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EXECUTIVE ORDER ABOUT FAMILY SEPARATION
SIGNED TODAY June 20, 2018 https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/affording-congress-opportunity-address-family-separation/ |
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March 24, 2018
CITIZENSHIP
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it will reinstate, at the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a question on citizenship status in the 2020 decennial census questionnaire, to help enforce the Voting Rights Act, and to parallel other federal surveys that already ask about citizenship.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
President Trump announced preliminary steps to target China’s theft of American intellectual property and other Chinese economic aggression.
IMMIGRATION – SANCTUARY CITIES
President Trump hosted a law enforcement roundtable to amplify the dangers of sanctuary cities.
JOBS
A new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows a strong American job market, with a record-high 6.3 million job openings in January, up 645,000 from December. A separate report shows that January jobless rates dropped over the year in 337 metropolitan areas. Read more here: Job Openings Release; Metropolitan Area Employment Release
MILITARY
The President signed a new policy for transgenders in the military, which would prohibit any new transgender people from joining the military—and any servicemember who is non-deployable for more than twelve consecutive months would still not be able to remain in the military.
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER
The conservative world cheered President Trump’s appointment of John Bolton as National Security Adviser.
TARIFFS
President Trump further increased the exemptions from the aluminum and steel tariffs.
TRADE
President Trump announced a modernizing of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement that will increase the benefits for the United States.
YOUTH LEADERS
President Trump recently met at the White House with young conservative leaders to discuss policy issues that will affect them.
CITIZENSHIP
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it will reinstate, at the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a question on citizenship status in the 2020 decennial census questionnaire, to help enforce the Voting Rights Act, and to parallel other federal surveys that already ask about citizenship.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
President Trump announced preliminary steps to target China’s theft of American intellectual property and other Chinese economic aggression.
IMMIGRATION – SANCTUARY CITIES
President Trump hosted a law enforcement roundtable to amplify the dangers of sanctuary cities.
JOBS
A new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows a strong American job market, with a record-high 6.3 million job openings in January, up 645,000 from December. A separate report shows that January jobless rates dropped over the year in 337 metropolitan areas. Read more here: Job Openings Release; Metropolitan Area Employment Release
MILITARY
The President signed a new policy for transgenders in the military, which would prohibit any new transgender people from joining the military—and any servicemember who is non-deployable for more than twelve consecutive months would still not be able to remain in the military.
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER
The conservative world cheered President Trump’s appointment of John Bolton as National Security Adviser.
TARIFFS
President Trump further increased the exemptions from the aluminum and steel tariffs.
TRADE
President Trump announced a modernizing of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement that will increase the benefits for the United States.
YOUTH LEADERS
President Trump recently met at the White House with young conservative leaders to discuss policy issues that will affect them.
February 9, 2018
BUSINESS --There’s been more fantastic news for workers and businesses nationwide from the Trump Tax Cuts. Read more Quick Talking Points.
IMMIGRATION -- President Trump continues to push for a modernized, merit-based immigration system that better matches today’s American economy and keeps America safe. Read more Fact Sheet.
SECURITY -- President Trump signed a presidential memorandum to establish a National Vetting Center (NVC) to coordinate the efforts of departments and agencies to better identify individuals seeking to enter the country who present a threat to national security, border security, homeland security, or public safety. Learn more here, Statement, and Presidential Memo.
PRO-LIFE AND ABORTION -- The State Department released a report on the implementation of President Trump’s reinstating of the Mexico City Policy, which stops U.S. taxpayer funding of the abortion industry overseas. The expanded, modernized policy, renamed “Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance,” applies to ALL foreign health assistance provided by government agencies. The State Department report shows a remarkably high compliance rate. Learn more here, and here.
NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST --President Trump delivered stirring remarks at the 66th Annual National Prayer Breakfast. Read Remarks, as delivered. If you missed the National Prayer Breakfast, you can view it here.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY -- Talking Points on the President’s Advocacy for Life and Religious Liberty
NORTH KOREA -- Vice President Pence announced the United States will soon unveil the toughest and most aggressive round of economic sanctions on North Korea ever. See some context here.
FIRST LADY -- First Lady Melania Trump announced initial details about the White House Easter Egg Roll on April 2, 2018. An online lottery for tickets just went live today. More details here.
MISSISSIPPI NEWS
We have some recent news on GANGS as posted by Speaker Pro Tempore Greg Snowden and quoted by msnews.com and in the Clarion-Ledger here. President Trump pledged to “destroy the vile criminal cartel, MS-13, and many other gangs.” Protecting Americans from MS-13 Gangs, see here. Remarks by President Trump at a Roundtable on MS-13
MISSISSIPPI –Here is the only PRO-LIFE BILL remaining alive in the Mississippi Legislature that has been passed by the House of Representatives and sent to the Senate for action.
Paul Teller
Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
The White House
[email protected]
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BUSINESS --There’s been more fantastic news for workers and businesses nationwide from the Trump Tax Cuts. Read more Quick Talking Points.
IMMIGRATION -- President Trump continues to push for a modernized, merit-based immigration system that better matches today’s American economy and keeps America safe. Read more Fact Sheet.
SECURITY -- President Trump signed a presidential memorandum to establish a National Vetting Center (NVC) to coordinate the efforts of departments and agencies to better identify individuals seeking to enter the country who present a threat to national security, border security, homeland security, or public safety. Learn more here, Statement, and Presidential Memo.
PRO-LIFE AND ABORTION -- The State Department released a report on the implementation of President Trump’s reinstating of the Mexico City Policy, which stops U.S. taxpayer funding of the abortion industry overseas. The expanded, modernized policy, renamed “Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance,” applies to ALL foreign health assistance provided by government agencies. The State Department report shows a remarkably high compliance rate. Learn more here, and here.
NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST --President Trump delivered stirring remarks at the 66th Annual National Prayer Breakfast. Read Remarks, as delivered. If you missed the National Prayer Breakfast, you can view it here.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY -- Talking Points on the President’s Advocacy for Life and Religious Liberty
NORTH KOREA -- Vice President Pence announced the United States will soon unveil the toughest and most aggressive round of economic sanctions on North Korea ever. See some context here.
FIRST LADY -- First Lady Melania Trump announced initial details about the White House Easter Egg Roll on April 2, 2018. An online lottery for tickets just went live today. More details here.
MISSISSIPPI NEWS
We have some recent news on GANGS as posted by Speaker Pro Tempore Greg Snowden and quoted by msnews.com and in the Clarion-Ledger here. President Trump pledged to “destroy the vile criminal cartel, MS-13, and many other gangs.” Protecting Americans from MS-13 Gangs, see here. Remarks by President Trump at a Roundtable on MS-13
MISSISSIPPI –Here is the only PRO-LIFE BILL remaining alive in the Mississippi Legislature that has been passed by the House of Representatives and sent to the Senate for action.
Paul Teller
Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
The White House
[email protected]
You can receive email updates as this info noted above. If you know someone who wants to be added to this email list, please have that person email us with “ADD TRUMPET” in the subject header: [email protected].
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June 2017
On Thursday, June 1st, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Accord, which was an unratified treaty that placed a disproportionate and unfairly-heavy burden on the American economy than on others in the Accord. For more information on this bold action, see here:
Press release
Remarks from President Trump
Remarks from Vice President Pence
On Friday, June 2nd, President Trump signed into law two bills to help law enforcement: S. 583, the American Law Enforcement Heroes Act, which permits the use of Department of Justice grant funding to be used for the hiring and training of U.S. military veterans for law enforcement officer positions; and S. 419, the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Improvement Act, which aims to improve the Department of Justice’s processing of public safety officers’ death, disability, and educational assistance claims.
Late last week, the President sent two nominations to the Senate: (1) Callista L. Gingrich, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Holy See, and (2) George Nesterczuk, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management for a term of four years, vice Katherine Archuleta, resigned.
REQUESTS FOR ACTION
Call for swift consideration in Congress of the American Health Care Act (H.R. 1628), so that Obamacare can soon be repealed and replaced, to relieve millions of Americans from Obamacare’s harms.
Take a look at the Financial CHOICE Act (H.R. 10), which would, among other things, repeal the “Dodd-Frank” financial regulation law, end “too-big-to-fail” and bank bailouts, enhance penalties for financial fraud and deception, repeal a litany of growth-choking and job-stifling financial regulations, dramatically restructure the hated Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and otherwise devolve financial regulatory power away from Washington. Learn more here.
Please submit your ideas—big and small—for federal government reorganization and modernization here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/reorganizing-the-executive-branch.
