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, JANUARY 26, 2024
In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press.
In-Town Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP, NYT
TV Corr & Crew: FOX
Print: Daily Caller
Radio: ABC
EST
10:00 AM In-Town Pool Call Time
10:00 AM THE PRESIDENT receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
Closed Press
Briefing Schedule
1:00 PM Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby (The transcript of Thursday’s press gaggle is at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2024/01/25/press-gaggle-by-principal-deputy-press-secretary-olivia-dalton-and-nsc-coordinator-for-strategic-communications-john-kirby-en-route-duluth-wi/)
Saturday, January 27, 2024
The President will travel to South Carolina.
Sunday, January 28, 2024
The President will return to the White House.
TREASURY DEPT –
Friday – Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen will be in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for events to highlight the state of the U.S. economy and the good-paying jobs President Biden’s Investing in America agenda is creating across the country for middle class Americans. While in Milwaukee, Secretary Yellen will also meet with regional business leaders hosted by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce to discuss the local economy and President Biden’s economic agenda.
At 10:00 AM CST / 11:00 AM EST, Secretary Yellen will tour a Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership (WRTP) | Building Industry Group Skilled Trades Employment Program (BIG STEP) workforce training facility. She will be joined by Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers and Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley. The facility Secretary Yellen is touring is being modernized and expanded thanks to federal funding. WRTP | BIG STEP is also leveraging American Rescue Plan funding to provide new credentialing opportunities, including in green construction. This tour will be pooled press. Media interested in joining the pool can email kevin@kurthlampe.com.
At 10:30 AM CST / 11:30 AM EST, Secretary Yellen will participate in a roundtable discussion with Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, local workforce partners, small businesses, and graduates of the training programs. Secretary Yellen and Governor Evers will deliver open press remarks at the start of this roundtable. The remainder of the roundtable discussion is closed press. Media interested in covering this event should RSVP to kevin@kurthlampe.com.
At approximately 11:30 AM CST / 12:30 PM EST, Secretary Yellen will participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony with WRTP | BIG STEP leaders, as well as Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley. During this ceremony, she will deliver remarks on the Biden Administration’s efforts to create and strengthen pathways to good-paying jobs for middle class Americans across the country. This includes by funding workforce development through the American Rescue Plan and other measures, supporting unions, and creating new economic opportunities and good-paying jobs—including those that don’t require a college degree—through the President’s Investing in America agenda. This ceremony and Secretary Yellen’s remarks will be open press. Media interested in covering this event should RSVP to kevin@kurthlampe.com. A livestream of Secretary Yellen’s remarks will be available here.
At 12:30 PM CST / 1:30 PM EST, Secretary Yellen will have a working lunch meeting with Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers at a local Milwaukee restaurant. There will be a pool spray at the start this meeting. The remainder of the meeting will be closed press.
(Secretary Yellen’s remarks Thursday to the Economic Club of Chicago are at: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2049
STATE DEPT
Friday – Secretary Blinken is back from his from January 21-26 to Africa. Headquarter press briefings, when held on weekdays, occur around 1:15p ET. The transcript of Thursday’s 1:03p ET briefing is at: https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-january-25-2024/
USTR –
Friday – Ambassador Katherine Tai will meet with India’s Ambassador to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu. This meeting is closed press.
US HOUSE –
Friday – Out until Tuesday.
US SENATE
Friday – Out for the next week.
UPCOMING US, JAPAN, CANADA ECONOMIC REPORTS AND FEDERAL RESERVE EVENTS
Friday, Jan 26 – 8:30a ET Personal income
Friday, Jan 26 – 10a ET – US NAR pending home sales
Friday, Jan 26 – 13:00 ET Baker Hughes oil rig count
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