we trust the people with these […]
Washington, DC…Hi, everybody. Today, I want to talk with you about the crisis in Puerto Rico – and why it matters to all of us. Puerto Ricans are American citizens, just like folks in Maine or Oklahoma or New Mexico. And over the last decade, Puerto Rico has suffered through a deep and painful recession […]
Washington, DC…Elkhart, Indiana was the first town I visited as President. I’d been on the job for three weeks, and we were just a few months into the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes. Elkhart was hit harder than most. Unemployment there peaked at nearly twenty percent shortly after my visit. Nearly one in five […]
Washington, DC…Hi, everybody. Right now, there are American troops serving in harm’s way and standing sentry around the world. There are veterans who’ve served honorably in times of war and peace, and often came home bearing the invisible and visible wounds of war. They may not speak the loudest about their patriotism – they let […]
Silver Springs, MD…Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took a major step in making sure consumers have updated nutritional information for most packaged foods sold in the United States, that will help people make informed decisions about the foods they eat and feed their families. “I am thrilled that the FDA has finalized a […]