On Thursday, June 1st, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Accord, which was an unratified treaty that placed a disproportionate and unfairly-heavy burden on the American economy than on others in the Accord. For more information on this bold action, see here:
Press release
Remarks from President Trump
Remarks from Vice President Pence
On Friday, June 2nd, President Trump signed into law two bills to help law enforcement: S. 583, the American Law Enforcement Heroes Act, which permits the use of Department of Justice grant funding to be used for the hiring and training of U.S. military veterans for law enforcement officer positions; and S. 419, the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Improvement Act, which aims to improve the Department of Justice’s processing of public safety officers’ death, disability, and educational assistance claims.
Late last week, the President sent two nominations to the Senate: (1) Callista L. Gingrich, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Holy See, and (2) George Nesterczuk, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management for a term of four years, vice Katherine Archuleta, resigned.
REQUESTS FOR ACTION
Call for swift consideration in Congress of the American Health Care Act (H.R. 1628), so that Obamacare can soon be repealed and replaced, to relieve millions of Americans from Obamacare’s harms.
Take a look at the Financial CHOICE Act (H.R. 10), which would, among other things, repeal the “Dodd-Frank” financial regulation law, end “too-big-to-fail” and bank bailouts, enhance penalties for financial fraud and deception, repeal a litany of growth-choking and job-stifling financial regulations, dramatically restructure the hated Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and otherwise devolve financial regulatory power away from Washington. Learn more here.
Please submit your ideas—big and small—for federal government reorganization and modernization here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/reorganizing-the-executive-branch.
U.S. TAX REFORM 2017
STATEMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 17, 2017
Statement from President Donald J. Trump
As I have stated many times, a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know – there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. I look forward to this matter concluding quickly. In the meantime, I will never stop fighting for the people and the issues that matter most to the future of our country.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 4, 2017
National Day of Prayer, 2017
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
We come together on our National Day of Prayer as one Nation, under God, to show gratitude for our many blessings, to give thanks for His providence, and to ask for His continued wisdom, strength, and protection as we chart a course for the future. We are united in prayer, each according to our own faith and tradition, and we believe that in America, people of all faiths, creeds, and religions must be free to exercise their natural right to worship according to their consciences.
We are also reminded and reaffirm that all human beings have the right, not only to pray and worship according to their consciences, but to practice their faith in their homes, schools, charities, and businesses ‑‑ in private and in the public square ‑‑ free from government coercion, discrimination, or persecution. Religion is not merely an intellectual exercise, but also a practical one that demands action in the world. Even the many prisoners around the world who are persecuted for their faith can pray privately in their cells. But our Constitution demands more: the freedom to practice one's faith publicly.
The religious liberty guaranteed by the Constitution is not a favor from the government, but a natural right bestowed by God. Our Constitution and our laws that protect religious freedom merely recognize the right that all people have by virtue of their humanity. As Thomas Jefferson wisely questioned: "can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God?"
In 1789, President George Washington proclaimed a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, calling upon Americans to "unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations." In 1988, the Congress, by Public Law 100-307, called on the President to issue each year a proclamation designating the first Thursday in May as a "National Day of Prayer." On this National Day of Prayer, the right to pray freely and live according to one's faith is under threat around the world from coercive governments and terrorist organizations. We therefore pray especially for the many people around the world who are persecuted for their beliefs and deprived of their fundamental liberty to live according to their conscience. We pray for the triumph of freedom over oppression, and for God's love and mercy over evil.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 4, 2017, as a National Day of Prayer. I invite the citizens of our Nation to pray, in accordance with their own faiths and consciences, in thanksgiving for the freedoms and blessings we have received, and for God's guidance and continued protection as we meet the challenges before us.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-first.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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AFTERNOON COMMUNICATIONS BRIEFING
April 23, 2017
THE FIRST 100 DAYS
In his First 100 Days President Trump has taken dramatic steps to undo burdensome regulations, restore law and order, bolster our military, revive the American dream, change Washington by holding it accountable, put the American worker first and confirm Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.
The people who put him in office can see and feel the promises he is delivering on. According to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, an incredible 96% of those who supported the President in November say they’d do it again today.
By the Numbers
Job Creation
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 12, 2017
PRESIDENT TRUMP: CREATING AN EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE AND ACCOUNTABLE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
“Billions and billions of dollars are being wasted on activities that are not delivering results for hardworking American taxpayers.” – President Donald J. Trump
ACTION TO REFORM THE GOVERNMENT: Following President Donald J. Trump’s lead, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is taking action to reorganize the Federal agencies and reduce wasteful or duplicative functions.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 17, 2017
Statement from President Donald J. Trump
As I have stated many times, a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know – there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. I look forward to this matter concluding quickly. In the meantime, I will never stop fighting for the people and the issues that matter most to the future of our country.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 4, 2017
National Day of Prayer, 2017
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
We come together on our National Day of Prayer as one Nation, under God, to show gratitude for our many blessings, to give thanks for His providence, and to ask for His continued wisdom, strength, and protection as we chart a course for the future. We are united in prayer, each according to our own faith and tradition, and we believe that in America, people of all faiths, creeds, and religions must be free to exercise their natural right to worship according to their consciences.
We are also reminded and reaffirm that all human beings have the right, not only to pray and worship according to their consciences, but to practice their faith in their homes, schools, charities, and businesses ‑‑ in private and in the public square ‑‑ free from government coercion, discrimination, or persecution. Religion is not merely an intellectual exercise, but also a practical one that demands action in the world. Even the many prisoners around the world who are persecuted for their faith can pray privately in their cells. But our Constitution demands more: the freedom to practice one's faith publicly.
The religious liberty guaranteed by the Constitution is not a favor from the government, but a natural right bestowed by God. Our Constitution and our laws that protect religious freedom merely recognize the right that all people have by virtue of their humanity. As Thomas Jefferson wisely questioned: "can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God?"
In 1789, President George Washington proclaimed a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, calling upon Americans to "unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations." In 1988, the Congress, by Public Law 100-307, called on the President to issue each year a proclamation designating the first Thursday in May as a "National Day of Prayer." On this National Day of Prayer, the right to pray freely and live according to one's faith is under threat around the world from coercive governments and terrorist organizations. We therefore pray especially for the many people around the world who are persecuted for their beliefs and deprived of their fundamental liberty to live according to their conscience. We pray for the triumph of freedom over oppression, and for God's love and mercy over evil.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 4, 2017, as a National Day of Prayer. I invite the citizens of our Nation to pray, in accordance with their own faiths and consciences, in thanksgiving for the freedoms and blessings we have received, and for God's guidance and continued protection as we meet the challenges before us.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-first.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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AFTERNOON COMMUNICATIONS BRIEFING
April 23, 2017
THE FIRST 100 DAYS
In his First 100 Days President Trump has taken dramatic steps to undo burdensome regulations, restore law and order, bolster our military, revive the American dream, change Washington by holding it accountable, put the American worker first and confirm Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.
The people who put him in office can see and feel the promises he is delivering on. According to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, an incredible 96% of those who supported the President in November say they’d do it again today.
By the Numbers
- Enacted more legislation and signed more executive orders in the First 100 days than any president in a half century
- Enacted 28 pieces of legislation, more than any other president since Truman
- Signed 25 executive orders, the most of any 100 days in over 50 years (will be over 30 by day 100)
- Achieved first Supreme Court Confirmation in 100 days since 1881
- Instituted tough immigration policies that have driven illegal border crossings to a 17-year low
- Removed more job-killing regulations through legislation than any president in U.S. history
- Estimated savings: $18 billion annually
- Economic optimism has been renewed, with consumer confidence reaching its highest level in 16 years
- Ordered the toughest new rules to stop the revolving door between Washington lobbyists and government officials in history
Job Creation
- Stronger Enforcement of Trade Guidelines
- Approving Permits for the Keystone and Dakota Access Pipelines
- Study Into Using American Material in Future Pipeline Construction
- Withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership
- Historic Partnership with the Private Sector
- Ordering a Freeze and Study of Immigration from Areas Compromised by Terrorism
- Halting Funding to Sanctuary Cities
- Increasing Numbers of Immigration Enforcement Personnel
- Public Safety
- Establishing Commission on Opioid Crisis
- Standing with Law Enforcement Officers
- Creating Task Force on Violent Crime
- Tackling International Cartels
- Targeted Strike on Syrian Airfield
- Travel Restrictions on Select Countries Compromised by Terrorism
- New Iran Sanctions
- Calling for Increased Defense Spending in Budget Blueprint
- Cost Savings on F-35’s
- Energy Independence Executive Order
- Revocation of Federal Contracting Executive Orders
- Reexamination of CAFÉ Standards
- Review of Waters of the United States Rule
- Creation of Regulatory Task Forces
- Eliminating Stream Protection Rule
- Eliminating Regulations on Extraction Companies
- One-in-Two-Out Regulatory Reform
- Minimizing Affordable Care Act
- HBCU Initiative
- Canada-United States Council for the Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs
- Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act
- Promoting Programs to Engage Women in STEM Fields
- Throughout this week President Trump will continue to deliver on his promises to the American people, from thinking big about exploration and discovery again, to protecting the farmers and ranchers that feed our country, to reasserting American power on the world stage.
