US executive branch text over image of White HouseThis report provides a snapshot of the US Executive Branch priorities via daily schedules and the prior day’s press releases.

POTUS’ Schedule*

9:00 a.m. EDT – THE PRESIDENT receives the President’s Daily Brief

1:30 p.m. EDT – THE PRESIDENT hosts a meeting with business leaders and CEOs on the COVID-19 response

5:00 p.m. EDT – THE PRESIDENT delivers brief remarks about a national security initiative | East Room

VPOTUS’ Schedule*

3:50 p.m. EDT – THE VICE PRESIDENT and Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen will deliver remarks making the case for the Biden-Harris Administration’s proposed investments in childcare that will benefit women, children, and working families

*The US President (POTUS) and Vice President’s (VPOTUS) daily schedules are subject to change.

Recap of Friday-Monday, September 10-14, 2021

Note: Bold hyperlinks spotlight COVID-19 developments.

The White House

September 14

  • Remarks by President Biden on the Build Back Better Agenda and Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal | Arvada, CO
  • Remarks by President Biden During a Tour of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  • Readout of National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s Call with Bogdan Aurescu, Foreign Minister of Romania and National Security Advisor to the President
  • Transcript: Press Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre En Route Arvada, Colorado
  • Remarks by President Biden at a Get Out the Vote Event with Governor Newsom
  • Proclamation on National Hispanic Heritage Month, 2021

September 13

  • Remarks by President Biden on the Administration’s Response to Recent Wildfires | Sacramento, California
  • Remarks by President Biden in Briefing on the Impacts of the Recent Wildfire
  • Remarks by President Biden in Briefing with Federal and State Fire Agency Officials
  • Statement: President Biden Announces Representatives for the United Nations General Assembly
  • Executive Order on Amending Executive Order 14007
  • Executive Order on White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics
  • Readout of National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s Call with Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė of Lithuania
  • Readout of National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s Call with Dr. Hiski Haukkala of Finland
  • Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the Quad Leaders Summit
  • Transcript: Press Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre En Route Boise, ID
  • Nominations: President Biden Announces 10 Key Nominations
  • Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate
  • Disaster Declaration: President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Arizona Disaster Declaration
  • Emergency Declaration: President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Louisiana Emergency Declaration
  • Proclamation on National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week, 2021

September 12

September 11

  • Remarks by President Biden After Visiting with Firefighters and Their Families on the 20th Anniversary of the September 11th Attacks
  • Remarks by Vice President Harris on the 20th Anniversary of the September 11th Attacks
  • Disaster Declaration: President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Pennsylvania Disaster Declaration

September 10

  • Remarks by President Biden on How the Administration Is Helping to Keep Students Safe in Classrooms
  • Remarks by Vice President Harris During Classroom Visit to Discuss Voting Rights
  • Remarks by Vice President Harris in a Discussion with STEM Students at Hampton University
  • Statement by NSC Spokesperson Emily Horne on Further U.S. Citizen Departures from Afghanistan
  • Readout of the Inaugural Meeting of the White House Competition Council
  • Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on the Celebration of Enkutatash
  • Transcript: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, September 10, 2021
  • Transcript: Press Briefing by White House COVID-⁠19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
  • Proclamation on National Grandparents Day, 2021
  • Proclamation on Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance, 2021
  • Proclamation on Small Business Week, 2021

Department of Defense (DOD)

September 14, 2021

  • Advisory: Guantanamo Periodic Review Board Media Invitation Announced September 21, 2021
  • Contracts for September 14, 2021

September 13, 2021

  • Transcript: Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing
  • Article: Global Posture Review Still On Track, Pentagon Spokesman Says
  • Article: New Program Helps Dual-Use Hardware Startups Accelerate Product Development
  • Contracts for September 13, 2021

