Statements and Releases

June 19, 2009

Vice President Biden to Travel to Ohio Next Week

Vice President Biden will travel to Perrysburg, Ohio, next Tuesday, June 23rd, to chair the next meeting of the White House Task Force on Middle Class Families. The topic of this meeting is “Promoting American Manufacturing in the 21st Century.”

June 19, 2009

Statement by the President on the Progress of Health Care Reform Legislation in the House

June 19, 2009

Background on Fatherhood Town Hall and list of expected attendees

Michael Strautmanis, Chief of Staff of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, will moderate the conversation on fatherhood.

June 19, 2009

Background on Today's Service Site Visits and Participants

The President will be led on a walking tour of the Year Up center in Arlington by Anastassia Anderson and Darius Churchman, two Year Up students.

June 19, 2009

Vice President Biden Hosts Conference Calls with Governors and Local Officials to Discuss Recovery Act Implementation, 6-19-09

Earlier today, the Vice President hosted two conference calls with Governors and Mayors/County Executives from across the country to discuss implementation of the Recovery Act.

June 19, 2009

First Lady, Cabinet Secretaries and Senior Administration Officials to Kick Off United We Serve Monday with Service Projects Across the Country

On Monday, June 22nd, First Lady Michelle Obama and a large number of Cabinet secretaries and senior administration officials will kick off the United We Serve summer service initiative by participating in service projects across the country.

June 19, 2009

What They're Saying About Judge Sotomayor, 6-19-09

Kenneth Starr said he supports Judge Sonia Sotomayor and “thinks very well of her.”

June 19, 2009

Message to Congress

Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the emergency declared in Executive Order 13159 of June 21, 2000, with respect to the risk of nuclear proliferation created by the accumulation of a large volume of weapons-usable fissile material in the territory of the Russian Federation, is to continue beyond June 21, 2009.

June 19, 2009

Notice regarding the continuation of the national emergency with respect to the risk of nuclear proliferation

On June 21, 2000, the President issued Executive Order 13159 (the "order") blocking property and interests in property of the Government of the Russian Federation that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of United States persons that are directly related to the implementation of the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation Concerning the Disposition of Highly Enriched Uranium Extracted from Nuclear Weapons, dated February 18, 1993, and related contracts and agreements (collectively, the "HEU Agreements").

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