- Members of his Cabinet will travel outside the beltway, spreading the President's message across the country.
- In addition to launching a web page dedicated to the first 100 days, the White House will also be producing graphics, videos, and other digital content for the President's massive online following to share.
- Throughout the week the President, Cabinet officials, and senior White House staff will be accessible to media from the national level to the local and everything in between.
- Officials will be available for interviews during a day dedicated to regional media and will host background briefings and receptions all week long.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 12, 2017
PRESIDENT TRUMP: CREATING AN EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE AND ACCOUNTABLE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
“Billions and billions of dollars are being wasted on activities that are not delivering results for hardworking American taxpayers.” – President Donald J. Trump
ACTION TO REFORM THE GOVERNMENT: Following President Donald J. Trump’s lead, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is taking action to reorganize the Federal agencies and reduce wasteful or duplicative functions.
- Today, OMB issued a reform plan, “Comprehensive Plan for Reforming the Federal Government and Reducing the Federal Civilian Workforce,” to chart the course for a restrained, effective, and accountable Government to better serve the American people.
- Federal agencies will immediately act to streamline the Government while developing their longer-term plans to:
- Take immediate action to save taxpayer money and reduce their workforces.
- Develop a plan to maximize the performance of Government workers by the end of June.
- Submit an Agency Reform Plan in 180 days to modernize and streamline their operations.
- OMB will work with all agencies to identify areas that should be eliminated, restructured, or consolidated across departments.
- The American people are encouraged to provide their input on how Washington, D.C., can best work for them.
- The final plan from OMB will incorporate input from the American people and each agency in a comprehensive reorganization as part of the President’s Fiscal Year 2019 Budget.
- Today’s guidance answers President Trump’s March 13, 2017, Executive Order directing OMB to submit a comprehensive plan to reorganize the Federal Government.
- The comprehensive plan builds upon President Trump’s January 23, 2017, hiring freeze for Federal civilian employees that helped to stop the growth of Government.
- All Federal agencies will follow President Trump’s March 16, 2017, Budget Blueprint to Congress to build their reform plans, ensuring taxpayer money isn’t wasted.
- President Trump: “There is duplication and redundancy everywhere. Billions and billions of dollars are being wasted on activities that are not delivering results for hardworking American taxpayers.”
- President Trump: “Our moral duty to the taxpayer requires us to make our Government leaner and more accountable. We must do a lot more with less.”
- Candidate Trump: “I will ask that savings be accomplished through common sense reforms that eliminate Government waste and budget gimmicks—and that protect, absolutely protect, hard-earned benefits for Americans.”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 14, 2017
TRUMP BUDGET EXPECTED TO SEEK HISTORIC CONTRACTION OF FEDERAL WORKFORCE
“Simply put, government would be smaller and less involved in regulating life in America,
with private companies and states playing a much bigger role.”
Washington Post by Damian Paletta
President Trump’s budget proposal this week would shake the federal government to its core if enacted, culling back numerous programs and expediting a historic contraction of the federal workforce.
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The spending budget Trump is set to release Thursday will offer the clearest snapshot of his vision for the size and role of government. Aides say that the president sees a new Washington emerging from the budget process, one that prioritizes the military and homeland security while slashing many other areas, including housing, foreign assistance, environmental programs, public broadcasting and research. Simply put, government would be smaller and less involved in regulating life in America, with private companies and states playing a much bigger role.
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“Unfortunately, we have no alternative but to reinvest in our military and make ourselves a military power once again,” National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn said on “Fox News Sunday.”
“If you’re doing that in an area where you have to balance the budget and you cannot create a further deficit, you have to make cuts. It’s no different than every other family in America that has to make the tough decisions when they need to spend money somewhere, they have to cut it from somewhere else.”
The federal government is projected to spend $4.091 trillion next year, with roughly two-thirds of that going mostly toward Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, poverty assistance and interest payments on the government debt. This spending is expected to be left untouched in the budget proposal next week.
What Trump will propose changing is the rest of the budget, known as discretionary spending, which is authorized each year by Congress. Slightly more than half of this remaining money goes to the military, and the rest is spread across agencies that operate things like education, diplomacy, housing, transportation and law enforcement.
Among Trump’s expected proposals are an increase in military spending of $54 billion, more money to start building a wall along the border between the United States and Mexico, and the creation of new initiatives that expand access to charter schools and other educational programs.
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Trump and his advisers have said that they believe the federal workforce is too big, and that the federal government spends — and wastes — too much money. They have said that Washington — the federal workers and contractors, among others — has benefited from government largesse while many other Americans have suffered. Federal spending, they have argued, crowds the private sector and piles regulations and bureaucracy onto companies.
Trump’s chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, has said Trump will lead a “deconstruction of the administrative state.” On Friday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Obama loyalists had “burrowed into government.” Last month, Trump said the government would have to “do more with less.”
Trump’s proposal comes at a time when the federal budget is facing massive structural shifts in society and the economy. Aging baby boomers are swelling the number of Americans collecting Social Security and Medicare benefits, and the costs of these programs will continue to grow faster for more than a decade, budget experts said. In addition, the expected rise in borrowing rates and the growing national debt are expected to push interest payments on the debt from $270 billion this year to $768 billion in 2027, outpacing any growth in tax revenue.
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Mick Mulvaney, head of the Office of Management and Budget, said on Hugh Hewitt’s radio program last week that it was important for the administration to change how Washington thinks.
“We don’t solve problems by simply throwing money at them,” he said.
Read the entire article here.
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March 14, 2017
TRUMP BUDGET EXPECTED TO SEEK HISTORIC CONTRACTION OF FEDERAL WORKFORCE
“Simply put, government would be smaller and less involved in regulating life in America,
with private companies and states playing a much bigger role.”
Washington Post by Damian Paletta
President Trump’s budget proposal this week would shake the federal government to its core if enacted, culling back numerous programs and expediting a historic contraction of the federal workforce.
…
The spending budget Trump is set to release Thursday will offer the clearest snapshot of his vision for the size and role of government. Aides say that the president sees a new Washington emerging from the budget process, one that prioritizes the military and homeland security while slashing many other areas, including housing, foreign assistance, environmental programs, public broadcasting and research. Simply put, government would be smaller and less involved in regulating life in America, with private companies and states playing a much bigger role.
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“Unfortunately, we have no alternative but to reinvest in our military and make ourselves a military power once again,” National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn said on “Fox News Sunday.”
“If you’re doing that in an area where you have to balance the budget and you cannot create a further deficit, you have to make cuts. It’s no different than every other family in America that has to make the tough decisions when they need to spend money somewhere, they have to cut it from somewhere else.”
The federal government is projected to spend $4.091 trillion next year, with roughly two-thirds of that going mostly toward Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, poverty assistance and interest payments on the government debt. This spending is expected to be left untouched in the budget proposal next week.
What Trump will propose changing is the rest of the budget, known as discretionary spending, which is authorized each year by Congress. Slightly more than half of this remaining money goes to the military, and the rest is spread across agencies that operate things like education, diplomacy, housing, transportation and law enforcement.
Among Trump’s expected proposals are an increase in military spending of $54 billion, more money to start building a wall along the border between the United States and Mexico, and the creation of new initiatives that expand access to charter schools and other educational programs.
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Trump and his advisers have said that they believe the federal workforce is too big, and that the federal government spends — and wastes — too much money. They have said that Washington — the federal workers and contractors, among others — has benefited from government largesse while many other Americans have suffered. Federal spending, they have argued, crowds the private sector and piles regulations and bureaucracy onto companies.
Trump’s chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, has said Trump will lead a “deconstruction of the administrative state.” On Friday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Obama loyalists had “burrowed into government.” Last month, Trump said the government would have to “do more with less.”
Trump’s proposal comes at a time when the federal budget is facing massive structural shifts in society and the economy. Aging baby boomers are swelling the number of Americans collecting Social Security and Medicare benefits, and the costs of these programs will continue to grow faster for more than a decade, budget experts said. In addition, the expected rise in borrowing rates and the growing national debt are expected to push interest payments on the debt from $270 billion this year to $768 billion in 2027, outpacing any growth in tax revenue.
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Mick Mulvaney, head of the Office of Management and Budget, said on Hugh Hewitt’s radio program last week that it was important for the administration to change how Washington thinks.
“We don’t solve problems by simply throwing money at them,” he said.
Read the entire article here.
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March 13, 2017
Summary: This Executive Order requires the Director of OMB—with input from each agency—to submit to the President a comprehensive plan for reorganizing executive branch departments and agencies. This plan would include recommendations for eliminating or merging unnecessary agencies or functions. The OMB’s final plan would include recommended legislation that could then be reported to Congress for potential consideration.