September 12, 2021

  • Article: Ramstein Air Base: Setting Up an Instant City for Afghan Evacuees

September 11, 2021

  • Speech: Secretary of Defense Remarks in Commemoration of Those Lost 20 Years Ago on 9/11 (As Delivered)
  • Speech: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Remarks at the September 11th Observance Ceremony (As Delivered)
  • Article: Austin, Milley Call on Americans to Remember, Honor 9/11 Victims
  • Article: Biden Calls Unity America’s Greatest Strength on 9/11 20th Anniversary
  • Article: Nation Remembers Courage of Heroes Killed on Flight 93 on 9/11

September 10, 2021

  • Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III’s Meeting With Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana
  • Speech: Deputy Secretary of Defense Hicks Remarks at 9/11 20th Anniversary – Pentagon Employee Observance Ceremony (As Prepared)
  • Press Release: DOD Releases September 11th Video Messages
  • Press Release: Department Guidance on Procurement and Operation of DOD Unmanned Aircraft Systems
  • Press Release: DOD Awards $35.8 Million Contract to Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC to Increase Domestic Production Capacity of Pipette Tips
  • Contracts for September 10, 2021

Department of State

  • Daily Schedule | Tuesday, September 14
  • September 14: Congressional Testimony | Opening Remarks by Secretary Antony J. Blinken Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  • September 14: Transcript | Briefing With Senior U.S. Government Officials On Operation Allies Welcome Relocation Assistance Efforts for Non-SIV Holders
  • September 14: Readout | Counselor Chollet’s Meeting with Tunisian Foreign Minister Jerandi
  • September 14: Readout | Special Representative for the DPRK Sung Kim’s Trilateral Meeting with Japanese Director General Funakoshi and Republic of Korea Special Representative Noh in Tokyo
  • September 14: Advisory | U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Lenderking’s Travel to Saudi Arabia and Oman
  • September 14: Advisory | Notice of Meeting: U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy
  • September 14: Statement | Commemorating the International Day of Democracy
  • September 14: Statement | Nicaraguan Independence Day
  • September 13: Congressional Testimony | Opening Remarks by Secretary Antony J. Blinken Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
  • September 13: Statement | Joint Department of State and Department of Homeland Security Rollout of the Application Process for the Central American Minors (CAM) Program
  • September 13: Statement | Joint Statement on 10-Year U.S-Romania Anniversary
  • September 13: Statement | The United States Announces Additional Humanitarian Assistance for the People of Afghanistan
  • September 11: Statement | 20th Anniversary of the September 11, 2001 Attacks
  • September 10: Remarks | Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Ceremony to Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks
  • September 10: Statement | Additional Departures of U.S. Citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents from Afghanistan
  • September 10: Statement | Agreement on the Formation of a New Lebanese Government
  • September 10: Statement | Ongoing Conflict and Human Rights Abuses in Northern Ethiopia
  • September 10: Advisory | Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry’s Visit to India
  • September 10: Advisory | Travel of Special Representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Sung Kim to Tokyo

US Agency for International Development (USAID)

  • Press Release: Administrator Samantha Power Discusses the Humanitarian Response in Yemen and the Importance of De-escalation
  • Readout: Administrator Power Meeting with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Achim Steiner
  • Press Release: The United States Announces Nearly $64 Million in Additional Humanitarian Assistance for Afghanistan
  • Readout: Administrator Samantha Power Meeting with Secretary General Jagan Chapagain of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  • Press Release: United States Providing Humanitarian Assistance in Response to Drought in Kazakhstan

US Mission to the United Nations (UN)

  • U.S. Statement during UN Women Executive Board Meeting on UN Women’s 2022-2025 Strategic Plan (via VTC)
  • Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on Sudan
  • Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the Abraham Accords One-Year Anniversary Event
  • Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield Announcing Nearly $64 Million in Humanitarian Assistance at a High-Level Meeting on Afghanistan
  • Statement by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on the 20th Anniversary of the September 11th Attacks
  • Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on Libya
  • Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on Yemen

