Karine Jean-Pierre Says She Didn’t Know Biden Walked In His Office With His Doctor Today
On 8/28/28, a reporter asked Karine Jean-Pierre, “And the last question is — the press pool spotted President walk into the Oval Office with his personal physician, Dr. O’Connor, a few minutes ago. Did — is there an appointment? Did he have a meeting about a health concern? Did —
KJP: This is the first time I’m hearing of that. Clearly, I did not see that, so I can’t — I can’t speak to that. I just don’t know.
Q: new oil leases reduced 6 million acres & additional restrictions on ships taking the oil
Reporter: new leases were issued for the Gulf of Mexico for drilling — yet, in that, they removed 6 million acres of land to do that. Plus, there were additional restrictions placed on ships, specifically for oil and natural gas, to deliver those products. Why constrict — continue to constrict the U.S. energy industry?
KJP: Meaning in Venezuela specifically?
Reporter: No, no, I’m talking about — I’m talking about the Gulf of Mexico. Now I’m talking about oil. Second —
KJP: Right.
Reporter: — second question about it.
KJP: Okay.
Reporter: So, there was a — new leases were offered —
KJP: Yeah.
Reporter: — for the Gulf of Mexico. But in those new leases, the administration has reduced the amount of acreage by 6 million acres to do that. And in addition, they restricted ships taking the oil from the rigs — and natural gas — from the rigs to the shore. So, again, why continue to add restrictions on that industry?
KJP: So, we don’t believe we add restrictions on that industries. I want to look specifically on what the — what you lay out those restrictions were and what was provided on the Gulf of Mexico. So I want to get back to my team and make sure that what you laid out is exactly how it — how it was announced. And we’ll get back to you on that particular questions. But that is not something that we believe that we are doing.
Karine Jean-Pierre Dismisses Public School Test Scores At Lowest Levels In Decades Under Biden, Blame Trump
Reporter: The President and the First Lady visited a middle school today. Test scores for this age group are the lowest in decades, despite billions of dollars in investment from this administration. Is the White House’s approach failing in not improving these test scores?
KJP: If anything, look, there’s going to be a lot of more work to do. Right? That is understandable that — that the work doesn’t — doesn’t end, you know — didn’t end when the President was able to open up schools, as I mentioned at the top … because the last administration didn’t have a plan, didn’t have a comprehensive plan to deal with COVID and what it was doing to our economy and what it was doing to our kids. And because the President put that — put schools reopening and businesses reopening and making sure that people got shots in arms — made that a priority — we were able to open up the schools … so, we’ve seen the data. We’ve seen the numbers. What it means to us is that more work needs to be done. And we’re committed and this President and this administration is committed to doing that work.
Karine Jean-Pierre Says Biden Has Plan To Improve Student Test Scores, Can’t Say What Plan Is
Reporter: So, what is that next step?
KJP: Look, we’re going to hear — as I mentioned, Secretary Cardona is going to go on a bus tour. He’s going to go across the country as we’re — as school is opening up. He’s going to lay out what the Department of Education is doing to continue to improve our schools to make sure that students get the education and get the rightful- — rightfully, the education that they deserve. And so, the work continues. I don’t have — I don’t have a 10-step laid out for you, but I can say for sure that this President is committed. And you see that through the Secretary of Education.
Karine Jean-Pierre Says Admin Stands By Biden’s Botched Response To Maui Wildfires Disaster
Reporter: question on the House Speaker. He’s also said that he’s likely to investigate the federal response to the deadly wildfires on Maui, saying he’s very concerned about the response. What do you make of that? And does the White House stand by your response and your efforts in the aftermath —
KJP: So, a couple of things —
Reporter: — of this tragedy? Anything you would do differently?
KJP: No, I — I appreciate the question. A couple of things that I want to say … the President launched a whole-of-government approach — you’ve heard me say that; you’ve heard him say it directly; you also heard the FEMA Administrator say this as well — an effort to — to support the residents
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KJP Dismisses School Test Scores At Lowest Levels, Blames Trump, Can’t Say What Plan To Improve