Under the EO, federal agencies would have 180 days to submit reviews and plans to the Director of OMB. OMB would then open a public comment period seeking suggestions to improve efficiencies. 180 days after the public comment period is closed, OMB would send a report and legislative recommendations to the President.
Congress will need to pass legislation to make the biggest changes to departments and agencies. But this Executive Order will begin the work of creating a leaner, more effective, more accountable government.
Under the EO, federal agencies would have 180 days to submit reviews and plans to the Director of OMB. OMB would then open a public comment period seeking suggestions to improve efficiencies. 180 days after the public comment period is closed, OMB would send a report and legislative recommendations to the President.
Congress will need to pass legislation to make the biggest changes to departments and agencies. But this Executive Order will begin the work of creating a leaner, more effective, more accountable government.
EXECUTIVE ORDER
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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR REORGANIZING THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. This order is intended to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability of the executive branch by directing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Director) to propose a plan to reorganize governmental functions and eliminate unnecessary agencies (as defined in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code), components of agencies, and agency programs.
Sec. 2. Proposed Plan to Improve the Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Accountability of Federal Agencies, Including, as Appropriate, to Eliminate or Reorganize Unnecessary or Redundant Federal Agencies. (a) Within 180 days of the date of this order, the head of each agency shall submit to the Director a proposed plan to reorganize the agency, if appropriate, in order to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability of that agency.
(b) The Director shall publish a notice in the Federal Register inviting the public to suggest improvements in the organization and functioning of the executive branch and shall consider the suggestions when formulating the proposed plan described in subsection (c) of this section.
(c) Within 180 days after the closing date for the submission of suggestions pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the Director shall submit to the President a proposed plan to reorganize the executive branch in order to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability of agencies. The proposed plan shall include, as appropriate, recommendations to eliminate unnecessary agencies, components of agencies, and agency programs, and to merge functions. The proposed plan shall include recommendations for any legislation or administrative measures necessary to achieve the proposed reorganization.
(d) In developing the proposed plan described in subsection (c) of this section, the Director shall consider, in addition to any other relevant factors:
(i) whether some or all of the functions of an agency, a component, or a program are appropriate for the Federal Government or would be better left to State or local governments or to the private sector through free enterprise;
(ii) whether some or all of the functions of an agency, a component, or a program are redundant, including with those of another agency, component, or program;
(iii) whether certain administrative capabilities necessary for operating an agency, a component, or a program are redundant with those of another agency, component, or program;
(iv) whether the costs of continuing to operate an agency, a component, or a program are justified by the public benefits it provides; and
(v) the costs of shutting down or merging agencies, components, or programs, including the costs of addressing the equities of affected agency staff.
(e) In developing the proposed plan described in subsection (c) of this section, the Director shall consult with the head of each agency and, consistent with applicable law, with persons or entities outside the Federal Government with relevant expertise in organizational structure and management.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 8, 2017.
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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR REORGANIZING THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. This order is intended to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability of the executive branch by directing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Director) to propose a plan to reorganize governmental functions and eliminate unnecessary agencies (as defined in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code), components of agencies, and agency programs.
Sec. 2. Proposed Plan to Improve the Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Accountability of Federal Agencies, Including, as Appropriate, to Eliminate or Reorganize Unnecessary or Redundant Federal Agencies. (a) Within 180 days of the date of this order, the head of each agency shall submit to the Director a proposed plan to reorganize the agency, if appropriate, in order to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability of that agency.
(b) The Director shall publish a notice in the Federal Register inviting the public to suggest improvements in the organization and functioning of the executive branch and shall consider the suggestions when formulating the proposed plan described in subsection (c) of this section.
(c) Within 180 days after the closing date for the submission of suggestions pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the Director shall submit to the President a proposed plan to reorganize the executive branch in order to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability of agencies. The proposed plan shall include, as appropriate, recommendations to eliminate unnecessary agencies, components of agencies, and agency programs, and to merge functions. The proposed plan shall include recommendations for any legislation or administrative measures necessary to achieve the proposed reorganization.
(d) In developing the proposed plan described in subsection (c) of this section, the Director shall consider, in addition to any other relevant factors:
(i) whether some or all of the functions of an agency, a component, or a program are appropriate for the Federal Government or would be better left to State or local governments or to the private sector through free enterprise;
(ii) whether some or all of the functions of an agency, a component, or a program are redundant, including with those of another agency, component, or program;
(iii) whether certain administrative capabilities necessary for operating an agency, a component, or a program are redundant with those of another agency, component, or program;
(iv) whether the costs of continuing to operate an agency, a component, or a program are justified by the public benefits it provides; and
(v) the costs of shutting down or merging agencies, components, or programs, including the costs of addressing the equities of affected agency staff.
(e) In developing the proposed plan described in subsection (c) of this section, the Director shall consult with the head of each agency and, consistent with applicable law, with persons or entities outside the Federal Government with relevant expertise in organizational structure and management.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 8, 2017.
THE WHITE HOUSE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 10, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 10, 2017
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FIRST 50 DAYS OF ACTION: ACHIEVING RESULTS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
JUMPSTARTING JOB CREATION: President Donald J. Trump is looking out for the American workers who Washington has left behind.
· President Trump has worked with the private sector to deliver tens of thousands of new jobs for Americans.
· President Trump ordered the United States to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement and negotiations.
· President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum to clear roadblocks to construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
· President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum declaring that the Dakota Access Pipeline serves the national interest and initiating the process to complete its construction.
· President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum to help ensure that new pipeline construction and repair work use materials and equipment from the United States.
CUTTING GOVERNMENT RED TAPE: President Trump has quickly taken steps to get the Government out of the way of job creation.
· President Trump directed each agency to establish a Regulatory Reform Task Force to identify costly and unnecessary regulations in need of modification or repeal.
· President Trump has required that for every new Federal regulation, two existing regulations be eliminated.
· President Trump directed the Department of Commerce to streamline Federal permitting processes for domestic manufacturing and to reduce regulatory burdens on domestic manufacturers.
· President Trump signed legislation, House Joint Resolution 38, to prevent the burdensome “Stream Protection Rule” from causing further harm to the coal industry.
· President Trump ordered the review of the “Clean Water Rule: Definition of Waters of the United States,” known as the WOTUS rule, to evaluate whether it is stifling economic growth or job creation.
REFORMING WASHINGTON: President Trump has taken actions to reform the old Washington way of doing business and to ensure that his entire Administration are working for the American people.
· President Trump put in place a hiring freeze for Federal civilian employees to stop the further expansion of an already bloated government.
· President Trump signed an Executive Order establishing new ethics commitments for all Executive branch appointees, putting in place a five-year lobbying ban and a permanent ban on lobbying for foreign governments, so that appointees serve the American people instead of their own interests.
PUTTING PATIENT HEALTHCARE FIRST: After years of false promises, rising costs, and shrinking accessibility, President Trump is championing reforms to put patients first.
· President Trump has supported efforts by Republicans in Congress to repeal the worst parts of Obamacare and replace them with the American Health Care Act.
· President Trump acted on his first day in office to instruct Federal agencies to minimize the burden of Obamacare on Americans.
PRIORITIZING AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY: President Trump has taken action to ensure the safety and security of the United States homeland, its borders, and its people.
· Under President Trump’s leadership, the Department of the Treasury sanctioned 25 entities and individuals involved in Iran’s ballistic missile program.
· President Trump implemented new protections against foreign terrorists entering our country.
· President Trump has proposed increasing the military’s budget by $54 billion so that it can begin to rebuild.
· As a result of a Presidential Memorandum President Trump signed on January 28, he has received a plan to defeat ISIS designed by the Secretary of Defense and other members of his Cabinet.
· President Trump ordered a review of military readiness and made it the policy of the United States to rebuild the United States’ Armed Forces.
· President Trump has negotiated to bring down the price of the F-35, saving millions of dollars.
DELIVERING ON IMMIGRATION REFORM: President Trump has made enforcing the Nation’s immigration laws a priority of his Administration.
· President Trump signed an Executive Order to start work on a southern border wall.
· President Trump signed an Executive Order to enhance the public safety of Americans through enforcement of immigration laws.
· President Trump signed an Executive Order to halt funding to jurisdictions in the United States that do not comply with Federal immigration rules.
· President Trump signed an Executive Order to begin the removal of illegal immigrants who have committed certain crimes.
· Following through on President Trump’s direction, the Department of Homeland Security will hire 10,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and agents and 5,000 border patrol agents.
RESTORING PUBLIC SAFETY TO AMERICAN COMMUNITIES: President Trump is following through on his promise to restore public safety for all Americans.
