WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Friday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve events:
DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE
FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2024
In the morning, the President, the First Lady, and the Vice President will welcome the nation’s governors to the White House during the National Governors Association Winter Meeting. They will hear directly from governors and discuss opportunities for states to continue leveraging investments in infrastructure, manufacturing, workforce development, and lowering costs for working families, among other key priorities. This event in the East Room will be open to pre-credentialed media and pooled for TV.
In the afternoon, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting in the Oval Office will be closed press. The Vice President will attend.
In-Town Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP, NYT
TV Corr & Crew: CBS
Print: Bloomberg Government
Radio: SRN
EST
10:00 AM In-Town Pool Call Time
10:45 AM THE PRESIDENT, THE VICE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY welcome the nation’s governors to the White House during the National Governors Association Winter Meeting
East Room
In-House Pool Spray (Gather 10:30 AM – Palm Room Doors)
1:45 PM THE PRESIDENT receives the Presidential Daily Briefing; THE VICE PRESIDENT attends
Oval Office
Closed Press
Briefing Schedule
1:30 PM Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre (Thursday’s press gaggle by NSC’s John Kirby is at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2024/02/22/on-the-record-press-gaggle-by-white-house-national-security-communications-advisor-john-kirby-2/)
TREASURY DEPT –
Friday – At 10:30 AM, Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen will chair a closed meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC). The meeting is closed press. From February 27-March 2, Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen will travel to São Paulo, Brazil to participate in the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meetings and events on the sidelines, and then will continue to Santiago, Chile for bilateral engagements.
STATE DEPT
Friday -– Secretary Blinken is on travel to Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday through Thursday. Secretary Blinken’s Thursday press conference in Rio de Janeiro is transcripted at: https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-at-a-press-availability-47/
Headquarters press briefings, when held on weekdays, occur around 1:15p ET and are livestreamed at State.gov.
USTR –
Friday – Ambassador Katherine Tai, back from Honolulu, has no public engagements.
.US HOUSE –
Friday – Out until Feb 28, two days before the next threatened partial govt shutdown
US SENATE
Friday — Out until Feb 26
UPCOMING US, JAPAN, CANADA ECONOMIC REPORTS AND FEDERAL RESERVE EVENTS
Friday, Feb. 23 –13:00 ET US Baker Hughes Rig count
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