Washington, DC…In 2011, Congress faced an impasse on raising the debt limit. It was the first year of a new Republican House majority and the third year of a spendthrift Obama administration. It’s a myth that the impasse caused Standard and Poors to downgrade the nation’s Triple-A credit rating. S&P had warned explicitly for months […]
Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring May 29, 2023, as “Memorial Day” in the State of California. The text of the proclamation and a copy can be found below: PROCLAMATION On Memorial Day, we remember and honor the courageous men and women who laid down their lives to protect our cherished freedoms […]
Pickett’s Junction, CA…The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 10 has employed one-way traffic control on State Route 88 from the north junction of SR-89 to one mile west of Woodfords due to aggressive snow melt undermining the road. Crews are working to repair the damage per an emergency director’s order. One-way traffic control will […]
Markleeville, CA…The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 10 moved the closure on the east side of State Route 4/Ebbetts Pass from Gate #5 at the State Route 89/4 junction to Gate #4 at Wolf Creek at approximately 8:00 a.m. today (Wednesday, May 17, 2023). This allows the public to access the East Fork of […]
Washington, DC…Today, we are in a different phase of the response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic than we were in October 2021, when I issued Proclamation 10294 of October 25, 2021 (Advancing the Safe Resumption of Global Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemic). At the time, new variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes […]
Washington, DC…Thank you, Secretary Buttigieg. Thank you all for being here. Please, sit down. As we approach Memorial Day this weekend and — Memorial Day Weekend — I’m rushing it — and a busy summer travel season, I’m here to talk about steps my administration is taking to make air travel better for all Americans. […]
Atlanta, GA…It’s not just high taxes that are driving people out of cities. There are other costs—moral, social, and cultural—associated with spurning property rights and celebrating looting. Last September, billionaire Ken Griffin announced he was pulling up stakes and moving Citadel—his gigantic hedge fund—from Chicago to Miami. The Windy City was out of control, he told Bloomberg, […]
Kansas City, MO…Harry S. Truman May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972. Our 33rd President. “Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all […]