· President Trump signed an Executive Order directing the Attorney General to develop a strategy to more effectively prosecute people who engage in crimes against law enforcement officers.
· President Trump signed an Executive Order to establish a task force, led by the Attorney General, to reduce crime and restore public safety in communities across America.
· President Trump signed an Executive Order re-focusing the Federal Government’s energy and resources on dismantling transnational criminal organizations, such as drug cartels.
HELPING WOMEN AND MINORITIES SUCCEED: President Trump knows the country cannot reach its potential unless every American has a chance to prosper.
· President Trump signed an Executive Order strengthening and repositioning the Historically Black Colleges and Universities initiatives within the White House to foster better opportunities in higher education.
· President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau launched the United States-Canada Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders?????.
· President Trump signed into law the Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act to encourage the National Science Foundation’s entrepreneurial programs to recruit and support women to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and into the commercial world.
· President Trump signed into law the Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers (INSPIRE) Women Act to encourage women to study science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), pursue careers in aerospace, and further advance the nation's space science and exploration efforts.
KEEPING HIS PROMISE TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION: President Trump promised a U.S. Supreme Court justice in the mold of late Justice Antonin Scalia selected from his previously announced list of 20 judges
· President Trump nominated Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court because of his consistent record defending the Constitution.
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JUMPSTARTING JOB CREATION: President Donald J. Trump is looking out for the American workers who Washington has left behind.
· President Trump has worked with the private sector to deliver tens of thousands of new jobs for Americans.
· President Trump ordered the United States to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement and negotiations.
· President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum to clear roadblocks to construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
· President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum declaring that the Dakota Access Pipeline serves the national interest and initiating the process to complete its construction.
· President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum to help ensure that new pipeline construction and repair work use materials and equipment from the United States.
CUTTING GOVERNMENT RED TAPE: President Trump has quickly taken steps to get the Government out of the way of job creation.
· President Trump directed each agency to establish a Regulatory Reform Task Force to identify costly and unnecessary regulations in need of modification or repeal.
· President Trump has required that for every new Federal regulation, two existing regulations be eliminated.
· President Trump directed the Department of Commerce to streamline Federal permitting processes for domestic manufacturing and to reduce regulatory burdens on domestic manufacturers.
· President Trump signed legislation, House Joint Resolution 38, to prevent the burdensome “Stream Protection Rule” from causing further harm to the coal industry.
· President Trump ordered the review of the “Clean Water Rule: Definition of Waters of the United States,” known as the WOTUS rule, to evaluate whether it is stifling economic growth or job creation.
REFORMING WASHINGTON: President Trump has taken actions to reform the old Washington way of doing business and to ensure that his entire Administration are working for the American people.
· President Trump put in place a hiring freeze for Federal civilian employees to stop the further expansion of an already bloated government.
· President Trump signed an Executive Order establishing new ethics commitments for all Executive branch appointees, putting in place a five-year lobbying ban and a permanent ban on lobbying for foreign governments, so that appointees serve the American people instead of their own interests.
PUTTING PATIENT HEALTHCARE FIRST: After years of false promises, rising costs, and shrinking accessibility, President Trump is championing reforms to put patients first.
· President Trump has supported efforts by Republicans in Congress to repeal the worst parts of Obamacare and replace them with the American Health Care Act.
· President Trump acted on his first day in office to instruct Federal agencies to minimize the burden of Obamacare on Americans.
PRIORITIZING AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY: President Trump has taken action to ensure the safety and security of the United States homeland, its borders, and its people.
· Under President Trump’s leadership, the Department of the Treasury sanctioned 25 entities and individuals involved in Iran’s ballistic missile program.
· President Trump implemented new protections against foreign terrorists entering our country.
· President Trump has proposed increasing the military’s budget by $54 billion so that it can begin to rebuild.
· As a result of a Presidential Memorandum President Trump signed on January 28, he has received a plan to defeat ISIS designed by the Secretary of Defense and other members of his Cabinet.
· President Trump ordered a review of military readiness and made it the policy of the United States to rebuild the United States’ Armed Forces.
· President Trump has negotiated to bring down the price of the F-35, saving millions of dollars.
DELIVERING ON IMMIGRATION REFORM: President Trump has made enforcing the Nation’s immigration laws a priority of his Administration.
· President Trump signed an Executive Order to start work on a southern border wall.
· President Trump signed an Executive Order to enhance the public safety of Americans through enforcement of immigration laws.
· President Trump signed an Executive Order to halt funding to jurisdictions in the United States that do not comply with Federal immigration rules.
· President Trump signed an Executive Order to begin the removal of illegal immigrants who have committed certain crimes.
· Following through on President Trump’s direction, the Department of Homeland Security will hire 10,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and agents and 5,000 border patrol agents.
RESTORING PUBLIC SAFETY TO AMERICAN COMMUNITIES: President Trump is following through on his promise to restore public safety for all Americans.
· President Trump signed an Executive Order directing the Attorney General to develop a strategy to more effectively prosecute people who engage in crimes against law enforcement officers.
· President Trump signed an Executive Order to establish a task force, led by the Attorney General, to reduce crime and restore public safety in communities across America.
· President Trump signed an Executive Order re-focusing the Federal Government’s energy and resources on dismantling transnational criminal organizations, such as drug cartels.
HELPING WOMEN AND MINORITIES SUCCEED: President Trump knows the country cannot reach its potential unless every American has a chance to prosper.
· President Trump signed an Executive Order strengthening and repositioning the Historically Black Colleges and Universities initiatives within the White House to foster better opportunities in higher education.
· President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau launched the United States-Canada Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders?????.
· President Trump signed into law the Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act to encourage the National Science Foundation’s entrepreneurial programs to recruit and support women to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and into the commercial world.
· President Trump signed into law the Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers (INSPIRE) Women Act to encourage women to study science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), pursue careers in aerospace, and further advance the nation's space science and exploration efforts.
KEEPING HIS PROMISE TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION: President Trump promised a U.S. Supreme Court justice in the mold of late Justice Antonin Scalia selected from his previously announced list of 20 judges
· President Trump nominated Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court because of his consistent record defending the Constitution.
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STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS -- PREVIEW
February 27, 2017
Preview of the President’s Address to a Joint Session of Congress
• One by one, President Trump has been checking off the promises he made to the American people. He’s doing what he said he was going to do.
• In Tuesday night’s speech, he will lay out an optimistic vision for the country that crosses the traditional lines of party, race and socioeconomic status. It will invite Americans of all backgrounds to come together in the service of a stronger, brighter future for our nation.
• All Americans share a desire for safe communities for themselves and their families. All Americans want their children to have access to good schools. And all Americans deserve good jobs that allow them to prosper and dream. For far too many people – “the forgotten men and women” – these fundamental desires have been out of reach for too long.
• The President will lay out the concrete steps he has already taken to make the American Dream possible for all of our people.
• He will talk about how he wants to work with Congress to pass a bold agenda. That will include:
o Tax and regulatory reform to get relief to hardworking Americans and American businesses.
o Making the workplace better for working parents.
o Saving American families from the disaster of Obamacare.
o Making sure every child in America has access to a good education.
o A great rebuilding of the American military.
o Fulfilling our commitments to our veterans and making sure they have access to the care they need.
• It will be a speech addressed to ALL Americans AS Americans—not to a coalition of special interests and minor issues.
• Americans can expect a speech that is grounded firmly in solving real problems for real people. How can we make sure that every American who needs a good job can get one? How can we get kids who are trapped in failing schools into a better school? How we can keep gangs and drugs and violent crime out of their neighborhoods?
• The President will reach out to Americans living in the poorest and most vulnerable communities, and let them know that help is on the way.
• He will also speak to the daily challenges of the Middle Class.
• He will look to the future and talk about what we can achieve if we come together.
• Finally, he will call on Congress to act. He is eager to partner with lawmakers to fix our problems and build on this renewed American spirit.
February 27, 2017
Preview of the President’s Address to a Joint Session of Congress
• One by one, President Trump has been checking off the promises he made to the American people. He’s doing what he said he was going to do.
• In Tuesday night’s speech, he will lay out an optimistic vision for the country that crosses the traditional lines of party, race and socioeconomic status. It will invite Americans of all backgrounds to come together in the service of a stronger, brighter future for our nation.
• All Americans share a desire for safe communities for themselves and their families. All Americans want their children to have access to good schools. And all Americans deserve good jobs that allow them to prosper and dream. For far too many people – “the forgotten men and women” – these fundamental desires have been out of reach for too long.
• The President will lay out the concrete steps he has already taken to make the American Dream possible for all of our people.
• He will talk about how he wants to work with Congress to pass a bold agenda. That will include:
o Tax and regulatory reform to get relief to hardworking Americans and American businesses.
o Making the workplace better for working parents.
o Saving American families from the disaster of Obamacare.
o Making sure every child in America has access to a good education.
o A great rebuilding of the American military.
o Fulfilling our commitments to our veterans and making sure they have access to the care they need.
