Pool Reports of July 31, 2024

In-town pool report #1: lunch lid and Kirby + Vilsack at briefing

Hello, I'll be your in-town pooler for the day.

A lunch lid was called until 1:15 p.m. The White House also notes that Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby will join today's briefing, scheduled for 1:30.

Here is the full schedule for the day.

EDT

10:00 AM In-Town Pool Call Time

10:00 AM THE PRESIDENT receives the President's Daily Brief
Closed Press

11:00 AM THE PRESIDENT receives a briefing on the implementation of important provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act
Closed Press

12:45 PM THE PRESIDENT and THE VICE PRESIDENT have lunch
The President's Private Dining Room
Closed Press

2:30 PM THE PRESIDENT receives a briefing on the Administration's new actions and ongoing work to crack down on drug traffickers smuggling deadly drugs, including fentanyl, into the United States, and efforts to beat the global opioid epidemic
Closed Press

3:45 PM THE PRESIDENT meets with U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine's Economic Recovery Penny Pritzker
Closed Press

Briefing Schedule

1:30 PM Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

In-town pool report #2: Biden met with Vilsack

The White House sends this along:

The President met with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to discuss implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act's Discrimination Financial Assistance Program. Today, the President announced his Administration is providing financial assistance to 43,000 farmers and ranchers who experienced discrimination and didn't have fair access to federal farm loan programs. President Biden promised to address this inequity when he became president, and today, that promise became a reality.

More information about the financial assistance can be found here: https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2024/07/31/biden-harris-administration-issues-financial-assistance-more-43000

In-town pool report #3: two minute warning

Two minute warning to the press briefing issued at 1:35.

Also, a bit before we got the warning a group of young tennis players stopped by the briefing room to pose for pictures at the podium. Karine Jean-Pierre popped out to say hi and take photos with them.

In-town pool report #4: briefing begins

The briefing began at 1:37 p.m.

You can watch live here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

In-town pool report #5: briefing ends

The briefing concluded at 2:39 p.m.

In-town pool report #6: POTUS briefed on actions to combat drug trafficking

The White House passes this along:

The President received a briefing on the Administration's new actions and ongoing work to crack down on drug traffickers smuggling deadly drugs, including fentanyl, into the United States, and efforts to beat the global opioid epidemic.

Briefing Participants:
Attorney General Merrick Garland, Department of Justice
Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Department of Homeland Security
Director Avril Haines, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Jeff Zients, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff
Bruce Reed, Assistant to the President & Deputy Chief of Staff
Natalie Quillian, Assistant to the President & Deputy Chief of Staff
Liz Sherwood-Randall, Assistant to the President & Homeland Security Advisor & Deputy National Security Advisor
Jen Daskal, Deputy Assistant to the President & Deputy Homeland Security Advisor

In-town pool report #7: lid

A lid was called at 5:15 p.m., just as the skies opened up in D.C.

Stay dry out there.