Pool Reports of October 13, 2021

In-town pool report #1 — Background on supply chain meetings

Good morning, pool is en route to the White House for testing ahead of our 12:00pm call time. Feel free to reach out directly with any questions.

The COVID team will have a briefing at 11:00am, and press secretary Jen Psaki will brief reporters at 1:00pm.

POTUS has two closed press events today, a bill signing for H.R. 2278 at 11:15am and a meeting with supply chain officials and stakeholders at 1:45pm. He will deliver televised remarks on the subject after the meeting, tentatively scheduled for 2:20pm.

Also, White House passed along another note regarding today's supply chain focus:

Ahead of the President's meeting on global transportation supply chain bottlenecks, senior administration officials and stakeholders will participate in a virtual roundtable to discuss collective efforts to address global transportation supply chain bottlenecks. Attendees include:

• Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg
• National Economic Council Director Brian Deese
• Port Envoy John Porcari
• Gene Seroka, Executive Director, Port of Los Angeles
• Mario Cordero, Executive Director, Port of Long Beach
• Willie Adams, International President, ILWU
• James Hoffa Jr., General President, Teamsters
• Greg Regan, President, Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO
• John Furner, President & CEO, Walmart U.S.
• Dr. Udo Lange, President and CEO, FedEx Logistics
• Nando Cesarone, President, U.S. Operations, UPS
• Brian Cornell, Board Chairman and CEO, Target
• Ted Decker, President and COO, Home Depot
• KS Choi, President and CEO, Samsung Electronics North America
• Matt Shay, President & CEO, National Retail Federation
• Peter Friedmann, Executive Director, Agriculture Transportation Coalition
• Chris Spear, President and CEO, American Trucking Associations
• Ian Jefferies, President and CEO, Association of American Railroads
• Suzanne Clark, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• Geoff Freeman, President and CEO, Consumer Brands Association
• Jim McKenna, President and CEO, Pacific Maritime Association

In-town pool report #2 — Briefing delayed to 1:25pm

[APP Note: No additional text was included in this report.]

In-town pool report #3 — 2-min warning

Reminder that you can stream the briefing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ-lVo4zoEk

In-town pool report #4 — briefing begins

... at 1:35pm.

Stream: https://youtu.be/VQ-lVo4zoEk

In-town pool report #5 — briefing ends

... at 2:05pm

In-town pool report #6 — attendees for POTUS' supply remarks

Pool has not been called to gather yet, but pool passes along the following list of attendees:

In attendance for the President's remarks:

• Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg
• Brian Deese, Director, National Economic Council
• John Porcari, Port Envoy to the Biden-Harris Administration Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force
• Willie Adams, President, International Longshore and Warehouse Union

Reminder that you can stream POTUS' remarks here: https://youtu.be/4Cc_FhjCZHk

In-town pool report #7 — gathering

... as of 2:43pm--

In-town pool report #8 — 2-min warning

... at 2:56pm

Quick note: Secretary Buttigieg thanked pool for congratulations on his newborns, said they were doing fine, then laughed when pool followed up by clarifying the question was about how he and his husband were doing now that they have kids.

In-town pool report #9 — remarks begin

POTUS entered the East Room at 2:58pm and began speaking immediately

Reminder of the additional attendees on top of pool and pre-credentialed media

In attendance for the President's remarks:

• Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg
• Brian Deese, Director, National Economic Council
• John Porcari, Port Envoy to the Biden-Harris Administration Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force
• Willie Adams, President, International Longshore and Warehouse Union

In-town pool report #10 — remarks over

POTUS wrapped his remarks at 3:10pm and departed without answering questions from press about guaranteeing delivery times for holiday packages, and a Cabinet meeting Tuesday night to address the energy crisis, plans for the fed, and worker safety.

One additional note... before Biden entered, Buttigieg told the pool he was very excited for Star Trek star William Shatner's space flight, adding that he's a huge Trekkie

In-town pool report #11 — correction on attendees

Pool made a mistake in copy pasting the attendees list for POTUS' remarks (report #9).

Full list below:

In attendance for the President's remarks:

• Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg
• Brian Deese, Director, National Economic Council
• John Porcari, Port Envoy to the Biden-Harris Administration Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force
• Willie Adams, President, International Longshore and Warehouse Union
• Mario Cordero, Executive Director, Port of Long Beach
• Gene Seroka, Executive Director, Port of Los Angeles

In-town pool report #12 — travel/photo lid

... called at 3:33pm. Have a great Wednesday, y'all.