• It will be a speech addressed to ALL Americans AS Americans—not to a coalition of special interests and minor issues.
• Americans can expect a speech that is grounded firmly in solving real problems for real people. How can we make sure that every American who needs a good job can get one? How can we get kids who are trapped in failing schools into a better school? How we can keep gangs and drugs and violent crime out of their neighborhoods?
• The President will reach out to Americans living in the poorest and most vulnerable communities, and let them know that help is on the way.
• He will also speak to the daily challenges of the Middle Class.
• He will look to the future and talk about what we can achieve if we come together.
• Finally, he will call on Congress to act. He is eager to partner with lawmakers to fix our problems and build on this renewed American spirit.
EVENING COMMUNICATIONS BRIEFING
Feb. 16, 2017
ANNOUNCEMENTS/NEWS OF THE DAY
President’s Press Conference
· The President’s press conference was his opportunity to step outside the biased news media filter and speak directly to the American people.
· The truth is, this administration has had tremendous success in fulfilling this President’s promises – and he won’t allow the news media to bury that story.
· In four weeks the President has made major strides on bringing jobs back to America, on trade with the withdrawal from TPP, on ObamaCare through an Executive Order, on border security, excessive government regulation and so much more.
· As the President clearly stated, the real story is not out of context leaks covered in various stories, but the danger of classified information routinely being leaked to the press – and the threat that poses to national security.
President Nominates Alexander Acosta to Serve as Labor Secretary
Top Line:
· Alexander Acosta is a highly respected attorney who will fight to expand opportunities for all of America’s workers. The President expects him to receive the bipartisan support that his distinguished career deserves.
· The public delivered a clear mandate during the election to protect American workers, and that is exactly what Mr. Acosta will do.
o He will ensure open jobs are offered to American workers first.
o Hire American and Buy American is our policy, and it is supported by people from both parties.
o With 94 million Americans outside the labor force, Mr. Acosta will focus on helping these workers find jobs.
Bio:
· Mr. Acosta is the bilingual son of Cuban immigrants. He is a native of Miami, Florida.
· A first-generation lawyer, Mr. Acosta is the dean of the Florida International University Law School, a position he has held since 2009.
· Mr. Acosta has served in three presidentially-appointed, senate-confirmed positions.
o He was a member of the National Labor Relations Board, where he participated in or authored more than 125 opinions.
o He was the first Hispanic to hold the rank of Assistant Attorney General.
o He served as U.S. Attorney for Southern District of Florida, the longest serving in the district since the 1970’s.
· While he served as U.S. Attorney, the Southern District prosecuted a number of high-profile defendants, including Jack Abramoff, Jose Padilla, and Charles “Chuckie” Taylor Jr. in a first of its kind torture case in the U.S. The District also targeted white color crime, including the case against Swiss Bank UBS for allowing individuals to use secret Swiss bank accounts to avoid U.S. taxes.
· Acosta also serves as the Chairman of U.S. Century Bank, the largest domestically-owned Hispanic community bank in Florida.
Withdrawal of Puzder Nomination:
· Democrats in the Senate have been doing everything they can to slow down the President’s agenda by delaying the assembly of his leadership team. They have boycotted committee votes for multiple nominees and broken longstanding rules of Senate debate, refusing to even consider the President’s unquestionably qualified nominees.
· In the face of this unprecedented and irresponsible obstruction by Senate Democrats, the President has accepted the withdrawal of Andy Puzder for Labor Secretary and is proud to nominate Alexander Acosta.
Immigration EO and Next Steps
Administration Files Brief with 9th Circuit:
· This brief:
o Explains at length the many serious flaws in the 9th Circuit’s decision to block the President’s National Security Executive Order;
o Announces that the President will be signing a new Executive Order eliminating what the panel erroneously thought were constitutional concerns with the original Executive Order; and,
o Asks the en banc court to hold the case until the new Executive Order is issued, and then vacate the panel opinion and dismiss the appeal.
· The new Executive Order will eliminate the need for further proceedings in the 9th Circuit.
Top Line:
· Article II of the Constitution and numerous laws grant the President broad immigration and national security powers for a reason.
· Enjoining this EO is tantamount to enjoining the President’s ability to be the President – it’s clearly overreaching.
· That being said, the President will be taking all legal options and potentially new executive actions to keep our country safe.
· The facts are irrefutable: Terrorism is real and enhanced vetting of individuals coming into the country from abroad can help us stop it from reaching our shores. No one seriously disputes this. We see it around the world.
· In fact, the judge who ruled against this order specifically stated that no one from these countries has been arrested on terrorism charges, but the Center for Immigration Studies found dozens that have been convicted in a U.S. court -- including those who came on student visas and as refugees -- exactly the types of individuals the President's order barred from entry.
· In the past, we have made the mistake of letting people into our country who harbor hatred for America. Our immigration system should not be a vehicle for admitting people who have anything but love in their hearts for this nation and our Constitution.
· This is an ideological disagreement between those who believe we should have borders and controls and those that do not.
· We will continue defending the EO in court and we are confident it will be upheld on the merits or an emergency stay of the judge’s ruling will be ordered upon appeal, but in the meantime, we are looking at taking additional action to comply with the current TRO while also addressing the very clear national security threats we are facing.
Background:
· On Friday, Feb. 3, a federal judge in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order against the President's executive order protecting the nation from foreign terrorist entry into the United States.
· The judge’s opinion had no reasoning whatsoever to explain why he believes the EO was unlawful.
· In contrast, a Boston judge who upheld the EO on the same day and explained in great detail why it was a lawful exercise of the President’s authority under both the Constitution and statutory law.
· On Sunday, Feb. 5, the plaintiffs filed a brief in 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
· Their argument relies on the clearly wrong notion that the EO was motivated by religious discrimination.
· In reality, the order does not mention any religion, and of the approximately 50 majority Muslim countries in the world, the EO only impacts seven countries that were previously identified by the Obama administration as “countries of concern” that pose a “growing threat from foreign terrorists.”
· On Monday, Feb. 6, the government filed a reply brief in the 9th Circuit.
· On Tuesday, Feb. 7, oral arguments from both the federal government and the plaintiff states took place by phone.
· On Thursday, Feb. 10, the 9th Circuit upheld the TRO.
· On Thursday, Feb. 16, the government filed an en banc brief with the 9th Circuit.
Signing of H.J. Resolution 38 – Disapproving the so-called “Stream Protection Rule”
Topline:
· The job-killing “Stream Protection Rule” is anti-American energy policy cloaked in flowery rhetoric.
· This rule took power away from state and local governments in order to grow the federal bureaucracy.
· It also did not take into account the extremely negative impact it would have on hardworking Americans and the families they support by putting upward pressure on energy costs.
· President Trump committed to ending the previous administration’s war on coal – which was really a war on our great coal miners. Rolling back this rule is a significant step toward fulfilling that promise.
· The President is bringing back new jobs at both the plant level and mine level – energy jobs are coming back to America.
· There’s a spirit of optimism rising across the country. It’s going to continue to grow as the President signs more and more bills like this one. Working men and women are seeing new opportunities that they haven’t seen in a very long time.
Background:
· An October 2015 economic analysis by the National Mining Association found that the Stream Protection Rule:
o Jeopardized between 112,757 and 280,809 jobs, including mining and linked sector employment.
o Would decrease coal reserves between 27 percent and 64 percent.
o Decrease production between $14 billion and $29 billion.
o Decrease federal and state tax revenue between $3.1 billion and $6.4 billion.
· This rule went into effect on the very last day of the Obama presidency.
· “The Congressional Review Act allows Congress to overturn any rule within 60 congressional days of it being finalized, as long as the President signs off.” – NPR
· If a rule gets erased under the CRA, it can never be reissued.
NATO
· NATO is a fundamental bedrock for the US and all the transatlantic community.
· However, other nations must begin carrying their weight and paying their fair share.
· Only five of the 28 member states currently meet the alliance's spending target of 2% of GDP. This must change, and Secretary of Defense Mattis made that clear this week while visiting Brussels.
· U.S. taxpayers can no longer carry a disproportionate share of the defense of western values.
· The United States will meet its commitments and responsibilities. Other nations must do the same.
Intel Community Allegedly Withholding Information from POTUS
· Statement from DNI spokesperson: “Any suggestion that the US Intelligence Community is withholding information and not providing the best possible intelligence to the President and his national security team is not true.”
· There is no reason to believe this is accurate. It is more thinly sourced reporting with anonymous comments from people who either don’t know what is actually going on, or have a political agenda – probably both.