Department of the Treasury

  • Press Release: Treasury Department and Federal Housing Finance Agency Suspend Certain Requirements Under Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
  • Press Release: Treasury Releases Additional Emergency Rental Assistance Funds to High-Performing State and Local Government Grantees
  • Press Release: U.S. Treasury Announces Social Impact Partnership to Pay for Results Act (SIPPRA) Project Grant for City and County of Denver, Colorado
  • Press Release: Treasury Announces U.S. Support for a Proposal at the OECD to End Official Financing Support for Unabated Coal Power
  • Statement by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11
  • Sanctions List Updates: Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Designations Updates; Non-Proliferation Designations Updates
  • General Licenses: Issuance of Venezuela-related General License 5H and Amended Frequently Asked Question

Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

  • Press Release: SEC Charges App Annie and its Founder with Securities Fraud
  • Press Release: SEC Charges Three Media Companies with Illegal Offerings of Stock and Digital Assets

Department of Justice

September 14, 2021

  • Press Release: Florida Residents Charged with Conspiring to Violate Iran Sanctions, Other Crimes
  • Press Release: Michigan Man Sentenced for COVID-19 Relief Fraud
  • Press Release: Three Former U.S. Intelligence Community and Military Personnel Agree to Pay More Than $1.68 Million to Resolve Criminal Charges Arising from Their Provision of Hacking-Related Services to a Foreign Government
  • Press Release: Iranian National Sentenced for Illegally Exporting Military Sensitive Items
  • Press Release: Justice Department Obtains Settlement in Title VI Retaliation Matter with the Florida State Courts System
  • Press Release: Justice Department Settles With Nationwide Soccer Instruction Company To Resolve Finding of Citizenship Status Discrimination
  • Press Release: Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission Issue Joint Statement to Preserve Competition in Post-Hurricane Relief Efforts
  • Press Release: Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining Approximately $9 Million in COVID-Relief Loans, Some of Which Was Gambled Away
  • Press Release: Justice Department Announces Investigation into Conditions in Georgia Prisons
  • Speech: Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke Delivers Remarks Announcing a Civil Rights Investigation into Conditions in Georgia Prisons
  • Speech: Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta Delivers Remarks at Georgetown Law’s 15th Annual Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium
  • Press Release: Department of Justice Announces Department-Wide Policy on Chokeholds and ‘No-Knock’ Entries
  • Press Release: United States Intervenes and Files Complaint in False Claims Act Suit Against Health Insurer for Submitting Unsupported Diagnoses to the Medicare Advantage Program
  • Press Release: Tennessee Doctor Pleads Guilty to Maintaining an Illegal Drug Premises

September 13, 2021

  • Press Release: Dar al-Farooq Mosque Bomber Sentenced to 53 Years in Prison
  • Press Release: Texas Plastics Corporation Will Pay Nearly $3 Million for Violating Clean Air Act
  • Press Release: Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS and Attempting to Commit a Hate Crime
  • Press Release: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Announces Results of Monitor Review
  • Speech: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks at the 2021 International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference

September 11, 2021

  • Press Release: Justice Department Participates Virtually at G7 Meeting with Security Ministers (re: AFG)

September 10, 2021

  • Speech: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks Honoring the 20th Anniversary of the September 11 Attacks
  • Press Release: U.S. Manager of Money Laundering Ring in a Nigerian Romance Scam Sentenced
  • Press Release: Maine Man Sentenced for Committing and Conspiring to Commit Federal Hate Crime
  • Press Release: Justice Department Seeks to Shut Down Florida Return Preparer

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)/Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

