Pool Reports of March 22, 2023

Pool Report #1 - Brunch Lid

Via the press office

Brunch lid until 2:30 PM.

Pool Report 2 -- John Kirby to join daily press briefing

From the WH Press Office:

NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby will join Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at the press briefing today.

Pool Report 3 - 2 min warning

2 minute warning for press briefing called at 3:10pm

Pool Report #4 — event attendees

From the WH Press office

In attendance for the President's remarks at the Women's History Month reception:

The Vice President
The First Lady
The Second Gentleman
Secretary Marcia Fudge, Department of Housing and Urban Development
Director Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence
Ambassador Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative
Administrator Isabel Guzman, Small Business Administration
Acting Secretary Julie Su, Department of Labor
Senator Lisa Murkowski (AK)
Senator Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH-09)
Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-43)
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (NY-07)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18)
Rep. Janice Schakowsky (IL-09)
Rep. Betty McCollum (MN-04)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25)
Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14)
Rep. Chellie Pingree (ME-01)
Rep. Dina Titus (NV-01)
Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07)
Rep. Frederica Wilson (FL-24)
Rep. Suzan DelBene (WA-01)
Rep. Julia Brownley (CA-26)
Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02)
Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-22)
Rep. Katherine Clark (MA-05)
Rep. Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02)
Rep. Joyce Beatty (OH-03)
Rep. Debbie Dingell (MI-06)
Rep. Nanette Barragan (CA-44)
Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-AL)
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07)
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05)
Rep. Katie Porter (CA-47)
Rep. Lucy McBath (GA-07)
Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14)
Rep. Sharice Davids (KS-03)
Rep. Lori Trahan (MA-03)
Rep. Haley Stevens (MI-11)
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI-12)
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14)
Rep. Madeleine Dean Cunnane (PA-04)
Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07)
Rep. Sylvia Garcia (TX-29)
Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51)
Rep. Nikema Williams (GA-05)
Rep. Victoria Spartz (IN-05)
Rep. Deborah Ross (NC-02)
Rep. Kathy Manning (NC-06)
Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)
Rep. Shontel Brown (OH-11)
Rep. Nancy Mace (SC-01)
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20)
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13)
Rep. Delia Ramirez (IL-03)
Rep. Nicole Budzinski (IL-13)
Rep. Valerie Foushee (NC-04)
Rep. Val Hoyle (OR-04)
Rep. Emilia Sykes (OH-13)
Rep. Summer Lee (PA-12)
Rep. Rebecca Balint (VT-AL)
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (TX-30)
Rep. Amata Radewagen (AS-AL)
Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez Colon (PR-AL)
On stage with the President: Student Leaders from local high schools, colleges, and universities
Also in attendance: Women leaders, advocates, celebrities, influencers, and stakeholders

Special Guest: Temple Lester, 16-year old founder of STEM Girl Swag.

Temple has received many awards and honors for her advocacy. She was recently recognized as a Time Magazine Kid of the Year Top 50 (2022), was selected to Black Girls Lead (2021), and has had 2 award-winning National History Day documentaries featured in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (2020 & 2021). Temple appears in the AD Council's National PSA Campaign "Dare To STEM" (2020-2022). In 2019 she was named as one of Atlanta's "20 Under 20" by Atlanta Intown Paper, and the DeKalb County Chamber of Commerce honored her as its 2019 "Youth Entrepreneur of the Year." Temple's parents are Jennifer and Tommy Lester.

Speaking Program
The Second Gentleman
The First Lady
The Vice President
The President

Pool Report #5 - event starting

POTUS, FLOTUS, VPOTUS and the first gentleman entered at 5:14pm.

For those who want to follow along the event will be livestreamed on whitehouse.gov/live

Pool Report 6 - POTUS wraps up remarks

POTUS wrapped up his remarks at 5:50pm. Some quotes below

FLOTUS: "We find ourselves refighting battles we thought we had won a long time ago."

VPOTUS thanking President Biden: "You can judge a strong man when he has strong women around him."

Later she said: "When we improve the economic status of women, we improve the economic status of families, communities, and our entire nation benefits."

POTUS took the stage at 5:33 pm gave nods to VP Harris, Dr. Biden and former House Speaker Pelosi. He wrapped up remarks at 5:50pm.

Pool Report #7 -- Lid

The WH Press Office called a lid at 6:31 pm

Have a good evening!