· The broader story that is not getting enough coverage is that politically motivated “sources” continue to play fast and loose with national security, and the media are enabling them, presumably because clicks are more important than the safety and security of the American people.
· This has to stop. Unelected bureaucrats using our nation’s most sensitive information advance their personal political agenda is a threat to our democracy.
· Congressman Chaffetz views this as a serious breach of national security, as do we. We are not going to discuss sensitive national security information, protocols or potential actions publicly, but the White House takes this very seriously.
Florida Rally
· President Trump loves interacting with the People, so it should come as no surprise that he is going to continue taking his message directly to them, whether it is online or through events like the one taking place in Florida this weekend.
· Calling it a “campaign rally” is only accurate in the sense that the President will use campaign funds to cover the costs, rather than taxpayer resources.
· He looks coming back to Florida, a state that holds a special place in his heart after it was so instrumental in his historic electoral victory in November.
Russian Missile Deployment
· Russia has been in violation of its Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty commitments since it first began testing this missile several years ago.
o The Russian Federation is obligated under the treaty to "not to possess, produce, or flight-test a ground-launched cruise missile (GLCM) with a range capability of 500 km to 5,500 km (310 miles to 3,420 miles), or to possess or produce launchers of such missiles."
· Deploying this weapon would represent Russia's continuing breach of INF Treaty commitments, as well as a significant increase in the nuclear threats facing U.S. friends and allies in both Europe and Asia.
· The United States remains committed to the INF Treaty and to President Reagan's "Zero Option" of no mid-range nuclear capable missiles in the possession of either power.
Russian Ship Off U.S. Coast
· The Department of Defense is aware of the vessel's presence.
· It has not entered U.S. territorial waters.
· The United States respects the freedom of navigation exercised by all nations beyond the territorial sea of a coastal State consistent with international law.
Resignation of National Security Advisor Michael T. Flynn
Topline:
· The President’s reaction upon hearing about General Flynn’s calls was that those calls were not improper, but he instructed his Counsel to review the matter before drawing any conclusions.
· The Counsel’s Office performed a review, after which the Counsel concluded that General Flynn was unlikely to be prosecuted. The President determined that it was an issue of trust.
· The President must have complete and unwavering trust in his National Security Advisor.
· The President was very concerned that General Flynn had misled the Vice President and others.
· The level of trust between the President and General Flynn eroded to the point where the President felt compelled to make a change – he asked for Gen. Flynn’s resignation, and he got it.
Russia:
· The irony of this entire situation is that the President has been incredibly tough on Russia.
o He continues to raise the issue of Crimea, which the previous administration allowed to be seized by Russia.
o His Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, stood before the UN Security Council in her first appearance and strongly denounced the Russian occupation of Crimea, saying, “the dire situation in eastern Ukraine is one that demands clear and strong condemnation of Russian actions.”
o President Trump has made it very clear that he expects the Russian government to de-escalate violence in the Ukraine and return Crimea.
· At the same time, the President wants to foster a productive relationship with Russia -- unlike the previous administration -- so that we can work together to solve the many problems facing our world, such as the threat of ISIS.
Going Forward:
· The safety of the American people and the security of the American homeland are the President’s top priorities.
· The President has appointed General Keith Kellogg to serve as acting National Security Advisor, placing the National Security Council in very capable and experienced hands.
· The President is currently evaluating a group of very strong candidates that will be considered.
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Feb. 16, 2017
ANNOUNCEMENTS/NEWS OF THE DAY
President’s Press Conference
· The President’s press conference was his opportunity to step outside the biased news media filter and speak directly to the American people.
· The truth is, this administration has had tremendous success in fulfilling this President’s promises – and he won’t allow the news media to bury that story.
· In four weeks the President has made major strides on bringing jobs back to America, on trade with the withdrawal from TPP, on ObamaCare through an Executive Order, on border security, excessive government regulation and so much more.
· As the President clearly stated, the real story is not out of context leaks covered in various stories, but the danger of classified information routinely being leaked to the press – and the threat that poses to national security.
President Nominates Alexander Acosta to Serve as Labor Secretary
Top Line:
· Alexander Acosta is a highly respected attorney who will fight to expand opportunities for all of America’s workers. The President expects him to receive the bipartisan support that his distinguished career deserves.
· The public delivered a clear mandate during the election to protect American workers, and that is exactly what Mr. Acosta will do.
o He will ensure open jobs are offered to American workers first.
o Hire American and Buy American is our policy, and it is supported by people from both parties.
o With 94 million Americans outside the labor force, Mr. Acosta will focus on helping these workers find jobs.
Bio:
· Mr. Acosta is the bilingual son of Cuban immigrants. He is a native of Miami, Florida.
· A first-generation lawyer, Mr. Acosta is the dean of the Florida International University Law School, a position he has held since 2009.
· Mr. Acosta has served in three presidentially-appointed, senate-confirmed positions.
o He was a member of the National Labor Relations Board, where he participated in or authored more than 125 opinions.
o He was the first Hispanic to hold the rank of Assistant Attorney General.
o He served as U.S. Attorney for Southern District of Florida, the longest serving in the district since the 1970’s.
· While he served as U.S. Attorney, the Southern District prosecuted a number of high-profile defendants, including Jack Abramoff, Jose Padilla, and Charles “Chuckie” Taylor Jr. in a first of its kind torture case in the U.S. The District also targeted white color crime, including the case against Swiss Bank UBS for allowing individuals to use secret Swiss bank accounts to avoid U.S. taxes.
· Acosta also serves as the Chairman of U.S. Century Bank, the largest domestically-owned Hispanic community bank in Florida.
Withdrawal of Puzder Nomination:
· Democrats in the Senate have been doing everything they can to slow down the President’s agenda by delaying the assembly of his leadership team. They have boycotted committee votes for multiple nominees and broken longstanding rules of Senate debate, refusing to even consider the President’s unquestionably qualified nominees.
· In the face of this unprecedented and irresponsible obstruction by Senate Democrats, the President has accepted the withdrawal of Andy Puzder for Labor Secretary and is proud to nominate Alexander Acosta.
Immigration EO and Next Steps
Administration Files Brief with 9th Circuit:
· This brief:
o Explains at length the many serious flaws in the 9th Circuit’s decision to block the President’s National Security Executive Order;
o Announces that the President will be signing a new Executive Order eliminating what the panel erroneously thought were constitutional concerns with the original Executive Order; and,
o Asks the en banc court to hold the case until the new Executive Order is issued, and then vacate the panel opinion and dismiss the appeal.
· The new Executive Order will eliminate the need for further proceedings in the 9th Circuit.
Top Line:
· Article II of the Constitution and numerous laws grant the President broad immigration and national security powers for a reason.
· Enjoining this EO is tantamount to enjoining the President’s ability to be the President – it’s clearly overreaching.
· That being said, the President will be taking all legal options and potentially new executive actions to keep our country safe.
· The facts are irrefutable: Terrorism is real and enhanced vetting of individuals coming into the country from abroad can help us stop it from reaching our shores. No one seriously disputes this. We see it around the world.
· In fact, the judge who ruled against this order specifically stated that no one from these countries has been arrested on terrorism charges, but the Center for Immigration Studies found dozens that have been convicted in a U.S. court -- including those who came on student visas and as refugees -- exactly the types of individuals the President's order barred from entry.
· In the past, we have made the mistake of letting people into our country who harbor hatred for America. Our immigration system should not be a vehicle for admitting people who have anything but love in their hearts for this nation and our Constitution.
· This is an ideological disagreement between those who believe we should have borders and controls and those that do not.
· We will continue defending the EO in court and we are confident it will be upheld on the merits or an emergency stay of the judge’s ruling will be ordered upon appeal, but in the meantime, we are looking at taking additional action to comply with the current TRO while also addressing the very clear national security threats we are facing.
Background:
· On Friday, Feb. 3, a federal judge in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order against the President's executive order protecting the nation from foreign terrorist entry into the United States.
· The judge’s opinion had no reasoning whatsoever to explain why he believes the EO was unlawful.
· In contrast, a Boston judge who upheld the EO on the same day and explained in great detail why it was a lawful exercise of the President’s authority under both the Constitution and statutory law.
· On Sunday, Feb. 5, the plaintiffs filed a brief in 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
· Their argument relies on the clearly wrong notion that the EO was motivated by religious discrimination.
· In reality, the order does not mention any religion, and of the approximately 50 majority Muslim countries in the world, the EO only impacts seven countries that were previously identified by the Obama administration as “countries of concern” that pose a “growing threat from foreign terrorists.”
· On Monday, Feb. 6, the government filed a reply brief in the 9th Circuit.
· On Tuesday, Feb. 7, oral arguments from both the federal government and the plaintiff states took place by phone.
· On Thursday, Feb. 10, the 9th Circuit upheld the TRO.