  • DHS Statement on Safety and Immigration Enforcement During Tropical Storm Nicholas
  • Press Release: CISA Announces New Chief of Staff Kiersten E. Todt
  • Press Release: Agents Rescue Six Migrants Near Plaster City (California)
  • Press Release: Lengthy Search Results in Six Migrants Rescued, Eight Overall for the Weekend (California)
  • Press Release: Border Patrol Agent Renders Aid to Citizen (California)
  • Press Release: Border Patrol Agents Rescue Lost Migrants in Mountains (California)
  • Press Release: Agents Encounter Two Migrants in Car Trunk (Texas)
  • Press Release: Border Patrol Agents Rescue Two Small Children Abandoned in the Rio Grande (Texas)
  • Press Release: CBP Officers at the El Paso ports of entry seize over $2 million worth of narcotics and arrest 25 fugitives (Texas)
  • Press Release: RGV Agents Seize Narcotics and Rescue Drowning Drug Smuggler (Texas)
  • Press Release: RGV Border Patrol Agents Arrest Two Criminals (Texas)
  • Press Release: CBP at the Del Rio Port of Entry Commemorates 20th Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks (Texas)
  • Press Release: CBP Brownsville Port of Entry Conducts its 20th Anniversary 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony (Texas)
  • Press Release: CBP Laredo Port of Entry Holds 20th Anniversary 9/11 Memorial Ceremony at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge (Texas)
  • Press Release: Gateway to the Americas Bridge Hours Modified (Texas)
  • Press Release: A Six-Year-Old Migrant Left Behind at Local Store (Texas)
  • Press Release: 86 Counterfeit Championship Rings Seized by Chicago CBP (Illinois)
  • Press Release: In One Night Louisville CBP Intercepted $57 Million in Designer Watches (Kentucky)
  • Press Release: CBP Memphis Finds Israeli Passport and IDs in Hollowed out Book (Tennessee)
  • Press Release: CBP Memphis Seizes 2.7 Kilos of Ketamine in Ottoman (Tennessee)

Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR)

  • Readout of Ambassador Katherine Tai’s Meeting with Intergovernmental Policy Advisory Committee
  • Advisory: Ambassador Katherine Tai to Travel to Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Readout of Ambassador Katherine Tai’s Meeting with ASEAN Economic Ministers
  • Statement from Ambassador Katherine Tai on Elaine Trevino’s Nomination to Serve as Chief Agriculture Negotiator
  • Readout of Ambassador Katherine Tai’s Meeting with South Korea’s Trade Minister Yeo Han-Koo
  • Readout of Ambassador Katherine Tai’s Meeting with United Arab Emirates Minister Of Economy Abdulla Bin Touq Al-Marri And Minister Of State For Foreign Trade Dr. Thani Bin Ahmed Al-Zeyoudi
  • Statement from Ambassador Katherine Tai on the 20th Anniversary of the September 11 Attacks

Department of Commerce

  • Blog: Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo Addresses Importance of Building a Shared Digital Future at Tallinn Digital Summit
  • Blog: Deputy Secretary Graves joined Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan and other Federal, state, and local officials at a groundbreaking ceremony marking the start of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) project in Ketchikan, Alaska
  • Readout of Deputy Secretary’s Graves Meeting with METI Vice Minister for International Affairs Naoshi Hirose of Japan

US International Trade Commission (USITC)

  • Press Release: Bhattacharyya Named New Administrative Law Judge at U.S. International Trade Commission

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

  • Press Release: FTC Streamlines Consumer Protection and Competition Investigations in Eight Key Enforcement Areas to Enable Higher Caseload
  • Press Release: Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department Issue Joint Statement to Preserve Competition in Post-Hurricane Relief Efforts
  • Statement of FTC Chair Lina M. Khan on the Nomination of Alvaro Bedoya to Serve as a Commissioner
  • Press Release: FTC Sends Refund Checks to People Harmed by Abusive Debt Collector

Federal Communication Commission (FCC)

  • Press Release: Commissioner Starks at CBC Foundation Annual Legislative Conference
  • Press Release: Simington Addresses FCC Disability Advisory Committee
  • Press Release: Simington Addresses Silicon Flatirons Conference
  • Press Release: FCC Announces CSRIC VIII Members & Sept. 22 Meeting
  • Press Release: FCC Extends Scope of Hurricane Ida Disaster Reporting Due to Nicholas
  • Press Release: Hurricane Ida Communications Status Report for September 14, 2021
  • Press Release: Hurricane Ida Communications Status Report for September 13, 2021
  • Press Release: Hurricane Ida Communications Status Report for September 12, 2021
  • Press Release: Hurricane Ida Communications Status Report for September 11, 2021
  • Press Release: Hurricane Ida Communications Status Report for September 10, 2021

US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

  • Press Release: DFC Announces Lauren Cochran as Vice President of Equity and Investment Funds

US Export-Import Bank (EXIM)

  • Press Release: EXIM Renews Supply Chain Finance Guarantee of $180 Million Purchase Facility Supporting Sales of CFM International Aircraft Engines

Department of Agriculture (USDA)

  • Press Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces Key Staff
  • Press Release: USDA Encourages Ag Producers, Residents to Prepare for Tropical Storm Nicholas

Department of Energy (DOE)

  • Press Release: ICYMI | Secretary Granholm Visited Maine and New Hampshire to Tour Renewable Energy Infrastructure
  • Press Release: DOE Announces Contract Awards for Crude Oil Sales from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

  • Press Release: Glick Names Burdick as Director of the Office of Enforcement

Department of Interior (DOI)

  • Press Release: Interior Department to Hold Government-to-Government Consultations on Protecting and Restoring Tribal Homelands

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

  • Link:  Other Daily EPA Press Releases
  • Press Release: Federal and Puerto Rico Agencies Unveil Guide to Assist Municipalities in Integrating Solid Waste and Disaster Debris Management into Hazard Mitigation Plans
  • Press Release: U.S. EPA, CalEPA launch joint effort to strengthen environmental enforcement in communities overburdened by pollution
  • Readout: Administrator Regan Discusses Climate Change and Environmental Justice with Mexico and Canada at CEC Council Session

Department of Transportation (DOT)

  • Press Release: U.S. Department of Transportation Announces up to $628.93 million in Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Credit Assistance for Orange County Transportation Authority’s I-405 Improvement Project
  • Press Release: U.S. DOT Announces First Round of Recipients of Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection Program Funding
  • Press Release: USDOT Details Efforts to Secure Refunds for American Families For Flights Cancelled Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

Department of Labor

  • Press Release: U.S. Department of Labor cites Foundation Food Group Inc. for exposing workers to safety hazards, proposes $154K in penalties
  • Press Release: U.S. Department of Labor recovers $99K in wages for 25 Houston concrete masonry workers after finding Fair Labor Standards Act violations
  • Press Release: U.S. Department of Labor initiative seeks to reduce deaths, injuries, protect workers in New England’s tree, landscaping operations
  • Press Release: U.S. Department of Labor seeks public input on proposed implementation of SECURE Act revisions to Form 5500 Employee Benefit Plan Reports
  • Press Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces $4M funding award to assist recovery of Cherokee Nation’s workforce
  • Press Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces available funding to promote, develop, expand Registered Apprenticeship in critical, non-traditional industries

Department of Education

  • Press Release: U.S. Department of Education Announces Return-to-School Road Trip to Spotlight Safe Return to In-Person Learning
  • Statement from Secretary Miguel Cardona on the Confirmation of James Kvaal as Under Secretary of Education
  • Press Releases | U.S. Department of Education Approves State Plan for Use of American Rescue Plan Funds to Support K-12 Schools and Students for the Following States: Maine, Idaho, North Carolina, Nevada

Health & Human Services (HHS)

  • Press Release: SAMHSA Awards $123 Million in Grants for Multifront Approach to Combat the Nation’s Overdose Epidemic
  • Press Release: Biden-Harris Administration Issues Proposed Rules to Promote Transparency in Air Ambulance Costs, Agent and Broker Compensation
  • Press Release: Biden-Harris Administration Invests $20 Million in American Rescue Plan Funding to Improve Access to Affordable and Comprehensive Health Insurance
  • Statement by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on the 20th Anniversary of September 11th
  • Press Release: OCR Resolves Twentieth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative with $80,000 Settlement
  • Remarks by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra at the White House Competition Council Meeting
  • Press Release: HHS Announces the Availability of $25.5 Billion in COVID-19 Provider Funding

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

  • Press Release: FDA Announces Winners of Food Traceability Challenge
  • Press Release: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: September 10, 2021
  • Press Release: FDA Will Follow The Science On COVID-19 Vaccines For Young Children