Several months ago, Anthem Blue Cross, an insurance company in California owned by WellPoint, informed its customers that they would see their health insurance premiums rise by as much as 39 percent. President Obama, his team, leaders in Congress and officials in California spoke out and an investigation found that there were significant errors in […]
From 2:30 PM to 5:00 PM EDT we’ll be streaming the Clean Energy Economy Forum with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on WhiteHouse.gov/live. Today’s forum is focused on bio-energy and energy opportunities for rural economic development. We’ll be taking questions from the online audience during both panels, so drop us a line on Facebook or […]
Ed. Note: In advance of his trip to Spain and Belgium this week, the following op-ed by Vice President Joe Biden has been posted on-line by the International Herald Tribune today and will be published in the newspaper tomorrow, May 6, 2010: This week I will sit down with NATO ambassadors to advance the ongoing dialogue […]
Who says Congress disagrees about everything? Yesterday, the House of Representative voted 378-2 to pass a resolution drawing congratulatory attention to President Obama’s efforts to improve science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and the Administration’s Educate to Innovate campaign, which has inspired an “all hands on deck” effort by volunteers, industry, philanthropies, and others […]
Whenever I speak with leaders from the business community from all around the country, they all agree on one thing: rising health care costs are making it harder for workers and retirees to get the benefits they deserve. Increasingly, employers are being forced to choose between staying competitive and honoring the men and women who […]
The applications are in. The public ratings have been tallied. Now it’s time to announce which school will have President Obama as its graduation speaker. Click here to see the video. The President launched the Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge back in February to give the nation’s public high schools a chance […]
Tomorrow, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will host a Clean Energy Economy Forum. The forum will bring together stakeholders from rural communities across the country to discuss bio-energy and energy opportunities for rural economic development. You can watch the event live on WhiteHouse.gov/live starting at 2:30 PM EDT. Each of the panels will take questions from […]
Click here to see the video. Addressing the Business Council this morning, the President spoke first on the new developments regarding the recent incident in Times Square. Between yesterday and this morning, the President has talked with Duane Jackson and Lance Orton, who were the vendors who first reported the suspicious vehicle, as well as Officers Wayne Rhatigan […]
Since the Deepwater Horizon explosion the night of April 20, federal authorities, both military and civilian, have been working onsite and around the clock to respond to and mitigate the impact of the resulting BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. We have compiled this chronology in the spirit of transparency so the American […]
Tomorrow, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will host a Clean Energy Economy Forum. The forum will bring together stakeholders from rural communities across the country to discuss bio-energy and energy opportunities for rural economic development. You can watch the event live on WhiteHouse.gov/live starting at 2:30 PM EDT. Each of the panels will take questions from […]