· On Thursday, Feb. 16, the government filed an en banc brief with the 9th Circuit.
Signing of H.J. Resolution 38 – Disapproving the so-called “Stream Protection Rule”
Topline:
· The job-killing “Stream Protection Rule” is anti-American energy policy cloaked in flowery rhetoric.
· This rule took power away from state and local governments in order to grow the federal bureaucracy.
· It also did not take into account the extremely negative impact it would have on hardworking Americans and the families they support by putting upward pressure on energy costs.
· President Trump committed to ending the previous administration’s war on coal – which was really a war on our great coal miners. Rolling back this rule is a significant step toward fulfilling that promise.
· The President is bringing back new jobs at both the plant level and mine level – energy jobs are coming back to America.
· There’s a spirit of optimism rising across the country. It’s going to continue to grow as the President signs more and more bills like this one. Working men and women are seeing new opportunities that they haven’t seen in a very long time.
Background:
· An October 2015 economic analysis by the National Mining Association found that the Stream Protection Rule:
o Jeopardized between 112,757 and 280,809 jobs, including mining and linked sector employment.
o Would decrease coal reserves between 27 percent and 64 percent.
o Decrease production between $14 billion and $29 billion.
o Decrease federal and state tax revenue between $3.1 billion and $6.4 billion.
· This rule went into effect on the very last day of the Obama presidency.
· “The Congressional Review Act allows Congress to overturn any rule within 60 congressional days of it being finalized, as long as the President signs off.” – NPR
· If a rule gets erased under the CRA, it can never be reissued.
NATO
· NATO is a fundamental bedrock for the US and all the transatlantic community.
· However, other nations must begin carrying their weight and paying their fair share.
· Only five of the 28 member states currently meet the alliance's spending target of 2% of GDP. This must change, and Secretary of Defense Mattis made that clear this week while visiting Brussels.
· U.S. taxpayers can no longer carry a disproportionate share of the defense of western values.
· The United States will meet its commitments and responsibilities. Other nations must do the same.
Intel Community Allegedly Withholding Information from POTUS
· Statement from DNI spokesperson: “Any suggestion that the US Intelligence Community is withholding information and not providing the best possible intelligence to the President and his national security team is not true.”
· There is no reason to believe this is accurate. It is more thinly sourced reporting with anonymous comments from people who either don’t know what is actually going on, or have a political agenda – probably both.
· The broader story that is not getting enough coverage is that politically motivated “sources” continue to play fast and loose with national security, and the media are enabling them, presumably because clicks are more important than the safety and security of the American people.
· This has to stop. Unelected bureaucrats using our nation’s most sensitive information advance their personal political agenda is a threat to our democracy.
· Congressman Chaffetz views this as a serious breach of national security, as do we. We are not going to discuss sensitive national security information, protocols or potential actions publicly, but the White House takes this very seriously.
Florida Rally
· President Trump loves interacting with the People, so it should come as no surprise that he is going to continue taking his message directly to them, whether it is online or through events like the one taking place in Florida this weekend.
· Calling it a “campaign rally” is only accurate in the sense that the President will use campaign funds to cover the costs, rather than taxpayer resources.
· He looks coming back to Florida, a state that holds a special place in his heart after it was so instrumental in his historic electoral victory in November.
Russian Missile Deployment
· Russia has been in violation of its Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty commitments since it first began testing this missile several years ago.
o The Russian Federation is obligated under the treaty to "not to possess, produce, or flight-test a ground-launched cruise missile (GLCM) with a range capability of 500 km to 5,500 km (310 miles to 3,420 miles), or to possess or produce launchers of such missiles."
· Deploying this weapon would represent Russia's continuing breach of INF Treaty commitments, as well as a significant increase in the nuclear threats facing U.S. friends and allies in both Europe and Asia.
· The United States remains committed to the INF Treaty and to President Reagan's "Zero Option" of no mid-range nuclear capable missiles in the possession of either power.
Russian Ship Off U.S. Coast
· The Department of Defense is aware of the vessel's presence.
· It has not entered U.S. territorial waters.
· The United States respects the freedom of navigation exercised by all nations beyond the territorial sea of a coastal State consistent with international law.
Resignation of National Security Advisor Michael T. Flynn
Topline:
· The President’s reaction upon hearing about General Flynn’s calls was that those calls were not improper, but he instructed his Counsel to review the matter before drawing any conclusions.
· The Counsel’s Office performed a review, after which the Counsel concluded that General Flynn was unlikely to be prosecuted. The President determined that it was an issue of trust.
· The President must have complete and unwavering trust in his National Security Advisor.
· The President was very concerned that General Flynn had misled the Vice President and others.
· The level of trust between the President and General Flynn eroded to the point where the President felt compelled to make a change – he asked for Gen. Flynn’s resignation, and he got it.
Russia:
· The irony of this entire situation is that the President has been incredibly tough on Russia.
o He continues to raise the issue of Crimea, which the previous administration allowed to be seized by Russia.
o His Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, stood before the UN Security Council in her first appearance and strongly denounced the Russian occupation of Crimea, saying, “the dire situation in eastern Ukraine is one that demands clear and strong condemnation of Russian actions.”
o President Trump has made it very clear that he expects the Russian government to de-escalate violence in the Ukraine and return Crimea.
· At the same time, the President wants to foster a productive relationship with Russia -- unlike the previous administration -- so that we can work together to solve the many problems facing our world, such as the threat of ISIS.
Going Forward:
· The safety of the American people and the security of the American homeland are the President’s top priorities.
· The President has appointed General Keith Kellogg to serve as acting National Security Advisor, placing the National Security Council in very capable and experienced hands.
· The President is currently evaluating a group of very strong candidates that will be considered.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 20, 2017
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP'S FIRST MONTH: ACHIEVING RESULTS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
JUMPSTARTING JOB CREATION: President Trump is looking out for American workers that Washington has left behind.
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 20, 2017
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP'S FIRST MONTH: ACHIEVING RESULTS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
JUMPSTARTING JOB CREATION: President Trump is looking out for American workers that Washington has left behind.
- President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum ordering the United States to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations and agreement.
- President Trump hosted the CEO of Intel to announce Intel's plan to invest $7 billion in a United States factory that will create 10,000 American jobs.
- President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum to clear roadblocks to construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
- President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum declaring that the Dakota Access Pipeline serves the national interest and initiating the process to complete construction.
- President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum ordering that all new pipeline construction and repair work use materials and equipment from the United States.
- President Trump signed legislation, House Joint Resolution 38, to block the burdensome "Stream Protection Rule" from causing further harm to the coal industry.
- President Trump signed legislation, House Joint Resolution 41, to eliminate a costly regulation that threatened to put domestic extraction companies and their employees at an unfair disadvantage.
- After negotiations with Lockheed Martin, President Trump saved Americans $700 million on a new batch of F-35 fighters.
- Secretary of Defense Mattis has ordered a cost-cutting review of Boeing's next-generation Air Force One fleet, after President Trump was able to cap the cost at millions below that which was agreed to by the Obama administration.
- President Trump signed an Executive Order to enhance the safety and security of the United States by, among other things, constructing a wall on the southern border.
- President Trump signed an Executive Order to make sure Federal immigration laws are faithfully enforced throughout the country and that Americans' tax dollars do not go to jurisdictions that obstruct the enforcement of immigration laws.
- President Trump signed an Executive Order that directs the Attorney General to develop a strategy to more effectively prosecute people who engage in crimes against law enforcement officers.
- President Trump signed an Executive Order that establishes a task force, led by the new Attorney General, to reduce crime and restore public safety in communities across America.
- President Trump signed an Executive Order that re-focuses the Federal Government's energy and resources on dismantling transnational criminal organizations, such as drug cartels.
- President Trump signed an Executive Order instructing Federal agencies "to minimize the burden" of the Affordable Care Act.
- President Trump has required that for every new Federal regulation, two existing regulations be eliminated.
- President Trump directed the Commerce Department to streamline Federal permitting processes for domestic manufacturing and to reduce regulatory burdens on domestic manufacturers.
- President Trump signed an Executive Order expediting the environmental review and approval processes for domestic infrastructure projects.
- Under President Trump's leadership, the Department of the Treasury sanctioned 25 entities and individuals involved in Iran's ballistic missile program.
- President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the Secretary of Defense to work with other cabinet members to develop a plan to defeat ISIS.
- President Trump has called or met with more than 30 foreign leaders.
- President Trump signed an Executive Order establishing new ethics commitments for all Executive branch appointees, putting in place a five-year lobbying ban and a permanent ban on lobbying for foreign governments, so appointees serve the American people instead of their own interests.
- President Trump put in place a hiring freeze for Federal civilian employees to stop the growth of a bloated government.
- President Trump nominated Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court because of his consistent record defending the Constitution.
- President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau launched the United States-Canada Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs.