What Government Did Today

Release Time:  For Immediate Release I offer my personal congratulations to Yoshihiko Noda on his election as Japan’s next prime minister. The United States will work with him and the Japanese people on initiatives that benefit our two countries, the region, and the world.  For the last half-century the U.S.-Japan Alliance has served as the linchpin of peace and security in the Asia Pacific region and, together, we can ensure that the next half-century enjoys the same stability and prosperity.  The relationship between the United States and Japan is based on common interests and common values, and I look forward to working with Prime Minister Noda to tackle the broad range of economic and security issues that require our attention.

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Statement by the President on the Election of Yoshihiko Noda

Release Time:  For Immediate Release Minneapolis Convention Center Minneapolis, Minnesota 10:52 A.M.

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Remarks by the President at 93rd Annual Conference of the American Legion

Release Time:  For Immediate Release ARPA-E Awardees Attract Another $100 Million to Advance Clean Energy Technologies WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Vice President Biden Announces New Private Sector Backing for Five Pioneering Energy Companies

Release Time:  For Immediate Release Aboard Air Force One En Route Minneapolis, Minnesota 10:26 A.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good morning, everyone

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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney Aboard Air Force One en route Minneapolis, Minnesota

Release Time:  For Immediate Release Jobs Council members, Administration officials, business and union leaders to discuss with local businesses, stakeholders and elected officials how the public and private sectors can partner to create opportunity and support job creation through infrastructure investment  WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday, September 1st in Dallas, Texas, the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness will hold the next in a series of Jobs and Competitiveness Listening and Action Sessions with local businesses and stakeholders to discuss how the public and private sectors can partner to create opportunity and support job creation.  The September 1st session will take place at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and will focus on the importance of infrastructure investment to creating jobs across sectors of the American economy.  Participating in the discussion will be US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, senior Administration officials, Members of the President’s Jobs Council and key business leaders and stakeholders.  Prior to the session, Secretary LaHood, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and Southwest Airlines President & CEO Gary Kelly will also visit a Love Field Modernization Program construction site.  This Infrastructure Investment Listening and Action session is part of a series of regional Council Listening and Action Sessions that are taking place around the country as a result of the President’s challenge that the Council bring new voices to the table and ensure that everyone can participate and inform the Council’s work and recommendations.    The ideas and information exchanged at these events will help inform the future policy work of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, which meets with President Obama each quarter to recommend critical steps that both the private and public sectors can take to create jobs and help strengthen the economy.  President Obama formed the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness  in January of 2011 for the purpose of bolstering the United States economy by fostering job creation, innovation, growth, and competitiveness as the country enters a new phase of economic recovery.  The core mission of the Council is to promote growth by investing in American businesses to encourage hiring, to educate and train American workers to compete in the global economy, and to attract the best jobs and businesses in the world to the United States.

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President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness to Hold Listening and Action Session in Dallas, Texas

Release Time:  For Immediate Release The President today declared an emergency exists in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and ordered federal aid to supplement commonwealth and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from Hurricane Irene beginning on August 26, 2011, and continuing. The President's action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, Pike, Sullivan, Wayne, and Wyoming. Specifically, FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency.  Emergency protective measures, limited to direct federal assistance, will be provided at 75 percent federal funding.  W

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President Obama Signs Pennsylvania Emergency Declaration

Release Time:  For Immediate Release The President today declared an emergency exists in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and ordered federal aid to supplement commonwealth and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from Hurricane Irene beginning on August 26, 2011, and continuing. The President's action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, Pike, Sullivan, Wayne, and Wyoming. Specifically, FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency.  Emergency protective measures, limited to direct federal assistance, will be provided at 75 percent federal funding.  W

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President Obama Signs Pennsylvania Emergency Declaration

Release Time:  For Immediate Release Six years ago today, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, upending families and ravaging communities – and no one will forget the tragic events of those days.  But what’s required of us is more than remembrance – what’s required of us is our continued efforts to make sure that New Orleans and the Gulf Coast fully recover, and to make sure that our response to such disasters is the best it can possibly be. Over the past several years, we’ve seen what Americans are capable of when tested.  We’ve seen the grit and determination of people on the Gulf Coast coming together to rebuild their communities, brick by brick, block by block.  At the same time, we’ve made sure the federal government is doing its part to help.  We’ve cut through red tape to free up funding for recovery efforts in Louisiana and Mississippi.  We’ve taken steps to help school systems get children the tools and resources they need for a proper education.  We’ve broken through gridlock on behalf of tens of thousands of displaced families, making sure they have long-term housing solutions

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Statement from President Obama on the Six Year Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

Release Time:  For Immediate Release Rose Garden 11:01 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Good morning, everybody.  This morning we're continuing to deal with the impact and the aftermath of Hurricane Irene.  As I said yesterday, we're going to make sure folks have all the support they need as they begin to assess and repair the damage left by the storm.  And that’s going to continue in the days ahead.

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Remarks by the President in Announcing His Nomination of Alan Krueger for Chair of CEA

Release Time:  For Immediate Release Today, President Obama will announce his intent to nominate Alan B. Krueger as a member of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA).  Following his confirmation, President Obama will designate Dr.

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President Obama Announces Intent to Nominate Alan Krueger to Lead the Council of Economic Advisers