Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, November 29, 2021
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MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone.
Q Hello.
MS. PSAKI: Happy post-Thanksgiving, salad-eating days, I guess. (Laughter.)
Okay, a couple of items for all of you at the top. As you all know, today is Cyber Monday — one of the biggest shopping days of the year.
The President will convene a roundtable shortly with CEOs and leaders of major retailers and grocers to hear about their expectation and preparation for a robust holiday shopping season. We’ve already seen some evidence of that over the last several days.
This event will include CEOs from Best Buy, Food Lion, Etsy, Walmart, Mattel, and more. The President will also share a message directly to Americans consumers. Throughout the holidays, products will be on shelves and consumers will be able to purchase what they want and need.
The event follows early estimates that Black Friday sales were up nearly a third since last year. In-store sales were up by even more than that. And we’re hearing similar reports from Small Business Saturday.
After the remarks, the President will deliver — after the roundtable — sorry — the President will deliver remarks on the administration’s work to strengthen the nation’s supply chains, lower everyday costs for families, and ensure that shelves are well stocked this holiday season.
As you all know, the President is headed to chilly Minnesota tomorrow, and he — I wanted to give you a little bit of a preview of that. He will travel to Rosemount, Minnesota, to highlight how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will deliver concrete results for communities, create good-paying union jobs, and position America to compete and win the 21st century.
He will visit Dakota County Tech — a technical and community college that illustrates how similar institutions across the country will train the next generation of workers and rebuild America’s infrastructure.
The majority of jobs supported by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill will not need a four-year college degree. And the programs provided by community and technical colleges like Dakota County Technical College will provide the training and skill development needed to help workers access the jobs created.
Paired with the historic $24 billion investments in workforce development in the President’s Build Back Better Agenda, schools like Dakota County Technical College will prepare millions of workers with high-quality jobs in growing sectors and will help rebuild and transform the work- — the workforce.
After visiting the college, he will deliver remarks on how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will deliver for the American people, create good-paying union jobs, lower prices by improving the infrastructure for our supply chains.
And this is also, of course, a part of our ongoing effort to go out there and tell the American people how this bill — this law, I should say, will benefit them.
Go ahead.
Q Thanks, Jen. A couple of questions on Omicron and one on the Iran talks. I know w
Q Hello.
MS. PSAKI: Happy post-Thanksgiving, salad-eating days, I guess. (Laughter.)
Okay, a couple of items for all of you at the top. As you all know, today is Cyber Monday — one of the biggest shopping days of the year.
The President will convene a roundtable shortly with CEOs and leaders of major retailers and grocers to hear about their expectation and preparation for a robust holiday shopping season. We’ve already seen some evidence of that over the last several days.
This event will include CEOs from Best Buy, Food Lion, Etsy, Walmart, Mattel, and more. The President will also share a message directly to Americans consumers. Throughout the holidays, products will be on shelves and consumers will be able to purchase what they want and need.
The event follows early estimates that Black Friday sales were up nearly a third since last year. In-store sales were up by even more than that. And we’re hearing similar reports from Small Business Saturday.
After the remarks, the President will deliver — after the roundtable — sorry — the President will deliver remarks on the administration’s work to strengthen the nation’s supply chains, lower everyday costs for families, and ensure that shelves are well stocked this holiday season.
As you all know, the President is headed to chilly Minnesota tomorrow, and he — I wanted to give you a little bit of a preview of that. He will travel to Rosemount, Minnesota, to highlight how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will deliver concrete results for communities, create good-paying union jobs, and position America to compete and win the 21st century.
He will visit Dakota County Tech — a technical and community college that illustrates how similar institutions across the country will train the next generation of workers and rebuild America’s infrastructure.
The majority of jobs supported by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill will not need a four-year college degree. And the programs provided by community and technical colleges like Dakota County Technical College will provide the training and skill development needed to help workers access the jobs created.
Paired with the historic $24 billion investments in workforce development in the President’s Build Back Better Agenda, schools like Dakota County Technical College will prepare millions of workers with high-quality jobs in growing sectors and will help rebuild and transform the work- — the workforce.
After visiting the college, he will deliver remarks on how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will deliver for the American people, create good-paying union jobs, lower prices by improving the infrastructure for our supply chains.
And this is also, of course, a part of our ongoing effort to go out there and tell the American people how this bill — this law, I should say, will benefit them.
Go ahead.
Q Thanks, Jen. A couple of questions on Omicron and one on the Iran talks. I know w